RYAN J CRAZE, TEACHER OF HISTORY AND GIFTED AND MORE ABLE STUDENTS LEAD, HARLINGTON UPPER SCHOOL, UK
"I couldn’t remember what to write." "Some people make it look easy." "I gave up. My mind went blank. I didn’t know what to write."
These were just some of the comments that faced me after giving back Year 10’s mock history examination results. As you can imagine, there were some disappointed students who had just missed the mark or had fallen well short of achieving their best! However, there were also some successes: there was a minority of students who throughout Year 10 had consistently written well in timed assessments. These students were obviously very able learners and I started to reflect carefully about how their superior writing skills could be transferred to their peers. This led to quite a lot of reflection and conversations with other teachers. The consensus appeared to be that since 2015 the introduction of 9–1 GCSEs had, on the whole, reduced written c
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