by Jenn Linning | Oct 7, 2019 | Teachers
Our brand new custom assignment builder allows teachers to create their own assignments for students – for homework, classwork or revision – from a range of over 75,000 questions. How does it work? Using their Get My Grades account, teachers can log in...
by John Nichols | Sep 27, 2019 | Teachers, Tutors
One of the most important roles for private tutors is setting, recording and marking relevant practice assignments for their students. Effective retrieval practice is well understood to be one of the most vital aspects of teaching and learning. Countless educational...
by Get My Grades | Jun 24, 2019 | Events, Schools, Teachers
Last week, the Get My Grades team exhibited at The Festival of Education at Wellington College in Berkshire. The weather was glorious and we had many productive conversations with teachers and school leaders about education, curriculum and what the future may hold....
by Jenn Linning | Dec 22, 2018 | Teachers, Tutors
In this blog series, we have explored ways in which we can develop students’ spoken answers so that, in turn, we can help them to improve their written ones. Strategies such as probing, restating, rehearsing, scaffolding, and mapping can help to push students to the...
by Jenn Linning | Dec 19, 2018 | Teachers, Tutors
Now that we have explored various different strategies for developing student answers, it’s time to use our own ‘rehearsal’ strategy and plan exactly how we are going to help students make the leap between one-sentence spoken responses and the complex, detailed...
by Jenn Linning | Dec 11, 2018 | Teachers, Tutors
In this blog series so far, we have talked about how to develop students’ spoken answers, which in turn should help to improve their written ones. Strategies such as probing, restating, and rehearsing can help to push students to the next level of understanding and...
