Posts Tagged ‘addcym’

The startling link between FSM and Average Points Score (KS4)

March 20th, 2013 | Posted by Glen Gilchrist | No Comments
I’m a data nut – I love numbers and visualising the relationship between often seemingly disparate sets of measurements.   When the Welsh Government published MyLocalSchool the intention was for interested ...

Data analysis for teachers (free copy of my book)

January 18th, 2013 | Posted by Glen Gilchrist | No Comments
Nearly 2 years ago I started to write a book to vent my frustrations over how we analyse data in schools. Or should I say “how we don’t analyse data, ...

Collaborating for a better KS3 SOW (Science)

November 6th, 2012 | Posted by Glen Gilchrist | 2 Comments
I love the things that Twitter throws up to inspire and challenge. Off and on for the past few years I’ve wanted to collaboratively work on a scheme of work and associated ...

Re purposing old resources – homework booklets

September 13th, 2012 | Posted by Glen Gilchrist | 3 Comments
Like many teachers, I’m a hoarder – resources I made back when I was an NQT I still use – in fact, if I’m honest, some of the more adventurous ...

TeachMeet video – (Research and Data Talks)

August 31st, 2012 | Posted by Glen Gilchrist | No Comments
One of the Internet activities my daughter (7 years old) likes to do, is to search the Web for photos of friends and family – she is always amazed when ...

Teaching is making me ill – a resolution for a new term

August 26th, 2012 | Posted by Glen Gilchrist | 3 Comments
As a teacher and head of department I try to keep my self up to date with the various happenings and developments within the world of education – I hang ...

Correlation is not causation – a story of pirates

June 29th, 2012 | Posted by Glen Gilchrist | No Comments
Schools are about learning – right?  I’ve blogged before about how teachers and CPD often don’t go hand in hand.  But there is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, ...

Teacher blogging survey (from the OU)

June 8th, 2012 | Posted by Glen Gilchrist | No Comments
Alice Bell is conducting some research at the OU’s IET, and is asking teacher bloggers to participate.  You can email Alice directly at [email protected], or as I am doing, respond in a ...

GCSE results: are they Mean?

August 24th, 2011 | Posted by Glen Gilchrist | 3 Comments
Dateline: Wednesday 24th August, 2011 – the nation waits with baited breath for the latest L2 (or if you’re the media, you will insist on calling it GCSE) results to ...