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The International Baccalaureate (IB) introduces measures to prevent time zone cheating during exams, including adjusted start times, minimum supervision, and calculator memory clearance.
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The report “Wellbeing for Schoolteachers” by Oxford University’s Wellbeing Research Centre, commissioned by the IB, emphasizes the crucial link between teacher wellbeing and student success. Dr. Laura Taylor stresses the need to prioritize teacher wellbeing to improve the overall school environment. The report advocates for investing in teachers’ wellbeing to positively impact the educational system.
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Ah, Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. The idea that we possess a plethora of distinct types of intelligence sounds enticing, doesn’t it? Finally, a framework where everyone gets a gold star and nobody feels left out. It’s an egalitarian’s dream come true—except for one minor detail: there’s absolutely no empirical evidence to support it.…
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New research points to the practical importance of a positive error climate in the classroom My primary school teacher used to say often, ‘it’s OK to make mistakes as long as we learn from them’. https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/making-mistakes-easy-aids-teacher-student-relationship
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Why do some students in the same classes have very high attendance and others have very low attendance? Here’s a glimpse into New Zealand’s school attendance issue.
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According to Robert Kelty*, “Shortcomings in traditional education systems were evident before the pandemic, which further revealed the impacts of academic stress and a narrow focus on memorization. Reports worldwide sounded the alarm that depression, chronic absenteeism and disengagement among students soared during and after the pandemic. Academic achievement plummeted on state assessments and NAEP…
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Studying the IB Diploma can overcome the disadvantage of being poor. Most people associated with education research ‘know’ that socio-economic status is a strong predictor of educational/academic achievement. In short, kids from rich families do better at school (and university) than kids from poor families. Rich parents have successful students. So, imagine reading this… ‘School…
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Not the Leaning Tower of… but the PISA tests, run by the OECD to show improvements in member-states’ education systems. Newspapers like to refer to them if they’re bad and politicians like to refer to them if they’re good. But what are they and what did the 2022 results say about education systems? (Guess what,…
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Because the IB Diploma is not a national curriculum or a national examination system, many rightly ask whether universities recognise it as an admission qualification. The short is ‘yes’. But let me say that another way; ‘YES’. And here’s some evidence…
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Every three years, the OECD conducts the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a global assessment of 15-year-olds’ critical thinking in math, science, and reading across over 65 countries representing 90% of the world’s economies. Approximately 600,000 students undergo a two-hour test to evaluate their skills and knowledge, focusing on science, reading, and mathematics. Unlike…
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