June 2015

A cognitive scientist, Guy Claxton is campaigning to ban all erasers from classrooms.  He believes 'erasers are an instrument of the devil'. I did question this at first, but then reading on, I think he has a point. If children rub out their mistakes, they can't learn from them, they almost 'hide' from them....

A recent study has proven that the use of mobile phones impacts on school children's test results. The London School of Economics carried out of a study at schools across four English cities banning mobile phones and reported on test results before and after the ban.  The results found an overall...