“Teaching should start from where the student is, not from where we would like them to be." says education professor Dylan Wiliam in this episode of Trialled and Tested, introducing how formative assessment strategies can be used in the classroom. He’s the co-developer of a professional development programme, Embedding Formative Assessment, which supports teachers to use real-time knowledge of their pupils’ strengths and weaknesses to adapt their practice. An independent evaluation funded...

In this episode of Trialled and Tested, Jamie Scott from Evidence Based Education speaks to Emily Yeomans (EEF Head of Programme Strategy), Sir John Holman (Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of York) and Dr Niki Kaiser (Chemistry Teacher and Research Lead at Norwich Research School) to explore some of the evidence-informed strategies teachers can adopt or focus on to enhance the teaching and learning of science at Key Stages 3 and 4.   Emily Yeomans and Sir John Holman:...

Is the science of learning really a science? What can teachers and students learn from the research evidence on effective studying and learning? What aspects of cognitive psychology could affect teachers and students in the next ten years?   These are some of the questions Stuart Kime posed to Professors Anne Cleary and Matt Rhodes from Colorado State University when they recorded this podcast early in 2019. Anne and Matt’s new book – A Guide to Effective Studying and Learning:...

In this episode of the Trialled and Tested podcast, Jamie Scott from Evidence Based Education speaks to Eleanor Stringer and Matthew van Poortvliet from the Education Endowment Foundation to find out more about their approach to identifying projects to fund, scaling-up promising projects and running evaluations.   Here’s a full account of the questions put to Eleanor and Matthew: 2:02 - What does the EEF look for when considering which projects to fund? 3:15 - How much initial...

Over the last year, Evidence Based Education and Suffolk County Council have been working in partnership to deliver a robust, cost-effective and enjoyable Research Support Partnership (RSP) programme to train staff from schools and academies throughout Suffolk. The aim of the programme has been to develop a network of capable Research Leads across the county. The training proved a real success among participants (even those who were sceptical at first!).   On the last day of training, I...

What does the evidence on learning, memory and aging tell us about how to keep our minds sharp and active as we grow older? How can physical activity improve cognitive function? Do we decline as we age, or simply change? In the latest episode of The Evidence Based Education podcast, UCLA Psychology Professor Alan Castel talks to our Director of Education Stuart Kime about his new book, Better with Age, and offers practical tips for staying mentally sharp as the years pass. We cover a...

We’ve teamed up with the Education Endowment Foundation to bring you a new podcast – Trialled and Tested! This first episode is on metacognition and self-regulated learning. We'll post this inaugural episode on the EBE podcast too, but to make sure you have access to future episodes, do search for Trialled and Tested in iTunes, Spotify or Google Store and make sure you subscribe there. In this first episode, and in future episodes, we’re going to explore a specific piece of information...

On Saturday 30th June, the International School of Geneva Institute of Learning and Teaching hosted the inaugural Research Informed Practice In Education (RIPE) conference in Geneva.  EBE Directors, Stuart and Jack, were in attendance as part of the organising committee and to present their session – The Elephant In The Room – which you can listen to via the player on this page or download to your device. In the session they suggest that the success and failure of increases and refinements...

The Festival of Education is so jam-packed with amazing speakers and topics that you just can’t fit them all in. If you’ve been before, you’ll know that deciding which sessions to attend is agonising. Worse still is not being able to attend at all! So, this festival, we’re teaming up with the organisers to offer a free Festival podcast so that you can hear from more Festival speakers and what they’ll be talking about – whether you’re lucky enough to be there or not. And, in true Festival...

The Festival of Education is so jam-packed with amazing speakers and topics that you just can’t fit them all in. If you’ve been before, you’ll know that deciding which sessions to attend is agonising. Worse still is not being able to attend at all! So, this festival, we’re teaming up with the organisers to offer a free Festival podcast so that you can hear from more Festival speakers and what they’ll be talking about – whether you’re lucky enough to be there or not. And, in true Festival...

