Leadership
Enough of the Gimmicks: Leaders Need Research and Practice
I have had a deep interest in educational research for a long time. It started in my undergraduate years when I was studying to be a teacher. The topics of equity and access were areas of interest that grew into ways to rethink school classrooms and leadership. I remember teaching first grade in the 90s,
Visible Learning
8 Practices to Develop VISIBLE LEARNERS
Education trends may come and go, but the conclusions of John Hattie’s Visible Learning research have remained largely unchanged over the years. The research is
Great Teaching by Design
The opening sentence in our new book, Visible Learning for Literacy, says “Every student deserves a great teacher, not by chance, but by design.” There
Establishing a Shared Language for VISIBLE LEARNING (Part 2)
Helping Students Develop the Traits of an Effective Learner Professor John Hattie notes in Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning (Routledge, 2012) the importance
Teaching Methods
Motivating and Accelerating Learning with Tutoring
Time devoted to working one-on-one with a learner or with a small group of learners is valuable, particularly in today’s schools and classrooms. However, we often use this support and time
What’s so Important About Learning Intentions and Success Criteria?
The effect size for success criteria in John Hattie’s 250+ influences on learning is now 0.88, after the latest meta-analysis was added to the data. With 0.4 being the
6 Modern Fluencies for the Post-Pandemic World
"Great teachers engineer learning experiences that put students in the driver's seat. Then, they get out of the way." - Ben Johnson To tap into the
