Teaching pupils how to make new connections with what they are learning starts with the words. Use our sketchnote on building schema using vocabulary to try it out in your classroom. Your partners in professional learning. Contact us [email protected]

How categorising new information aids retention and recall of learning. 1/4

Independence doesn't come from expecting pupils to learn independently. It's about gradually removing support as expertise grows. Take a look at these worked example variations. If you'd like to know more about how we use research to support school improvement, contact us [email protected]

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What are 2 well replicated and robust research-informed "best bets" for improving learning? 1️⃣ Spaced practice 2️⃣ Retrieval practice Include them both when you use the Leitner Flashcard Method with your pupils. Contact us for professional learning [email protected]

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🎙️ On tomorrow’s Impact Podcast, we’re starting a new series exploring barriers to learning. In the first episode, we discuss passive learners. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or on our website at impact.wales/podcasts #impactwales #education #learning #school #teaching #teachers

Every Weds during term time we publish a podcast episode on a range of current educational topics. You can listen to the latest and all of our previous episodes here: impact.wales/podcasts or just search 'The Impact Podcast' on whichever podcast platform you use. Simples!

We work with you to create bespoke professional learning for your teachers that makes an impact on your pupils' learning. Click the link to find out more or call us to tell us how we can help: secure.smore.com/n/c... 📲029 2167 9140 📧[email protected]

Teaching pupils how to make new connections with what they are learning starts with the words. Use our sketchnote on building schema using vocabulary to try it out in your classroom. Your partners in professional learning. Contact us [email protected]

The aim of teaching is to help learners make new connections and organise connections into meaningful schema. Share the cue that will help pupils recall and organise the learning. Check out our sketchnote ⬇️Contact us for bespoke professional learning for teachers [email protected]

What are the 3 most effective & useful learning strategies supported by research? 🧠Retrieval practice or quizzing 📅Spaced practice ✏️Combining visuals & language Get in touch if you would like to know more about professional learning informed by research [email protected]

Introducing complex or abstract concepts to pupils for the first time can be challenging. Using what pupils already know is the best way to help them include the new learning in their schema. This is where meaningful analogies can help. Check out our sketchnote ⬇️👀

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Are you using low stakes testing in your classroom? If not, why not? Here are 10 benefits from research. Contact us for details of our professional learning for teachers and schools informed by research, go to www.impact.wales or contact us [email protected], call us 029 2167 9140.

💬Do some of your pupils struggle to keep up with their peers? 💬Do some children disengage with the task before they've begun? These are the signs of a working memory failure. Check out our sketchnote for what you can do ⬇️ Contact us for professional learning that works [email protected]

Becoming an independent learner able to monitor and regulate their own learning is a skill that can be taught. Check out our sketchnotes to get that process started with your pupils. Contact us to find out more about the professional learning we provide for schools [email protected]

How Worked Examples Work. Take a look at our new sketchnote for all the key benefits of using worked examples with your pupils. How do you use worked examples with your pupils? To find out more about how we use research to support schools contact us [email protected]

Teaching pupils how to make new connections with what they are learning starts with the words. Use our sketchnote on building schema using vocabulary to try it out in your classroom. Your partners in professional learning. Contact us [email protected]

NEW - Creating feedback that helps change pupils' behaviour long term, not just the piece of work is about focusing on the learning. Use our 5 step process to get your feedback right. Your partners in professional learning. Research-informed support & resources at www.impact.wales

Did you know retrieval practice, or trying to recall previously taught material, is the single most robust learning strategy supported by research? Just thinking about the previous content can aid long term retention Take a look at our Covert Retrieval guide ⬇️ Contact us [email protected]

Independence doesn't come from expecting pupils to learn independently. It's about gradually removing support as expertise grows. Take a look at these worked example variations. If you'd like to know more about how we use research to support school improvement, contact us [email protected]

Are you using low stakes testing in your classroom? If not, why not? Here are 10 benefits from research. Contact us for details of our professional learning for teachers and schools informed by research, go to www.impact.wales or contact us [email protected], call us 029 2167 9140.

10 ideas to create a reading culture in your school. Follow us to access our professional learning resources and support for teachers. 📲029 2167 9140 📧[email protected] 💻http://impact.wales

How are you understanding progress for your learners? Use our new research-informed strategy, midpoint monitoring, to break down pupils' progress towards their learning goal. Perfect for CfW 💥✅ Contact us for bespoke professional learning that has impact [email protected]

Becoming an independent learner able to monitor and regulate their own learning is a skill that can be taught. Check out our sketchnotes to get that process started with your pupils. Contact us to find out more about the professional learning we provide for schools [email protected]

Pupils should be taking ownership of their own learning. So, how can you make learning an active process? Watch our Impact Insights film and find out 👀🎞️⬇️ [email protected]

We work with you to create bespoke professional learning for your teachers that makes an impact on your pupils' learning. Click the link to find out more or call us to tell us how we can help: secure.smore.com/n/c... 📲029 2167 9140 📧[email protected]

Are you using low stakes testing in your classroom? If not, why not? Here are 10 benefits from research. Contact us for details of our professional learning for teachers and schools informed by research, go to www.impact.wales or contact us [email protected], call us 029 2167 9140.

