This book looks at the maths concepts — and, to some extent, the physics concepts — hidden in popular video games.
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Review: The Shortest History of AI
How is it that ChatGPT, Claude and other Al models appear to perform so well at certain complex tasks that some people become convinced that they're sentient — only for them to then promptly fail at simple tasks that even a child could handle?
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Review: Teacher Geek
Every so often I like to take a look, or another look, at a book published a while ago, and today I’ve been looking at Teacher Geek, by Rachel Jones.
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Review: Teach Fast
The book contains some interesting ideas.
Read MoreA question of leadership
I have somewhat dichotomous views of this question of whether leaders make a difference, or much of a difference. I think my views can be classified as macro and micro.
Read MoreReview: Making Good Progress?
Daisy Christodoulou carefully picks apart the pitfalls of various kinds of assessment, drawing on different subject areas to do so.
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Review: Principles and Practices of Assessment
There is plenty in this book to like.
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Review: Effective Teaching: Evidence and Practice
Although this is a few years old now (2018), it has stood the test of time.
Read MoreReview: One for maths teachers
This wide-ranging book takes in probability, fractals, astronomy, Babbage, Lovelace and a host of other areas and people.
Read MoreReviews: Two for History teachers
Two books on the Nazi era.
Read MoreReview: One for English teachers
No book about the craft of writing seems complete without a stern chapter on the importance of eschewing adverbs and adjectives - but what to put in their place?
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Review: The Great Formal Machinery Works: Theories of Deduction and Computation at the Origins of the Digital Age
If you’re of a mathematical bent this could be just the book to delve into.
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Review: How to lie with statistics
Although this book is over 60 years old, it is remarkably apposite for our times -- and especially in the fields of educational research and assessing pupils' understanding and progress.
Read MoreReview: Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
I submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreReview of Blueprints
I submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreReview: Cabinet of Curiosity - Developing a Superpower
School life ought to consist of far more than just a utilitarian pursuit of exam grades over all other considerations.
Read MoreReview: Dr Bot - Why Doctors Can Fail Us-and How Al Could Save Lives
In this comprehensive and highly readable Dr Bot, Blease tackles a wide range of issues, including some that are apposite for those working in schools.
Read MoreReview: Books A Manifesto - Or, How to Build a Library
A compelling read that's bound to make even the most well-read among us feel somewhat under-educated.
Read MoreReview: Algospeak-How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language
A fascinating insight into how language evolves and adjusts according to changes in culture.
Read MoreNeed a break? This book of short stories could be just the ticket!
The 39 stories in this collection span a hundred years, during which Polish society underwent seismic political change several times over.
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