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Tes Explains

Working in collaboration with the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), Tes explains key teaching terminology and answers questions around the use of education research
What is adaptive teaching?

What is adaptive teaching?

Spaced learning

What is spaced learning?

What is desirable difficulty?

What are desirable difficulties?

What is group work?

What is group work?

Setting and streaming

What are setting and streaming?

What makes a good-quality research study?

What makes a good-quality research study?

Should everything be evaluated through RCTs?

Should everything be evaluated through RCTs?

What is a literature review?

What is a literature review?

Does researcher bias affect results?

Does researcher bias affect results?

How far can we apply research to a new context?

How far can we apply research to a new context?

What is cognitive load

What is cognitive load?

What is interleaving?

What is interleaving?

What is self-regulation?

What is self-regulation?

What is growth mindset?

What is growth mindset?

What is project-based learning?

What is project-based learning?

What are lethal mutations?

What are lethal mutations?

What is action research?

What is action research?

Can we ignore null results?

Can we ignore null results?

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