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1 month ago |
tes.com | Helen Amass
Sometimes, being anxious before an exam is a good thing. That’s according to Reinhard Pekrun, who has spent much of his career researching the interactions between emotions and achievement. “Being a little bit nervous before an exam can motivate you to invest effort to avoid failure,” Pekrun explains.
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2 months ago |
tes.com | Helen Amass
Therese Hopfenbeck first became interested in the science of assessment when she was working as an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher in Norway and happened to notice something about her students. “I started being curious about why it was that I could design a classroom-based assessment and some students would run with it and understand everything, but if I were to use the same assessment in another class, those students would struggle,” Hopfenbeck explains.
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Feb 12, 2025 |
tes.com | Helen Amass
In a primary classroom in Bolton, a Year 4 pupil recently summed up an important part of David Hopkins’ philosophy for school improvement.
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Feb 20, 2024 |
tes.com | Helen Amass
For the first time in years, Peter Blatchford has had a chance to really think about education. In 2017, he was awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, which gives recipients an opportunity to take time out from their day job and devote themselves to their research.
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Dec 12, 2023 |
tes.com | Helen Amass
On the first weekend of December, thousands of Santas descended on Liverpool city centre. It was, says Lindsey Collins, assistant vice-principal at Hillside High School in Bootle, Merseyside, “a sea of red”, with the occasional blue suit in there, too - “for Everton”, she adds. The Santas, including 18 members of staff from Hillside, were taking part in Liverpool’s Santa Dash: an annual 5k fun run to raise money for charity.
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