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Using Groups Effectively: 10 Principles - Interesting article, including suggested practice which goes directly against some of what I already do. Will be pondering!

Measures of effective teaching

various statisical analyses of education including teacher effectiveness slide 13

GCSE "neither setting nor mixed-ability confers significant advantages in terms of raising attainment for all students" http://t.co/HRZiENXk

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Use funds for kit and sessions like TeachMeets such as OAPMeets or something PeopleMeets - not in libraries and schools but pubs and cafes - also put books etc into pubs and cafes as well - not just digital wales but learning wales! & don't use funds for glossy booklets and stuff.

Nice ideas, but I'd question the effectiveness of putting books in pubs. No-one I know would put down a beer on a Saturday night so that they can read about photosynthesis or mitosis. Books in pubs are more likely to serve as coasters or something for people to throw when the fights break out! Or maybe I just have a poor choice of pub. ;)

This was on TES forums - product of a tweet - This mnemonic helps students to improve their writing by varying the way they begin sentences, varying punctuation, and using relative pronouns. It also helps to reduce overuse of compound sentences. More commonly known as A CRAPPIE among the students, it can be effective in any subject, not just English.