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Adi Bloom
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14 ways to help pupils combat exam anxiety
Worrying about exam performance can motivate pupils to revise, but too much anxiety can be debilitating, psychologists say
23 May 2016
Teachers do not have time to learn about research evidence, studies find
While educators understand the importance of using research to inform their teaching, they lack the time and support from senior leaders to put this into practice
20 May 2016
Complaints over ‘cruel’ maths paper swamp social media - but one maths teacher says it’s just students ranting
A-level students have taken to social media to express their outrage over the “torture” of a difficult mental-arithmetic paper. But a maths teacher insists that only a couple of the questions were difficult.
18 May 2016
Careers talks can add £2,000 to pupils’ future salaries, research finds
A 14-year-old who is given six careers talks can expect a salary boost of £2,000 by the age of 26, academics have shown
18 May 2016
Sats are nothing to do with writing well, children’s authors tell pupil who is ‘in bits’ after the tests
They rush to convince an aspiring writer that the Spag test has nothing to do with his ability to tell stories – as most of them would probably fail
16 May 2016
Teaching slang at primary could help fight ‘middle-class’ Sats bias, says academic
IoE researcher says it is impossible to set a test that does not favour one group of pupils or another
13 May 2016