Teaching practice
What makes feedback change learning, and what kind of practice builds fluency. I've gathered videos, podcasts and reading on feedback that changes learning, whole-class feedback and the kind of practice that builds fluency and high success rates.
Practices in this area:Live feedbackWhole-class feedbackDeliberate practiceSuccess rateIndependent practice
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Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · 2024 · USA
An art teacher circulates while students draw, observing closely and giving deliberate feedback. A rare example of checking for understanding outside English and maths.
FreeOpens at teachlikeachampion.org
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AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers in primary and secondary classrooms show how they monitor progress.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
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Research Schools Network · UK
Teacher feedback in a Year 7 to 9 French lesson, checking and adapting as pupils learn.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
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AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers in primary and secondary classrooms show how they extend and challenge.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
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NSW Department of Education · 6:36 · Primary · Australia
Teachers give feedback in the moment, adjusting to what students need while learning is under way.
FreeOpens at education.nsw.gov.au
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Steplab · 44:06 · Primary and secondary · UK
How great teachers plan precisely, break content into manageable chunks and guide students with clear, interactive teaching.
FreeOpens at steplab.co
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AERO · Primary · Australia
Melissa Garstang-Leary applies mastery learning to biographical writing and editing, using short sequenced tasks, regular checks for mastery, reteaching for students who need it and enrichment for those who are ready.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
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Chalk Dust · Primary · Canada
JUMP Math founder John Mighton uses footage from Canadian primary classrooms, on place value and long division, to show how small steps and carefully sequenced practice help every student succeed in maths.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
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Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Year 6 · 2023 · USA
A sixth grade English teacher puts student writing about the novel Wonder on display for the class to study. Shows how Show Call can make strong work visible.
FreeOpens at teachlikeachampion.org
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AERO · Primary · Australia
Sue Davis teaches rounding four-digit numbers using mastery learning, breaking the topic into ordered steps, checking each one with mini whiteboards and manipulatives, and reteaching small groups as needed.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
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Research Schools Network · UK
How teachers celebrate progress and address misconceptions in a warm, rigorous way.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
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Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Year 6 · 2022 · USA
A sixth grade science teacher introduces Show Call at the start of the year, sharing student work with the whole class so that studying mistakes feels normal.
FreeOpens at teachlikeachampion.org
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AERO · 20:34 · Year 11 · Australia
A Year 11 Visual Communication Design lesson in which several evidence-based practices work together as students apply design strategies they have already learned.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Interview
NSW Department of Education · 12:51 · Years 7-12 · Australia
The principal of a large, linguistically diverse Sydney high school describes how a sustained culture of feedback was built among staff and carried into classrooms.
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Webinar
Think Forward Educators, with Kat O'Rourke · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
NSW teacher Kat O'Rourke shows how she sequences strategy instruction and practice to build number fact fluency in a 15-minute daily block, and what she learned implementing it.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
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Think Forward Educators, with Carl Hendrick · About 1 hour · 2025 · UK
Carl Hendrick looks at how teachers can use in-the-moment evidence of student understanding to adapt instruction. The second of his two sessions for Think Forward Educators.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
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Think Forward Educators, with Sean Alston · About 50 minutes · 2025 · Australia
Sean Alston explains the four stages of the Instructional Hierarchy and uses primary maths examples to show when to teach explicitly and when problem solving fits.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
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Think Forward Educators, with Brian Poncy · About 1 hour · 2025 · USA
Dr Brian Poncy reviews research on five ways fluent recall of basic facts supports later maths learning, and shares results from a five-year study.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
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Think Forward Educators, with Toni Hatten-Roberts · 30 to 60 minutes · 2022 · Australia
A Think Forward Educators maths session with Toni Hatten-Roberts on the science of maths and the importance of fluency.
Free account neededOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Whole-class feedback
Education Research Reading Room · with Lissie Doyle
Lissie Doyle explains how to run test feedback so students think hard about the process and learn from their mistakes.
FreeOpens at ollielovell.com
Fluency building
Knowledge for Teachers · with Kent Johnson and Andrew Kieta
Kent Johnson and Andrew Kieta of Morningside Academy explain the Morningside Model and how it helps students catch up without watering down the work.
FreeOpens at knowledgeforteachers.podbean.com
Precision teaching
Knowledge for Teachers · with Kimberly Nix Berens
Kimberly Nix Berens, founder of Fit Learning, explains the science of behaviour and precision teaching, and why observable, measurable learning matters in classrooms.
FreeOpens at knowledgeforteachers.podbean.com
Independent tasks
The Structured Literacy Podcast · with Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer argues that independent research projects ask novices to teach themselves complex topics without enough support, drawing on cognitive load theory and research on emotion in learning.
FreeOpens at buzzsprout.com
Conceptual and procedural knowledge
Knowledge for Teachers · with Bethany Rittle-Johnson
Bethany Rittle-Johnson of Vanderbilt University discusses her research on conceptual and procedural knowledge in maths, along with worked examples and self-explanation.
FreeOpens at knowledgeforteachers.podbean.com
Self-regulated learners
Education Research Reading Room · with Byers, Leighton and Perry
Byers, Leighton and Perry discuss their work on developing self-regulated learners, with Terry Byers drawing on his role at Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane.
FreeOpens at ollielovell.com
Word problems
Knowledge for Teachers · with Sarah Powell
Sarah Powell of the University of Texas at Austin shares what her research says about teaching students to solve maths word problems.
FreeOpens at knowledgeforteachers.podbean.com
Daisy Christodoulou (No More Marking) · Substack · 2025 · UK
Christodoulou argues that detailed written comments describe weaknesses without helping students fix them, and makes the case for whole-class feedback and practice that changes what students do next.
FreeOpens at substack.nomoremarking.com
Jamie Clark · One-page guide · Australia
Shows how to give feedback to a whole class using a crib sheet and a six-step routine, a workload-friendly approach that targets common misconceptions.
FreeOpens at jamieleeclark.com
Paul Kirschner · Substack · 2026 · International
An explanation of reduced feedback, the least known of the Bjorks' desirable difficulties, and how gradually stepping back from instant correction can build lasting learning and self-regulation.
FreeOpens at paulkirschner173727.substack.com
Alex Blanksby (VIC Maths Notes) · Substack · 2026 · Australia
A Victorian maths teacher uses learning classical guitar to reflect on what fluency and mastery require, and why practice must prepare students for performing under different conditions.
FreeOpens at vmnalex.substack.com
Jamie Clark · One-page guide · Australia
Summarises Dylan Wiliam and Siobhan Leahy's five formative assessment strategies with practical tips for minute-by-minute teaching decisions.
FreeOpens at jamieleeclark.com
