I am an enquiry sceptic. Evidence shows that when inquiry-learning techniques are used in science, the outcomes are generally worse … More
Category: Literacy
A Short Blog About the Quality of Short Written Responses.
A chemistry GCSE question An answer you might be pleased to see: The yield of methanol would decrease because a … More
Bring Back Inquiry-Based Learning
Is there a place for inquiry based learning? The answer is “yes” but only under specific conditions. An analysis of … More
When Might You Start Teaching the Idea of Surface Area?
Last week Adam Boxer tweeted this: Surface area is a powerful concept – students need to have a very well … More
Classroom Intuition
“Whenever we can replace human judgement by a formula, we should at least consider it.” Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow … More
Enquiry Belongs in Primary Physics – But Where?
Reasons for teaching physics in the primary curriculum include: to understand how the world works; to understand and contribute to … More
Do Primary Science Educators Know that Enquiry Based Learning is Problematic?
I’m looking for articles on direct, explicit instruction in primary science but there is almost none. I’ve gone through all … More
My ResearchEd Norwich Talk on Visuals and Gesture in the Science Classroom
The slides are here
Empirically Better Graphics
You have two different ways of representing some information. Which way is better? One method is called AB testing. I … More
Introducing A Model of Behaviour Choices
I haven’t written about behaviour before as I didn’t have anything original to say. Teach Like a Champion did more … More
