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Why trendy teaching is inefficient and harmful: Report says popular classroom techniques are not supported by research
03 November 2014
Sarah Harris reports for The Daily Mail on new Sutton Trust research on teaching practice.
Trendy teaching methods such as lavishing praise on pupils can be harmful to learning, says a study published today.
It warns that many ‘common practices’, such as allowing youngsters to discover key ideas by themselves, are either ‘ineffective or inefficient’.
The report from the Sutton Trust education charity outlines a range of popular techniques used in classrooms that are ‘not supported by research evidence’.
Read the full article here.
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