Answer — Exercise 3
7 - Making a difference·Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book
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.