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Practice guide
Explain learning objectives
This practice guide will help teachers create, explain and use well-informed learning objectives and success criteria and activate students’ prior knowledge.
Video
Explicit instruction in mathematics
Explicit instruction is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Sue Davis explains how she uses explicit instruction in her mathematics lessons.
Video
Explicit instruction in science
Explicit instruction is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Darcie Clarke explains how she uses explicit instruction in her science lessons.
Explainer
Explicit instruction optimises learning
This explainer provides an introduction to explicit instruction, with a focus on explaining how it contributes to positive outcomes for students’ learning achievement and dispositions.
Practice guide
Formative assessment practice guide
This guide outlines key practices for using formative assessment in the classroom.
Project
How students learn
Our work on how students learn best (also known as the science of learning) connects cognitive science, neuroscience and education psychology research on the learning process with practical teaching implications.
Research report
How students learn best: An overview of the evidence
This paper highlights the impact aligning teaching practices with how students learn has on educational outcomes. It underscores the importance of evidence-based practices that enhance learning for all students.
Practice resource
Introduction: Play-based learning and intentionality
This resource is part of a series of 8 practice resources for play-based learning and intentionality in ECEC. Each resource is aligned with the Principles of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF V2.0).
Explainer
Introduction to the science of reading
Understanding the cognitive science behind how students learn to read and the research on effective instruction makes it easier for educators to align policy and classroom teaching with evidence.
Practice resource
Introduction: Assessment for children’s learning
The Assessment for children's learning practice resources support teachers and educators in early childhood education and care (ECEC) to improve their assessment for children’s learning.
Explainer
Knowledge is central to learning
This explainer provides an introduction to the role of knowledge in learning, implications for effective teaching, and describes how building background knowledge facilitates higher-order thinking and learning outcomes.
Explainer
Managing cognitive load optimises learning
This explainer gives a brief introduction to cognitive load, focusing on ways to manage it for effective and efficient learning.