5 GCSE must-reads from 2019 for teachers

Here we reveal the most popular stories about GCSEs published this year by the Tes features desk
16th December 2019, 12:03pm

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5 GCSE must-reads from 2019 for teachers

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Gcse Tips: Tes' Five Most Popular Articles On Gcses This Year

Which Tes articles have the teaching population found most useful this year when it comes to GCSEs?

Here we have collected the most popular articles from the features desk and put them all in one place for you.

1. What is the best way to revise for the GCSEs?

We spoke to Professor John Dunlosky, who has done more research on effective revision than most - and his tips proved a huge hit for teachers and students alike.

2. How to tackle student misconceptions at GCSE    

Columnist Niki Kaiser has written extensively about GCSE teaching this year, but the article that really got teachers talking was this outline of how to tackle student misconceptions.

3. 5 common mistakes when teaching Romeo and Juliet

One for the English teachers; this piece by Mark Roberts went viral as schools looked to do some last-minute honing of their teaching of the Shakespearean tragedy.

4. 4 ways we closed the GCSE gender gap

Columnist Mark Enser gave a detailed explanation of how his department managed to close the gap between boys and girls in GCSE attainment. And teachers in their thousands clicked to find out the secret.

5. How your students are really revising for their GCSEs

Teacher and psychologist Marc Smith explored what your students are really doing when they say they are revising, and found that they are often doing things that aren’t effective…

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