Tag: Education Endowment Foundation

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EEF predicts ‘little or no headway’ in closing attainment gap by 2021
Schools are expected to make “little or no headway” in closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off classmates over the next few years, the Education...
Alix Robertson
 | 0:01, Jan 24, 2018
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EEF: Teacher research engagement strategies are ineffective
Teachers need “structured and intensive support” to engage with new research if outcomes are to improve, according to new findings from the Education Endowment Foundation. Three randomised controlled...
Alix Robertson
 | 0:02, Dec 1, 2017
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Mixed-ability classes barely exist in schools, researchers find
Teaching pupils in mixed-ability groups is so unpopular that researchers struggled to find enough examples to complete a recent study into the practice. They found that factors driving...
Alix Robertson
 | 0:01, Sep 5, 2017
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Scaled-up literacy scheme fails to produce positive results
A scaled-up scheme to train teaching assistants to deliver literacy interventions to struggling pupils has not produced the positive results of an earlier pilot. Switch-on, a 10-week programme...
John Dickens
 | 5:00, May 30, 2017
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12-minute lessons best for pupil memories, study finds
Pupils who are taught in 12-minute lessons that are repeated 24 hours later remember material much better, new research suggests. A trial of “spaced learning” showed pupils seemed...
Jess Staufenberg
 | 0:01, Mar 31, 2017
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Pupils who record own learning make four months’ progress in maths – and two other EEF trials
A programme that develops pupils’ ability to reflect on their own learning has returned promising results for attainment in maths – but had negative impacts on reading, according...
Jess Staufenberg
 | 9:47, Nov 4, 2016
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