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Those little words

September 20, 2017September 19, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
Command words word cloud

“Sir, how do I distinguish between two ideas??’ “Miss, this question says ‘refer to the article above’ in my answer. What have I got to do?” “Madam, this question asks me to ‘address a criticism’, what does address mean?” So, a new school year starts! Too many new practices and policies launched in the INSET […]

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Helping students decide whether Psychology is the right A Level for them 

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017Oxford Psychology Team
Students with teacher

“I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member” Groucho Marx To help prospective students to understand what sort of work they would be expected to do in Psychology and to give me a chance to assess their skills and motivation, I ask any student who does not meet […]

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Memory and Awareness

November 3, 2016November 3, 2016Oxford Maths 1 Comment
Trigonometry

Isn’t it amazing how quickly and easily adolescents can learn the words of a song, and yet they struggle to remember mathematical formulae? Memory in mathematics is quite peculiar. In common with learning the words of a song, once you get started, it can be surprising how much comes back, but, as with songs, it […]

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‘Learning mats’ for the approaches

November 16, 2015May 26, 2017Mike Griffin 1 Comment

The concept of ‘learning mats’ appears to be popular at the moment – I see lots of examples of these at various training/INSET sessions. If you are unfamiliar with ‘learning mats’, they are essentially laminated posters that sit on students’ desks that provide them with prompts to help them with their work (call them ‘learning […]

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