Author Archives: motivationlewis

Improving literacy and memory through retrieval quizzing, in schools situated in socially deprived areas              “Imagine, holding a hollow glass ball with walls so thin. Even with your lightest touch it bursts, shattering into a thousand pieces.”  My mentor and head of department, describing the resilience of our students from a Cheshire town with high levelsContinue reading “Improving Resilience and Literacy through Retrieval Quizzing”

Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin… Story time may be among the least likely things you’d expect to find in a science class, but when Lewis Stewart and his colleagues realised students’ working memories were being overloaded with complicated ideas, they decided to turn to the power of spinning a yarn to help weave meaningful learning…  What wasContinue reading “The Lost Art of Storytelling: A Teacher’s Guide to Using Storytelling During Instruction”