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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 a matched study

What is a matched study (QED)?

What is statistical significance?

What is statistical significance?

What is retrieval practice?

What is retrieval practice?

What is phonics?

What is phonics?

What is metacognition?

What is metacognition?

What is direct instruction?

What is direct instruction?

What is dual coding?

What is dual coding?

What is mastery learning?

What is mastery learning?

What is teacher feedback?

What is teacher feedback?

What are learning styles?

What are learning styles? 

What is social and emotional learning?

What is social and emotional learning?

What is balanced literacy?

What is balanced literacy?

How does research get commissioned?

How does research get commissioned?

How does research get published?

How does research get published?

How does peer review work?

How does peer review work?

What is a randomised controlled trial?

What is a randomised controlled trial? 

What is a systematic review?

What is a systematic review?

What is a meta-analysis?

What is a meta-analysis?

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