The single most important thing that you can do to improve the motivation of your students is to help them understand that intelligence and talent can both be improved by effort. Without this 'growth mindset', they'll lack the incentive to put in the effort required...
The science supporting GCSE Prepper
What research has led to our current understanding of the most effective way to learn?
Cognitive psychologists have spent decades trying to understand what makes up the most effective learning strategy. Click here to access a brief summary of some of the most influential research that has led to our current understanding.
What is the most effective strategy for building durable learning?
We are scientists who believe in the scientific process. Cognitive psychologists have spent decades researching the most effective learning strategies, and there is now a pretty strong consensus forming about what works best. It consists of: Spaced sessions . . . . ....
Is there any proof that GCSE Prepper can deliver an uplift in GCSE results?
Yes. In September 2021, we embarked on a 2-year impact study with learning experts from the universities of Southampton, Birmingham, Warwick and UCL. The first-year results have been analysed and show a strong positive correlation between time spent on GCSE Prepper...
What is a growth mindset and why is it important to have one?
Most students view intelligence and talent as innate qualities, which are consequently very hard to change. This is both wrong, and a very unfortunate way of thinking - as it removes our incentive to try to improve. You can test the mindset of the students in your...
Why do most students spend too little time revising and waste the time they do spend on the wrong activities?
Most students suffer from two particularly unfortunate misperceptions: They view intelligence and talent as innate and hard to change - rather than believing that they can be improved through effort. In psychology, this is known as having a fixed mindset (as opposed...
What is the breakdown of how many marks are allocated to different types of questions in science GCSEs
Robust research shows that students that practise retrieval with questions that look like those they will face in their final exams outperform those that practise with different types of questions. For this reason, we analysed the results from historical papers to...
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