🎙️ On tomorrow’s Impact Podcast we’re joined by teacher and author Kieran Mackle. 🔢 We discuss how to improve maths attainment among pupils. 🎧 Listen on your podcast platform or on our website at impact.wales/podcasts #teachers #teaching #school #education #maths

Using drawing and visuals is a high impact, research-informed strategy to support learning and retention. It involves three related cognitive processes that each create an interconnected memory trace: 1️⃣Cognitive elaboration = thinking about the information

What you teach, how you teach it and assessing whether pupils have learnt it are interlinked. Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment are not separate ideas. All 3 are interdependent parts of the teaching and learning cycle. Contact us for professional learning that has impact [email protected]

CfW requires all teachers to be curriculum designers and consider the WHAT pupils are learning as well as the WHY and the HOW. Here are the 4 curriculum design tasks you need to master to be able to create a curriculum that works for your pupils. Find out more [email protected]

How Worked Examples Work. Take a look at our new sketchnote for all the key benefits of using worked examples with your pupils. How do you use worked examples with your pupils? To find out more about how we use research to support schools contact us [email protected]

Are you using low stakes testing in your classroom? If not, why not? Here are 10 benefits from research. Contact us for details of our professional learning for teachers and schools informed by research, go to www.impact.wales or contact us [email protected], call us 029 2167 9140.

Becoming an independent learner able to monitor and regulate their own learning is a skill that can be taught. Check out our sketchnotes to get that process started with your pupils. Contact us to find out more about the professional learning we provide for schools [email protected]

We specialise in bespoke research-informed professional learning for teachers. These are our 6 steps to success ⬇️ If you'd like to know more about how we support teachers to improve their practice using research and deliberate practice tasks get in touch: ☎️029 2167 9140 1/2

Teaching pupils how to make new connections with what they are learning starts with the words. Use our sketchnote on building schema using vocabulary to try it out in your classroom. Your partners in professional learning. Contact us [email protected]

How are you understanding progress for your learners? Use our new research-informed strategy, midpoint monitoring, to break down pupils' progress towards their learning goal. Perfect for CfW 💥✅ Contact us for bespoke professional learning that has impact [email protected]

Retrieval Practice is one of the most well replicated learning strategies from research - which type of quizzing is best for which level of expertise? For professional learning informed by research, contact us www.impact.wales.

Independence doesn't come from expecting pupils to learn independently. It's about gradually removing support as expertise grows. Take a look at these worked example variations. If you'd like to know more about how we use research to support school improvement, contact us [email protected]

Teaching pupils how to make new connections with what they are learning starts with the words. Use our sketchnote on building schema using vocabulary to try it out in your classroom. Your partners in professional learning. Contact us [email protected]

Every Weds during term time we publish a podcast episode on a range of current educational topics. You can listen to the latest and all of our previous episodes here: impact.wales/podcasts or just search 'The Impact Podcast' on whichever podcast platform you use. Simples!

Teaching pupils how to make new connections with what they are learning starts with the words. Use our sketchnote on building schema using vocabulary to try it out in your classroom. Your partners in professional learning. Contact us [email protected]

CfW requires all teachers to be curriculum designers and consider the WHAT pupils are learning as well as the WHY and the HOW. Here are the 4 curriculum design tasks you need to master to be able to create a curriculum that works for your pupils. Find out more [email protected]

Is multi-cueing, or using pictures/context ever a good way to teach children to read? Our sketchnote uses research & a touch of common sense to debunk the myth that multi-cueing is a good idea to use alongside or instead of Systematic Synthetic Phonics. #dowhatworks

We specialise in bespoke research-informed professional learning for teachers. These are our 6 steps to success ⬇️ If you'd like to know more about how we support teachers to improve their practice using research and deliberate practice tasks get in touch: ☎️029 2167 9140 1/2

Understanding how learning occurs helps you evaluate your teaching. Expertise means adapting, not avoiding mistakes. A solid mental model fosters insights. Check out our sketchnote ⬇️Our research-based professional learning: www.impact.wales ☎️029 2167 9140 📧[email protected]

We work with you to create bespoke professional learning for your teachers that makes an impact on your pupils' learning. Click the link to find out more or call us to tell us how we can help: secure.smore.com/n/c... 📲029 2167 9140 📧[email protected]

This is one of our most shared Curriculum for Wales sketchnotes. Did you know you can access CfW professional learning resources on our website www.impact.wales Just click ImpactPlus to sign up!