Category Archives: Oaka Blog
Retaining information – or why does your child forget?
The forgetting curve has been featured on the blog before because it is so essential...
Stages of Competence – how will I know?
As well as learning styles, which we talk a lot about on the blog, there...
Thinking about thinking?
There’s a new buzzword in teaching and learning: metacognition. It means understanding your own thought...
Ready to Read?
Benefits of reading and how to encourage your child to love it – Carey Ann...
One to one tuition – is it worth it?
Henry Fagg, founder of Thetutorpages.com, a specialist directory and resource website for private tuition, takes...
Smashing Through The SEN Ceiling
Take a look at our Guest Blog on the Independent Schools Consultancy blog discussing the need...
Are They Really Learning?
When you sit down with your child to do a revision or study session how...
What’s It All About? The Power of Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes are sometimes also called learning objectives and are used at the beginning of...
Influencing Behaviour
Albert Bandura began the social learning theory in the ’60s with experiments and influential books....
5 Reasons to Like Homework
Homework, you may love it or loathe it but will our children really be better...
