Education

Some teachers think that there s little to say about teaching with examples after all, everyone uses them. But here are just some of the questions you might have about teaching with worked examples:

• How do we introduce an example?
• What do we ask students to do when studying a solution?
• Should a solution be presented all at once or revealed step-by-step?
• After we study an example, what comes next?
• Does it matter if the solution is presented as if from a fictional student, a real student in class, or from the teacher?
• How do we help students move from understanding someone else’s ideas towards using it on their own to solve problems?
• How do we write a solution in a clear way, that students can learn from?
• When is a good time to offer a worked example? When is it better to let students try a problem?
• Are worked examples more useful for some mathematical content than others?

  This book will answer all of these questions. In some cases, research offers answers. Other questions represent gaps in the research literature and the book offers solutions arrived at through experience and trial-and-error and the author s own process of classroom problem solving.

  Welcome to the world of teaching with examples!

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Firmly rooted in research evidence of what works within the classroom for our most disadvantaged students, Disciplinary Literacy and Explicit Vocabulary Teaching offers teachers and school leaders practical ways in which those students who are behind in their literacy capabilities can make excellent progress.

Building on the work of Geoff Barton in his influential book Don’t Call it Literacy, Kathrine Mortimore outlines the unique literacy challenges posed by specific subject areas for those with weaker literacy skills, and more importantly how these challenges can be addressed and overcome. A student’s GCSE results are vital in giving them the choices they deserve in order to go on to the next stage of their academic careers.

This book draws on the success stories of schools and subjects that have made significant improvements in the outcomes of the children they teach, regardless of their starting points. From the inevitable success of Michaela Community school, to the gains made by the English department at Torquay Academy and the rapid reading improvements at Henley Bank, this book draws on both whole school initiatives and subject-specific strategies which have had proven success.

This book places a wide and balanced knowledge-rich curriculum at the centre of any school improvement strategy designed to improve literacy, and illustrates the role that all subjects must combine to play in building the vital background knowledge and vocabulary that young people need in order to read independently. This curriculum must then be delivered using those teaching methods that have had the greatest impact on disadvantaged learners, and this book sets out how the methodology of direct and explicit instruction can be adopted within each subject area.

Alongside this is a useful summary of staff development and inset which offers practical ways in which teachers’ adoption of these effective strategies can be facilitated. There are also useful sections on creating a whole school dictionary of essential vocabulary, creating a culture of reading and writing, and also those key literacy barriers experienced by those students with some of the most common special educational needs.

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Level: EYFS
Subject: Maths

An engaging Shapes, Colours and Patterns activity book to really help boost your child’s progress at every stage of their learning!

Fully in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage, this Maths book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.

Combining useful Maths practice with engaging, colourful illustrations, this Shapes, Colours and Patterns practice book helps to boost your child’s confidence and develop good learning habits for life. Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement.

Included in this book:

• questions that allow children to practise the important skills learned at school
• colourful activities that make learning fun and motivate children to learn at home
• helpful tips and answers so that you can support your child’s learning

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‘Want to finally get a grip on your cash? This is the book for you’ Cosmopolitan

‘The book everyone should read’ Stylist

‘Packed with encouragement, support and wisdom’ Anna Mathur, author of Mind Over Mother

Real Life Money is a holistic approach to personal finance that addresses the deeper causes of debt and financial difficulties.

Part memoir, part guide, Real Life Money takes the reader on a journey that can be adapted to their own pace and circumstances. It covers everything from how to negotiate repayment terms with creditors and setting realistic budgets without punishing yourself, to dealing with money anxiety.

The goal is not to get rich overnight, or to pay off debt at the expense of all of life’s pleasures, but rather to gain an understanding of why we feel the way we do about money, and how we can use that to change our mindset and our finances for good.

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Level: KS2
Subject: English

An engaging Comprehension activity book to really help boost your child’s progress at every stage of their learning!

Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.

Combining useful English practice with engaging, colourful illustrations, this Comphrension practice book helps to boost your child’s confidence and develop good learning habits for life. Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement.

Included in this book:

• questions that allow children to practise the important skills learned at school
• colourful activities that make learning fun and motivate children to learn at home
• helpful tips and answers so that you can support your child’s learning

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Collins Easy Learning KS2 6 Books Collection Set Ages 7-9: Ideal for home learning:

Maths Ages 7-9:
An engaging Maths activity book to really help boost your child’s progress at every stage of their learning! Including helpful questions and answers, this Maths book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.

English Ages 7-9:
Motivating English for Year 4. Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home. Combining useful English practice with engaging, colourful illustrations, this English practice book helps to boost your child’s confidence and develop good learning habits for life.

Handwriting Ages 7-9:
Learn the easy way with this handwriting activity book! Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.

Comprehension Ages 7-9:
An engaging Comprehension activity book to really help boost your child’s progress at every stage of their learning! Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.

Fractions and Decimals Ages 7-9:
Learn the easy way with this fractions & decimals activity book! Including helpful questions and answers, this Maths book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.

Problem Solving and Reasoning Ages 7-9:
Learn the easy way with this problem solving & reasoning workbook! Fully in line with the national curriculum, this Maths book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home. Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement.

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***The best intelligent puzzle book on the market***

Fiendish fun! – The Times

Can YOU solve the Puzzle for Today?

Tackle the conundrums that have been frustrating and confounding the nation, with the first official book from Radio 4’s Today programme.

Put your deciphering skills and mental agility to the test with over 280 cryptic, numerical and linguistic brainteasers from Britain’s best-loved radio programme, set by the world’s ultimate puzzle masters.

So, challenge your grey matter and hone your reasoning and logic skills with the brainteasers that get the nation’s (and many world leaders’) synapses firing every morning at 6.50am.

With a foreword by Sarah Sands, editor of the Today programme.
Introductions to each chapter by Tom Feildon, the BBC Science Editor.

Chapters:
Never Aired Puzzles
Common-sense Conundrums
Flags, Capitals & Nations
Maths & Language
Further Maths
BBC Today Presenters’ Puzzles
Celebrity Setters
Christmas Crackers

Want to take on the hardest, most fiendish puzzles out there created by the greatest minds around the world? If The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book, The GCHQ Puzzle Book and Tim Peake’s Astronaut Selection Test Book were no match for you, pit your wit against TODAY.

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The essential guide to the science behind reading and its practical implications for classroom teaching in primary schools.

Teaching children to read is one of the most important tasks in primary education and classroom practice needs to be underpinned by a secure foundation of knowledge. Teachers need to know what reading entails, how children learn to read and how it can be taught effectively.

This book is an essential guide for primary teachers that explores the key technical and practical aspects of how children read with strong links to theory and how to translate this into the classroom. Bite-size chapters offer accessible research-informed ideas across all major key topics including phonics, comprehension, teaching children with reading difficulties and strategies for the classroom. Key features include:

·        Discussions of implications for the classroom
·        Questions for further professional discussions
·        Retrieval quizzes
·        Further reading suggestions
·        Glossary of key terms

Christopher Such is a primary school teacher and the author of the education blog Primary Colour. He can be found on Twitter via @Suchmo83.

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