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Asking students to write their own revision questions is common – but not the most successful strategy, says Marc Smith

Conscientiousness is the personality trait that has the biggest impact on results – but successful students have a combination of different traits, research shows. The good news is that teachers can help learners to temporarily suspend specific traits in order to achieve their goals, according to psychologist Marc Smith

New research sheds some light on how children respond to confidence in adults, writes Marc Smith

Grabbing students’ attention is tough at the best of times, but amid the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic, it is even harder. To help, Marc Smith delves into the research on attention and pinpoints key things teachers can do

New research suggests cultural opinions can influence what we choose to remember and recall to back up pre-existing views

Research into worked examples and retrieval practice suggests their effectiveness may depend on teachers’ learning goals