Seven simple rules offered to bolster science education
Practical guidance to make evidence-based teaching accessible
Articles and resources to support each of the seven rules in the effective, evidence-based principles of the EEF Improving secondary science guidance.
Understanding their existing ideas helps avoid misconceptions
How to identify and challenge misconceptions
How to ensure concepts are fully understood
How to model and develop students’ knowledge
Planning for success
Metacognition helps learners find solutions
Be explicit when explaining models and their purpose
How to bridge the gap between the ‘seen’ science and the ‘unseen’ explanation
Use scientific models effectively
Questioning helps organise new information
Structure tasks to improve learning
How to help pupils build long-term memory
Top tips and best practice for active retrieval, access almost 500 ready-to-use questions on key topics
Be clear about the intended outcomes of experiments
How a variety of practical work improves learning
When experiments build knowledge
Develop students’ deductive and inductive skills
Reading for purpose
Explore, explain and use vocabulary to consolidate its meaning with your students
How writing builds learning
The keys to understanding the language of chemistry
… without a massive time investment
Diagnose your students’ strengths and weaknesses
How students benefit from feedback
How responding to feedback improves results
Practical guidance to make evidence-based teaching accessible
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