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Sep 4, 2024 | 
tes.com | Mark Roberts
Whether you’re a battle-hardened stalwart who has been in the profession for decades, or a wide-eyed new arrival taking your first tentative steps into the classroom, managing behaviour can often be a source of huge anxiety as a new academic year begins. Post-pandemic, those anxieties may be even more pronounced, with reports of increased instances of behaviour disruption at all phases of the sector.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
tes.com | Mark Roberts
The grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS) Sat has always been controversial. And since its inception in 2016, the grammar element has been the bit that has caused the most controversy - renowned authors such as Michael Rosen and Philip Pullman have called for the culling of it and many have lamented what they believe is its reduction of English to technical rules.
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May 14, 2024 | 
tes.com | Mark Roberts
How do you know if your pupils have learned something you’ve taught them? It may seem like a simple question, but the techniques you use to discover what pupils understand will make a big difference to their learning. In my experience, checking for understanding (CFU) is one of the most commonly used techniques, but it’s also often misunderstood, misused or underused. Over the years, I have researched the technique extensively and honed my own practice on it. Here’s what I discovered.
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Dec 31, 2023 | 
tes.com | Mark Roberts
Whether you’re a trainee in search of your first job or an experienced teacher looking for greener grass, the lesson observation is often the most difficult aspect of your teacher interview. As well as doing a few of these interview lessons myself, I’ve sat on the other side of many more. I’ve seen lots of candidates thrive in these challenging circumstances but I’ve seen plenty crumble, too. What made the difference?
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
redhat.com | Mark Roberts
Many teams use branching strategies within a Git repository to isolate change. If used with a degree of coordination and structure, branches can create a level of control over development that eases understanding and manages the scope of change. However, if used badly, branches can create a chaotic environment that fragments work and leads to regressed fixes and poor control.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
itbrief.co.nz | Mark Roberts
Adaptive cruise control and lane assist are two functions devised by automotive developers some 20 years ago that have long since become standard features in all new cars. However, countless further test drives will be required, and huge volumes of data will need to be evaluated before automated driving truly becomes a reality. That’s the goal towards which the BMW Group is working, collecting data during numerous test drives and processing it in a Rittal IT container.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
tes.com | Mark Roberts
This article was originally published on 15 November 2023In September 2014, Ofsted published Below the radar: low-level disruption in the country’s classrooms. Compiled to highlight the scale of low-level disruption in England, the report identified pupils “fidgeting and fiddling with equipment” as a “leading type of low-level disruption”. Speak to many teachers and you’ll find that they also see fiddling, doodling or pen tapping as troublesome. But how big an issue is fidgeting?
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
thorax.bmj.com | Mark Roberts |Najib M. Rahman |Nick A. Maskell |Anna C Bibby
After an initial screening to determine relevance to the clinical questions, each paper was assessed to determine if it addressed:The clinical question population. The index test and reference standard (for diagnostic accuracy questions), the intervention and comparator (for intervention questions), or the exposure and referent (for prognostic questions). The study type(s) defined in the clinical question protocol; andThe clinical question outcome(s).
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
tes.com | Mark Roberts
Interruptions are the enemies of teaching and learning - but they don’t always look the way we expect them to. When we think of classroom interruptions, we tend to focus on things students do that bring learning to a halt. For example, you might envisage a situation whereby you’re in the middle of explaining a complex idea only to have a student stick up their hand and ask to go to the toilet. Just like that, your train of thought has been derailed. You forget your point.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
thorax.bmj.com | Mark Roberts |Najib M. Rahman |Nick A. Maskell |Anna C Bibby
Mark E Roberts1, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1195-1680Najib M Rahman2,3,4, Nick A Maskell5, Anna C Bibby5, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-6641Kevin G Blyth6,7, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0480-7819John P Corcoran8, Anthony Edey9, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4066-5253Matthew Evison10, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0060-9671Duneesha de Fonseka11, Rob Hallifax12, Susan Harden13, Iain Lawrie14, Eric Lim15, David McCracken16, Rachel Mercer17, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5903-3005Eleanor K Mishra18,...
