The queen of GCSE maths re-sit teaching, Julia Smith, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share her 5 tips:
1. Practice, practice, practice…not until you can get it right but until you cannot get it wrong (04:24)
2. Revision should start from day one of a course, not at the end (12:57)
3. It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it…and that’s what gets results (23:13)
4. Fluency in the four operations is a cornerstone of developing mathematical understanding (33:27)
5. How to deal with students who say they hate maths or are no good at maths (44:28)
Access the show notes and audio transcription of the episode, plus a load more audio and video tips here: tipsforteachers.co.uk



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Former English teacher and now best-selling author, Alex Quigley, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips:
1. Ask students to make a pre-topic mind map (02:55)
2. Focus on developing keystone vocabulary (17:58)
3. Try using a collage collection to stimulate ideas (32:24)
4. Play "Just a minute!" (44:32)
5. Support your students using sentence expanding (1:00:30)
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Alex Quigley

Teacher and author David Goodwin, joins us on the Tips for Teacher podcast to share his 5 tips:
1. Provide opportunities for students to read in lessons (04:23)
2. Develop vocabulary (16:45)
3. Rebrand homework as practice (25:08)
4. How to improve students' ability to write (33:33)
5. How to make retrieval practice work (45:53)
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David Goodwin

Five tips to improve the Do Now at the start of your lesson
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The Do Now - Tips for Teachers Top 5s

Five tips to improve the use of Silent Teacher in the classroom.
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Silent Teacher - Tips for Teachers Top 5s

Five tips to improve checking for understanding in the classroom.
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