by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | May 14, 2019 | Get My Grades, Research
Back in December we received our first EdWard from the EDUCATE programme. This showed that we were evidence aware. Recently, we received our second EdWard – this one shows that we are now evidence applied! But what does ‘Evidence Applied’ mean? It...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Dec 23, 2018 | Education, Students, University
Hi I’m Charlotte, I studied a PhD in Psychology at the University of Exeter and I now work at Get My Grades as their Head of Research. In this blog, I’m going to tell you a little bit about what it’s like to study for a PhD and how you might go about finding one.A PhD...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Dec 8, 2018 | Education, Research, Users
We’re not camera shy – we just think videos aren’t always the best learning tools…. For Students, for parents If you’ve been using Get My Grades you may have noticed that compared to other online learning sites, we don’t have so many videos. This is deliberate....
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Dec 6, 2018 | Education, Research, Users
Why does Get My Grades use more than just Multiple Choice Questions?For Students, for teachersMultiple choice testing was developed around 100 years ago. It was developed by E.L. Thorndike (more known for his work watching cats escape puzzle boxes) and his then...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Oct 14, 2018 | Education, Research, Users
What is the myth of Dale’s Cone of Experience? Although not as widespread as some of the other learning myths, if you put the search term ‘Dale’s Cone of Experience’ into google you receive a myriad of pages supporting it. These even include pages from university...
