Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education


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Guidance and insights into the knowledge, values and commitments necessary to succeed in the primary classroom, supported by links to theory and research literature and realistic scenarios you may encounter as a new teacher.




Science Inside the Black Box


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Bella Goes to Sea


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Happy in her new home with William the fisherman, Bella the goose learns to fly. One day she decides to follow William in his boat and flies far out to sea. Then William gets shipwrecked and has to depend on Bella to save him. Are her wings strong enough to carry her back to the mainland for help. . . . ?




Wake-Up Time on Bumble Farm


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Lazy Rooster is sleeping late. Without his cock-a-doodle-doo, Farmer Faye is still in bed and the animals on Bumble Farm are causing chaos! Can you help to wake Rooster up? Download the full eBook and explore supporting teaching materials at www.twinkl.com/originals Join Twinkl Book Club to receive printed story books every half-term at www.twinkl.co.uk/book-club (UK only).




Teaching Synthetic Phonics


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The synthetic phonics approach is used in all primary schools in England. If you are a trainee or beginning primary school teacher, you need to demonstrate a confidence in the teaching of phonics to meet the Teachers′ Standards and gain QTS. This is a practical, up-to-date guide to teaching children to read using synthetic phonics. It helps you to understand the theory behind phonics and how children′s learning of reading can develop. It gives you practical teaching strategies and outlines how you can assess and diagnose reading problems. This second edition has been updated to include new chapters on the new Phonics Check in year 1 and overviews of popular phonics schemes used in England and Scotland.




Progress in Understanding Mathematics Assessment


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This is the Stage One Manual Progress in Understanding Mathematics (PUMA) is a standardised, curriculum-linked suite of tests designed for whole-class use and for pupils of all abilities. Uniquely, the series offers three tests for each primary school year, to monitor pupils' progress term by term, and provides reliable, predictive and diagnostic information. Or you can pick the test(s) you want, to give you maximum flexibility to assess just at the beginning, middle or end of each year, if you prefer. - simple and quick to administer and mark - taking less than an hour to assess a whole class - standardised scores, curriculum levels and maths ages, plus a diagnostic profile across the separate strands of mathematics, will give you a wealth of information and make you more effective in managing learning in your classroom - a decimalised PUMA scale score, based on the termly performance data of over 10,000 pupils nationally, lets you monitor small increments of progress and gives a reliable basis for predicting pupil progress and setting realistic targets - a separate test is available for autumn, spring and summer terms for Years 1-6 - attractively presented, to engage the children (the KS1 tests are printed in full colour) To view samples of all tests please visit: www.hoddereducation.co.uk/puma







Computational Thinking Education


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This This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book offers a comprehensive guide, covering every important aspect of computational thinking education. It provides an in-depth discussion of computational thinking, including the notion of perceiving computational thinking practices as ways of mapping models from the abstraction of data and process structures to natural phenomena. Further, it explores how computational thinking education is implemented in different regions, and how computational thinking is being integrated into subject learning in K-12 education. In closing, it discusses computational thinking from the perspective of STEM education, the use of video games to teach computational thinking, and how computational thinking is helping to transform the quality of the workforce in the textile and apparel industry.




Reassessing 'Ability' Grouping


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Presenting original quantitative and qualitative data from a large-scale empirical research project conducted in British secondary schools, Reassessing ‘Ability’ Grouping analyses the impact of attainment grouping on pupil outcomes, teacher effectiveness and social equality. Alongside a comprehensive account of existing literature and the international field, this book offers: Rigorous conceptual analysis of data A view of wider political debates on pupils' social backgrounds and educational attainment A discussion of the practicalities of classroom practice Recommendations for improved practice to maximise pupil outcomes, experiences and equity Vignettes, illustrative tables and graphs, as well as quotes from teacher interviews and pupil focus groups Addressing attainment grouping as an obstacle to raising pupil attainment, this book offers a distinctive, wide-ranging appraisal of the international field, new large-scale empirical evidence, and ‘close to practice’ attention to the practicalities and constraints of the classroom. Reassessing ‘Ability’ Grouping is an essential read for any practitioners and policymakers, as well as students engaged in the field of education and social justice.




Primary Assessment Now


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Assessment in primary schools is changing. The new primary National Curriculum and the 'removal' of levels have prompted schools and teachers to re-consider assessment. This is a comprehensive guide to assessment for all primary trainees. It explores the theory behind assessment and encourages the reader to constantly reflect on the current state of assessment and how effective assessment can improve teaching and learning. It will help trainee or beginning teachers to understand the why, what and how of primary assessment by: exploring the past, present and changing contexts of assessment and the theory behind the different types examining assessment of different curriculum subjects, focusing on English, mathematics and computing covering assessment in classroom - presenting ideas and strategies to help make assessment part of all lessons looking at assessing children with SEND and assessment at school level providing advice on the use of questioning and talk in the classroom