For the second in this series of short podcasts, I spoke to Professor Peter Tymms of the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) at Durham University. He told me about four major research pieces he has done, the outcomes, and the advice he would give to teaching staff, based upon what he learned though that research. If you would like to read more about Peter’s research, or to contact him, click here and use the contact form on his page. To access Professor Merrell’s guidance...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people. We sit down for a chat to find out a bit more about them – what was their experience of school? How did they come to work in education? What they’re currently working on etc. And in every episode we ask for three favourite pieces of music. Whatever we...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people. We sit down for a chat to find out a bit more about them – what was their experience of school? How did they come to work in education? What they’re currently working on etc. And in every episode we ask for three favourite pieces of music. Whatever we...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people. We sit down for a chat to find out a bit more about them – what was their experience of school? How did they come to work in education? What they’re currently working on etc. And in every episode we ask for three favourite pieces of music. Whatever we...

Dr Erika Patall is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. We spoke on the phone a short while ago and recorded it here for you. She talks about her research, explains what motivation in a student can look like to a teacher, and how to encourage students to be more invested in essential, measured outcomes. Erika also talks a little bit about the process of the research syntheses and meta analyses that she undertakes. Dr Patall gives practical advice, based upon...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people. We sit down for a chat over a cup of tea, a glass of wine or a beer to find out a bit more about them – what  were they like at school? What did they do after school? How did they come to work in education? And in every episode we ask for three favourite pieces...

After a brief hiatus from recording and publishing podcasts over the Christmas period, we were delighted to be able to speak to Robert and Elizabeth Bjork at UCLA about their research. Robert and Elizabeth are perhaps best known for their work on "retrieval practice" - the idea that repeated testing is more effective as a mechanism for learning than repeated study. Before Christmas, we put out calls for questions from teachers, researchers and others in the education...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people. We sit down for a chat over a cup of tea, a glass of wine or a beer to find out a bit more about them – what  were they like at school? What did they do after school? How did they come to work in education? And in every episode we ask for three favourite pieces...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this new podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people, and to allow them to share their stories. We sit down for a chat over a cup of tea, a glass of wine or a beer to find out a bit more about them – what  were they like at school? What did they do after school? How did they come to work in...

Welcome back to another episode of the EBE Podcast. This month, our Director of Education, Stuart Kime, went to Durham University's School of Education to chat to Ray Land, a pioneer in the field of threshold concepts, troublesome knowledge and liminality. Ray is Professor of Higher Education at Durham University and Director of Durham’s Centre for Academic Practice. He previously held similar positions at the Universities of Strathclyde, Coventry and Edinburgh. He has been a higher...

As many of you will know (particularly those Twitterers among you), last Thursday evening, we hosted #UKEdResChat. The title for the week was "Making it stick: Strategies for effective implementation", talking specifically about good implementation practice in schools. If you missed the chat, or aren't on Twitter, fear not! You can catch up with the discussion at the following link: https://storify.com/UKEdResChat/making-it-stick-strategies-for-effective-implement. Due to the limits...

Here we are again!! This month, we have a podcast with the fabulous Peter Tymms. As well as listening to his dulcet tones, you can learn an awful lot about how the assessment landscape currently sits - both here in the UK and on a wider scale internationally, too. Peter is Professor at Durham University's School of Education, and is also heavily involved with the iPIPS project at CEM. He can be found on Twitter at @TymmsPeter, and this talk was recorded also as part of our Assessment Lead...

Here we are again!! This month, we have a podcast with the fabulous Peter Tymms. As well as listening to his dulcet tones, you can learn an awful lot about how the assessment landscape currently sits - both here in the UK and on a wider scale internationally, too. Peter is Professor at Durham University's School of Education, and is also heavily involved with the iPIPS project at CEM. He can be found on Twitter at @TymmsPeter, and this talk was recorded also as part of our Assessment Lead...

Many people who are well known for their work in education have such interesting backgrounds and stories to tell, although many of us don’t get to hear them. The aim of this new podcast series is to learn a bit more about these people, and to allow them to share their stories. We sit down for a chat over a cup of tea, a glass of wine or a beer to find out a bit more about them – what  were they like at school? What did they do after school? How did they come to work in education?...

We're back again with another in our series of podcasts, delivered free to your device! This is the third in our monthly series now, and if you haven't checked out the first two yet, you can do so here and here. This month, we have a talk by the inimitable Alex Quigley, Director of Huntington Research School in York. Alex is a well-known figure in the world of education blogging and tweeting, but in case you haven't come across him, you can find him at The Confident Teacher, and on Twitter...