Thoughts on assessment literacy

This week, I visited Bexhill VIth Form College for the second of four facilitated action research sessions. The Head of Department, Clare Holmes, had heard about our previous action research sessions with Bicester Community College at our Active Approaches in post-16 conference in March 2013. Clare successfully applied for National Scholarship funding to fund a…

The book seeks to broaden the scope of research on mathematical problem solving in different educational environments. A new book, co-edited by Keith Jones from Southampton Education School and entitled ‘Broadening the scope of research on mathematical problem solving‘ has just been published by Springer. The volume’s three major themes—technology, creativity, and affect—represent key issues that are…

An article “Distinguishing Nature of Science Beliefs, Knowledge and Understandings” authored by Richard Brock and MSHE colleague Wonyong Park has been published in the journal Science & Ecuation. Whilst teaching about the nature of science (NOS) is a significant goal of science education, there remains debate about specifying the NOS and appropriate pedagogies and approaches…

In the second half of November the second enGasia meeting will take place in Hong Kong. Main activities will be: To finalise and testdrive two draft versions of the digital Geometry books. Discuss how we try out the books in some case studies in the classroom. Work on publications. Some school visits (primary and secondary)…

MSHE colleague Lucy Hoyes contributed to a new book by Pearson on ‘the power of maths’. The book is a guide on tackling maths anxiety.     Seen and felt in thousands of classrooms, homes and workplaces across the nation, maths anxiety is widely acknowledged as a barrier to engagement and progress in maths, as well…