Classroom Practice Archive
Learning is meant to be difficult; if it’s not hard then you are probably not learning. Yet, that does not mean we ignore the unnecessary complexities added to instruction …
Teaching is no stranger to the littered landscape of ghastly ghouls and spirits that creep in and out of classrooms whispering spells of learning styles and multiple intelligences. Many …
Learning to drive a car can be very difficult even for the most confident of person. Sitting in the driver’s seat, with the key in your hand, the whole …
A teacher’s job is unique in that it brings great stress yet reward and humour. Though the humour found in the classroom is more likely to be appreciated on …
Our long term memory is infinite but our working memory can only hold and interpret a finite amount of information. The magic number of items working memory is able …
The use of worked examples in teaching is nothing new. It is not uncommon to see a worked example being used in a mathematics or physics lesson followed by …
It is not uncommon to see a sporting coach routinely stop their player to model a skill. This is often at the frustration of the athlete who just wants …
Examination season is about to kick off and with it comes insurmountable levels of stress, a caffeine addiction and late night cramming. Last minute all-nighters may give the impression …
It is not uncommon for inspectors, school leaders and teachers to loosely throw out the phrase “stretch and challenge”. Usually attributed to the teaching of the most able students …
George Miller (1956) famously coined the magic number seven when it comes to how many items we are able to hold and manipulate in our working memory. Though, his contemporaries …
