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What is Tassomai's Parent Club?
Find out more about the benefits of Tassomai’s new ‘Parent Club’ community for parents, guardians and carers whose children get access to Tassomai through their school…
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How will Artificial Intelligence change the study of English literature and language?
This week Joanna, Tassomai’s Community Marketing Manager and an English literature graduate, shares her thoughts on how she thinks AI will impact how the subject is taught …
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The Long Shadow of Discrimination in Education - Reflecting on the Impact of Section 28 with Professor Catherine Lee
2023 marks 20 years since the repeal of Section 28 and for Pride month Tassomai has spoken to Professor Catherine Lee about her experiences of teaching while the law was in place.
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TOP EXAM TIPS - from the Tassomai team
This week, students across the country will start sitting their exams. So we’ve compiled a list of tips from education experts to help prepare and stay calm throughout.
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Tassomai meets Doug Lemov
Doug Lemov, author of the international bestseller Teach Like A Champion talks to Tassomai about retrieval practice, the pandemic, rising anxiety amongst teens, and creating a culture of belonging in the classroom.
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Top Revision Tips - from teachers & the Tassomai team
As we come towards exam season, we’ve compiled some top tips to help students revise.
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Tassomai is 10!
As Tassomai celebrates its 10 year anniversary , we look back at what and who has shaped us and where we’re heading in the next 10 years.
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World Poetry Day 2023 - Poetry education in the UK
Celebrating World Poetry Day 2023 , Tassomai Content Writer, Georgia, considers poetry education in the UK and how Tassomai supports its teaching.
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British Science Week 2023 – Connections: Building Long-Lasting Knowledge through Retrieval Practice
British Science Week 2023 focuses on the theme of Connections, so Murray Morrison, Tassomai founder, looks at how this relates to practice, revision and the foundations of Tassomai.
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A team to be proud of...
Celebrating and taking pride in who we are is what makes Tassomai’s team the strong, supportive network each of us is proud to be a part of. Find out more about how we ensure our workplace is as inclusive as possible here…
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How students' performance improved on Tassomai - 2022 update
We’ve looked into our data to see how much students improved on Tassomai throughout the 2021/22 academic year, and the results are impressive! This post explains in detail how we calculate the performance improvement metric.
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Bridging the Attainment Gap: EdTech and the Struggle to Level Up
Our most recent online round table discussion led to the publication of a free downloadable report with valuable insights from teachers, school leaders and education organisations about the role of edtech software in narrowing the attainment gap.
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How students' performance improved on Tassomai - 2021 update
We’ve looked into our data to see how much students improved on Tassomai throughout the 2020/21 academic year, and the results are impressive! This post explains in detail how we calculate the performance improvement metric.
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Catch-up tuition supported by EdTech is the best way to get students up to speed with a limited budget
Tassomai founder Murray Morrison believes that edtech can help schools meet the catch-up tuition challenge and get the maximum impact from budgets, and micro-tuition proves that this approach works.
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Exciting changes for our private subscribers
Tassomai is evolving! We’re introducing a free 1-week trial and our private subscriptions now include multiple subjects for one fixed price .
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Where did it all begin? An interview with Tassomai founder Murray Morrison
Tassomai founder, Murray Morrison, sat down with Andy Woods from Pearson’s The View from the Lab podcast to discuss how he got to where he is today.
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Moving from a magpie mindset
Guest blogger Vic Goddard tells us what he looks for when choosing EdTech , how this has changed over the years and why he’s keen to put Tassomai’s new English Literature course to the test.
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Attracted to Distractors
Learn more about the theory behind multiple choice question design and why a ‘good distractor’ helps us to assess gaps in students’ understanding.
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Tassomai + Wonde = 🚀
Tassomai integrates with Wonde to reduce teacher workload and manage school data efficiently.
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What is blended learning?
… and how does edtech like Tassomai support it? Blended learning has become a hot topic as schools and families adapt to living with COVID-19.
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