More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect: What is the Testing Effect? The Testing Effect enhances long-term retention through retrieval practice, not frequent testing. Completing more tests doesn’t mean you’ll get the testing effect.

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More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect

Some schools are testing their students too much and are collecting so much data, it's completely useless.

Here I go into what the testing effect is and tackle some of the misconceptions! 👇

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What happened to “opportunity areas”? - FFT Education Datalab A summary of how pupil attainment and progress have changed over time in "opportunity areas" and "education investment areas" - from designation, through the pandemic, to the most recent set of result...

Interesting @fftedudatalab.bsky.social analysis of 'What happened to Opportunity Areas'. Given they were top of the list for deprivation, positive change was always so difficult. Interesting to consider if there was no additional support:

ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/05/what...

The need for spirit, imagination, dialogue, conversation in teacher education. Some wise words from Rachel Lofthouse....
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/ready-f...

Should we scrap An Inspector Calls? The canon of English literature - and what is taught in English classrooms - is always the stuff of fierce debate and news headlines. A new TES article claims schools 'need support to break away from...

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Should we scrap An Inspector Calls?’

“Are teachers struck with a strange case of excessive Inspector Calls, or are more complex factors at play when it comes to what is being taught?”

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Teacher Alchemy: Enhancing Understanding Through AI What if the real promise of AI in education isn’t automation, prediction, or efficiency, but a richer understanding of how students think, argue, and develop ideas? In a new open-access article co-authored with Mutlu Cukurova, I explore the potential of digital textual analysis to support teachers in the humanities and social sciences. The question we ask is simple: can we combine machine learning with socio-cultural theory to help educators better understand learner development—without reducing students to data points?

Teacher Alchemy: Enhancing Understanding Through AI

What if the real promise of AI in education isn’t automation, prediction, or efficiency, but a richer understanding of how students think, argue, and develop ideas? In a new open-access article co-authored with Mutlu Cukurova, I explore the…

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AI and the future of social research Join our apprenticeship webinar event on AI's impact on social research and discover new skills needed in the industry.

Setting up social research degree apprenticeship at Northeastern University London. Are you an employer interested in having apprentices in education and social research? Join our webinar... www.nulondon.ac.uk/events/appre...

Michael Friedman, Suppes Professor of Philosophy of Science, Stanford University (1947-2025)

I regret to information the Bluesky philosophy community that Michael Friedman, noted philosopher of science and ground-breaking historian of Kant, neo-Kantianism, and logical positivism has died. May his memory be a blessing. #philsci

It features special guests, Sarah Stock, @sallyrio.bsky.social, Dr Cat Scutt and Sarah Cottinghatt.

Tune in: https://eef.li/nktSvT (2/2)

a bag of gold coins with a dollar sign on the front ALT: a bag of gold coins with a dollar sign on the front

Also, @alexjquigley.bsky.social and I drew insights from a wonderful panel of experts, @catscutt.bsky.social @sallyrio.bsky.social & Sarah Cottinghatt.

So many golden nuggets shared on:
- ECT learning curves,
- Good vs. bad mentoring, and
- Teaching personas

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If you're interested in *retrieval* and *retrieval practice*, this podcast with the brilliant Gareth Bates by the @edupulseco.bsky.social crew is a must listen.

Gareth studies and researches this stuff and has practical guidance too.

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Post 69 - DORA YouTube video by Tara Brabazon

How do we assess good, great and stellar research? How are academics appointed and promoted? It is the moment to be an academic activist. DORA is the Declaration on Research Assessment. It is time to enable all disciplines and all scholars to have a pathway to success youtu.be/cleDJ6DBIWE

True story of being a teacher! #beingateacher #funnyteacher TikTok video by Chrissy Nutter|Teacher|Makeup

What maths teaching is like...
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The effects of youth clubs on education and crime | Institute for Fiscal Studies Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime.

It is a shame that we need evidence of this kind to understand the importance of youth clubs. Well here's the evidence... cuts to youth clubs now generate much greater costs years later. ifs.org.uk/publications...

England's universities flex their muscles to hike fees, while students get a bum deal | Sonia Sodha Canny PR suggests critics are against aspiration but who is policing the spread of poor-quality degrees?

So many very important questions about the value of universities in this article, including the suggestion (I think it is true) that universities are not really (and never have been) in the best interests of students... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Education MATters: exploring England’s state school industry Conservatives claim the academisation of schools as one of their greatest achievements. But do the figures stack up?

100,000 children in England attend state funded schools controlled by wealthy business owners, at least 1 of whom is rumoured to be making ‘his’ schools part of the empire his children inherit when he dies…the murky world of MATs. @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati...

I still have space for a few more participants in my EdD study exploring teachers' views on educational research.
This is by teachers, for teachers!
If you have views on how ed res should be used, please read this info and sign up! callforparticipants.my.canva.site

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I’m often in the pub for session six, but I had to stick around for @lwilliamsjones.bsky.social talking implementation at #rED24

If you are seeing Gareth at ResearchEd today, or even if you can't, please do fill in our survey on CLT to help us with our follow up paper to our 🔥 paper on Retrieval Practice.
Link here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/beds/usage...

Been getting lots of follows today. Many thanks for those that have. I'll be talking at researchED #rED24 next week. 2 sessions, tiles are:

1. Most teachers are getting retrieval practice wrong! Are you?

2. Curve your enthusiasm. The truth about the forgetting curve and how it relates to teaching

Looking forward to speaking at #ResearchEd24 on Saturday. Unbelievably it's my first time at national conference 🤯

I will be talking about How to Recruit (and Retain) 6,500 Teachers, given the new Government's manifesto ambition to turn around the currently dire situation in teacher supply

Bang on.

The effect of many educational interventions fades out (or is well on the way) by 2 years after implementation:

edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul...

If you're feeling extra combative in an INSET session, don't just ask "what happens tomorrow?" ask "what happens in 2026?"

Seems to be a bit more activity here now. Please follow me if you are involved in maths education!!!!

Brilliant summary of ed research in last year... As well as call for co-ordinated approach across UK academic community to help step up amount of relevant and high quality research for practitioners...

Journal editor and reviewer here, asking the academic community that I am part of - educational research - to spend a little more time reading older publications. Let's stop needlessly reinventing theoretical and/or empirical wheels. Less writing, more reading. #EducationalResearch #Universities

CAN YOU HELP a Y11 student with GSCE DT coursework? Do you have experience of fostering or foster care? Or looking after a child making frequent house moves? It’s a very quick survey to help design products…
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Why are only 2.3% getting an A star in English Language?
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Can anyone recommend any good online training for teaching organic chemistry at A level? Since my colleague left who taught all the organic I've been left teaching it, but it's not my strength - I'm better at Physical and Inorganic. I could do with brushing up my knowledge and skills #ChatChemistry

Secondary teachers… does your school have vertical tutor groups (different year groups in same form)? Interested in changes since COVID (10% used to use VT). Has your school changed? Please repost!

1️⃣ Vertical tutor groups
2️⃣ Horizontal tutor groups
3️⃣ Other/Don't Know

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