A chemistry GCSE question An answer you might be pleased to see: The yield of methanol would decrease because a…
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…
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…
Classroom Intuition
“Whenever we can replace human judgement by a formula, we should at least consider it.” Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Using A Fishbone Diagram for Writing Cause and Effect Texts
Morning – just a quick post on using a fishbone diagram to help students write more focused cause and effect…
