Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7 - Making a difference for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Read a short article about the academic John Hattie, author of Visible Learning, and his research into achievement in schools. Find out.

Answer

  1. (students’ own answers)
  2. Research took 15 years, looked at 60,000 studies, covered 250 million students.
  3. Teachers need to be passionate and able to show students how to exceed expectations (= do more than they thought they could).
  4. A lot of the most important factors (such as teaching and expectations) are ‘hidden’, particularly from parents and politicians who may make decisions. He wants to make these factors ‘visible’ / more open.