There is a great deal of evidence that families play a critical role in their child’s learning and development.

There is a great deal of evidence that families play a critical role in their child’s early learning and development. So how can primary school teachers best work with families to support student learning?

Explicit instruction involves fully explaining and effectively demonstrating what students need to learn. This guide outlines key practices for using explicit instruction in the classroom.

These practice guides summarise the research evidence about how early childhood and care (ECEC) and school practitioners can engage with families to support children’s early learning and development and students’ learning outcomes.

Focused classrooms maximise students’ on-task learning time by minimising disruptive behaviour and disengagement. This guide outlines key practices for creating focused classrooms.

Formative assessment refers to the variety of methods teachers use to gather and interpret information about student learning as learning is taking place. This guide outlines key practices for using formative assessment in the classroom.

This guide outlines key practices for using mastery learning in the classroom.

Targeting sentence-level instruction is critical in order to develop foundational skills in writing. Sentence combining is an instructional technique used to improve sentence quality, complexity, and variety.

Spacing and retrieval practice can improve students’ long-term retention of their learning. This guide outlines key practices for using spacing and retrieval in the classroom.