Resources for tutoring and teaching in small groups

A curated selection of guidance, resources and templates for tutoring and teaching in small-groups

Introduction: Understanding the attainment gap in UK schools

• Understanding multiple disadvantage factors (pdf)
• Impact of school closures on the attainment gap (pdf)
• The impact of disadvantage on pupil outcomes (pdf)

1. Research on the impact of effective tutoring on student progress

• Evidence of the impact of small group tutoring (pdf)
• John Hattie’s ranking of intervention influence
• Building positive tutor-student relationships
• The impact of caring adults (pdf)

2. Effective lesson planning

• Strategies for effective lesson planning - Centre for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
• Lesson planning considerations - Ross Morrison McGill
• Research-based lesson plan template (.docx)

3. Engagement and learning during sessions

• EEF: Metacognition and self-regulated learning
  • Metacognition and self-regulated learning poster (pdf)
  • Seven recommendations for teaching self-regulated learning & metacognition
  • 7 Recommendations poster (pdf)
• What makes great teaching? (pdf)

4. Skills, knowledge, and the wider curriculum

• The EEF’s guide to supporting school planning (pdf)
• The EEF’s Teaching and Learning Toolkit
• National Literacy Trust
• The Great Science Share
• National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
• Video: Navigating the EEF Teaching and Learning toolkit

5. Inclusion, differentiation, and SEND

• Differentiation — why and how? (pdf) — The National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)

  EEF:

  • Five evidence-based teaching strategies for children with SEND
  • Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools: 5 recommendations
  • Guidance report (pdf)
• The SEND Code of Practice (2015) (pdf)
• Overview of explicit instruction (graphic)

6. Planning and giving feedback

• Education Endowment Foundation Feedback Research
• “The Perils and Promises of Praise” by Carol Dweck in Educational Leadership, October 2007 (Vol. 65, #2, p. 34-39)
• What makes great teaching? (pdf)
• Best practice in effective teacher-student feedback
• Video: Carol Dweck on the power of praising process rather than outcomes