Being a good reader correlates with good performance in science. Well, it would wouldn’t it? Reading scores correlate well with … More
Category: Literacy
Kasetsu – a highlight from ASE
One of my joys at the ASE conference is meeting up with Japanese science teachers. I admire their work tremendously … More
Super-Quick Update to Refutation Texts
Brilliant ASE conference! Loads of curriculum thinking. Disciplinary and substantive knowledge very important (see Counsell here). Charles Tracey (@physicsnews) suggested … More
My ASE Slides – before I present them
This may be counter productive, but ASE conference time is precious. If you were thinking of coming to my presentation, … More
How Knowledge Grows…
We are all now familiar with the idea of schema: the mind-map diagrams representing knowledge and the relationships between items … More
Applying Efrat Furst’s Model of Building Long-Term Memory Representations
One of the challenges facing teacher is to know when to apply specific tasks to support long-term learning. I have … More
My ResearchEd Ipswich Slides (Disciplinary Literacy in Science)
I had a great time at ResearchEd Ipswich on Saturday – and learnt loads (almost too much). Here are my … More
Faded Support Terminal Velocity Writing Scaffolds
Explaining terminal velocity is a classic piece of GCSE writing. The cognitive demands are high: recalling the sequence; structuring the … More
The Origin of Species Packet
Four years ago I adapted the first four chapters of Darwin’s The Origin of Species for my year 6 classes (see here). … More
A Knowledge Curriculum, Informed by Cognitive Science with a Disciplinary Literacy Focus
Colleagues at Paradigm Trust are developing a KS1-3 curriculum. It is a knowledge curriculum, informed by cognitive science with a … More
