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Robert and Elizabeth Bjork originally spoke of five desirable difficulties.

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Instead of 3x + 10 = 50, write 3(x) + 10 = 50

Instead of 3x + 10 = 50, write 3(x) + 10 = 50

Why students can 'regurgitate' facts, but not use them

How to atomise facts and 'just tell them' without resulting in rote knowledge

You don't have to work exponentials before multiplication

Facts Connect Concepts

Facts Connect Concepts

Or the 'divided by' symbol. Both × and ÷ are unhelpful symbols.

Rote learning is an unhelpful term. Instead we should talk about rote knowledge

A key to deep, flexible, knowledge and understanding

Mindfulness is hugely popular across the world and there is a question to be asked about whether it could prove useful at scale in schools and colleges. It is clear that mental health referrals are u...

And how to turn that around.

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

Does Atomisation put an end to the now very popular 'I do / We do' model?

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

ResearchED by the Beach (Bournemouth)

There are three instructional sequences: initial instruction, initial testing, and expansion. So far we have only looked at initial instruction. Now we will see initial testing.

Sometimes a process isn't a process...

Earlier this week I observed some Functional Skills maths lessons in a college. Here we have students with low or no grades at GCSE aiming for a maths qualification that will hopefully give some se…

When I first considered my department's priorities for the year, I admit, literacy was left to the side.

Using non-examples is not enough. You have to use them well.

Research papers everyone should read #2

Routine Atomisation and Atomic Instruction