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Asking Students the Right Questions by @guruteaching

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What questions should we be asking?

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EdTech Tools: How To Choose The Right One by @guruteaching

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EdTech tools themselves are simple to use, the real challenge is knowing where to start.

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Seven Ways To Reduce Teacher Workload by @guruteaching

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“Reduce teacher workload!” can be heard up and down the country, in staffrooms and online.

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How to Improve Literacy by @GuruTeaching

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Knowing how to improve literacy is crucial if we are to improve the life chances

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Student presentations: Are they useful? by @guruteaching

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In all my years of teaching, I’ve rarely come across students who were naturally ‘good’ at

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Measuring Progress: A Pointless Exercise? by @guruteaching

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Last time you were observed teaching a lesson, did your observer focus on ‘measuring progress’

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Answering Questions at Teaching Interviews by @guruteaching

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Does the thought of answering questions at teaching interviews fill you with dread? For many,

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Measuring Progress: A Pointless Exercise? by @guruteaching

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Last time you were observed teaching a lesson, did your observer focus on ‘measuring progress’

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What would you do if you could reduce marking time? by @guruteaching

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I’ve spent far too much time marking work. So have you. All teachers should reduce

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Improving Knowledge Retrieval by @guruteaching

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Watching my students’ faces as I explain to them that they will be sitting a

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Teacher Workload: Solving the Problem by @guruteaching

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I originally wrote this to my students, but on reflection, it works just as well

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Marking: Why It Doesn’t Work by @guruteaching

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It consumed every evening and at least one day of the weekend. I had no

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Adding Detail to Improve Essays by @guruteaching

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My students are generally very good at recalling the points that they are supposed to

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Analysing Exam Results by @guruteaching

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“So, how did results day go? “ I always ask this question with my fingers

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Making Better Decisions by @Guruteaching

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There are many schools of thought on how we make decisions. Some people seem more

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