We all learn more when we are interested, having fun and repeating information. How many songs do you remember the lyrics to years after you first heard them? The ‘forgetting curve’ has been featured on the blog before because it is so essential to understanding how children retain information. Also called the learning curve or…

The forgetting curve has been featured on the blog before because it is so essential to understanding how children retain information. Also called the learning curve or Ebbinghaus’ theory, after its creator Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German psychologist living in the late 19th century, the forgetting curve shows how quickly memories are lost – but also,…

As well as learning styles, which we talk a lot about on the blog, there are learning stages. These different frameworks try to explain how we learn and how we can make the most of the process for the best results. In children it is especially important so that we can create the best teaching…

There’s a new buzzword in teaching and learning: metacognition. It means understanding your own thought processes – thinking about thinking. Now being taught in schools all over the UK it is expected to spread to many more. Introducing metacognition to the classroom improves results and gives children a valuable insight into their own learning, improving…

Benefits of reading and how to encourage your child to love it – Carey Ann Dodah, Director of Curriculum Strategy at Explore Learning New research by tuition provider, Explore Learning has revealed that the UK’s love of reading is very much alive. One in three Brits read every day for pleasure, whilst 39% read once…

Henry Fagg, founder of Thetutorpages.com, a specialist directory and resource website for private tuition, takes a look at the benefits of one to one tuition. One-to-one learning has traditionally been called private tuition, although its uptake in state schools as a remedial measure has meant that it is sometimes called just one-to-one, or personal, tuition….

Take a look at our Guest Blog on the Independent Schools Consultancy blog discussing the need to enable SEN pupils to reach their potential and see just how far they can go!

When you sit down with your child to do a revision or study session how do you know if they are really learning? Children want to please and unfortunately there is still negativity around them getting things wrong or admitting they don’t know the answer. So a simple “do you understand?” doesn’t work, they will…

Learning outcomes are sometimes also called learning objectives and are used at the beginning of lessons to give students an overview of their lesson and what they should know by the end – the outcome or objective. While that might seem high level stuff it is used all the way down to primary school level….

Albert Bandura began the social learning theory in the ’60s with experiments and influential books. The most famous example was the Bobo Doll experiment. Children observed a model being aggressive towards the doll. That model was then either rewarded or punished for their behaviour. The influence that had on the child’s behaviour was tracked. The…