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While this is an unusual blog title, the "Should you bring an iced coffee to a job interview?" debate that went viral online last week, gives an opportunity to look at two different perspectives on what...
The cognitive approach
We have received questions from teachers about the differences between the cognitive approach and the learning and cognition context. You have also wanted to check how questions may be framed, and what...
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Hi John, I found a cognitive assessment where students practice Paper 1, Section A & Section B, and Paper 2, Section B. I can not remember where it is at all now. I wanted to look at that page again, but I can't remember where...
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Hi John, Thank you for providing these very helpful sample answers. I have a very quick qns regarding the Qns 3 response. In previous years I have taught my students that focusing on only one approach, whether this is the sociocultural, cognitive...
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John, I finally found it. I have downloaded it now. So, please disregard the earlier post. Thanks for always being so supportive, J
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