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The science behind fostering children’s early learning and development
AERO’s ‘science of learning and development’ project will support teachers and educators to incorporate knowledge about how brains and bodies develop into their practice, beginning with early childhood education and care (ECEC) services.
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Formative assessment
In formative assessment, you gather and interpret information about student learning as it is happening in your classroom. It helps you to adapt your teaching to meet student needs.
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Formative assessment at Walford Anglican School for Girls
Kerri Proctor, Head of English at Walford Anglican School for Girls, uses different formative assessment methods to track students' progress.
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Mastery learning at Trinity College
See how Mastery Learning is implemented in different classrooms at Trinity College.
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Mastery learning
Mastery learning is a way of designing units of work so that each set of tasks focuses on a particular learning objective and students must master a task to move onto the next one.
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Mastery learning: Teacher checklist
This checklist is a list of practical steps teachers can take to support the adoption of the evidence-based practice mastery learning in their setting.
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Mastery learning: Example of practice
This example uses a Year 9 Physical Education lesson to demonstrate effective practice in different education settings.
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Formative assessment: Teacher checklist
This checklist is a list of practical steps teachers can take to support the adoption of the evidence-based practice formative assessment in their setting.
Practice resource
Formative assessment: Example of practice
This example comes from a Year 7 English class where a formative assessment task was to gather data about students’ writing and interpretive skills.
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Engaging with families for children’s early learning and development: ECEC practice guide
There is a great deal of evidence that families play a critical role in their child’s early learning and development. So how can early childhood education and care (ECEC) educators and teachers best work with families for learning?
Practice guide
Engaging with families to support student learning in secondary school
There is a great deal of evidence that families play a critical role in their child’s learning. So how can secondary school teachers and leaders best work with families to support student learning?
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Busting myths about science in early childhood education and care practice
Dr Jen Jackson, Program Director at AERO, explains how simple and effective it is to integrate science into ECEC practice, debunking several myths about the science of early childhood pedagogy along the way.