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Sarah, an Educational Psychologist based in Midlothian in the UK, discusses recent visits to Visible Learning schools, with a summary of evidence gathering, analysis of recent achievements, and what is working so far. Read the blog entry here.
From the social side relationships do matter in education. This video from The Shanker Institute is very intriguing. You can see and read more about it here.
Do you want to know the seven steps to transform a school or district according to Tom Vander Ark. Read them here.
Jackie Gerstein shares some points to consider when creating new learning activities from scratch - looking at the activities from the student perspective. Read more here.
Katrina Schwartz looks at how Greenwich High School in Connecticut is benefiting from an innovative experiment called Innovation Lab. Read more here.
Research on the effects of an educational programme that promotes social and emotional learning shows that children as young as 9 years old can benefit from higher test scores when practising mindfulness. Read more here.
Visible Learning in action: Bader Primary School in the UK has set up a blog documenting their journey with Visible Learning, including video interviews with pupils and photographs of student work. See their website here.
Jake Daykin, head teacher at Hooe Primary Academy in Plymouth, UK, has developed a Dungeons and Dragons style roleplay game designed to improve the mathematical skills of the players by giving context and purpose for learning and applying math skills - and the game has been a great success! Read more here.
