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
- (students’ own answers)
- Research took 15 years, looked at 60,000 studies, covered 250 million students.
- Teachers need to be passionate and able to show students how to exceed expectations (= do more than they thought they could).
- 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.
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