This unique & ground-breaking book is the result of 15 years research & synthesises over 800 meta-analyses on the influences on achievement in school-aged students It builds a story about the power of teachers feedback & a model of learning & understanding The research involves many millions of students & represents the largest ever evidence based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning Areas covered include the influence of the student home school curricula teacher & teaching strategies A model of teaching & learning is developed based on the notion of visible teaching & visible learning A major message is that what works best for students is similar to what works best for teachers
- an attention to setting challenging learning intentions being clear about what success means & an attention to learning strategies for developing conceptual understanding about what teachers & students know & understand Although the current evidence based fad has turned into a debate about test scores this book is about using evidence to build & defend a model of teaching & learning A major contribution is a fascinating benchmarkdashboard for comparing many innovations in teaching & schools