CAMILLA GILMORE 

What is the difference between correlation and causation?

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Professor Gilmore breaks down these two concepts and explains why it’s so easy to get them confused. She also goes into the dangers of wasting time, effort and money on trying to influence variables to cause a change, when in fact the relationship is merely correlational.

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Camilla Gilmore

Professor of Mathematical Cognition at Loughborough University

Camilla Gilmore is Professor of Mathematical Cognition at Loughborough University and Director of the ESRC Centre for Early Mathematics Learning (ceml.ac.uk). Her research is focused on understanding how mathematical skills develop and working with teachers to identify the implications of this for the classroom.

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Bradley Busch

Psychologist at InnerDrive

Bradley is a chartered psychologist and director of InnerDrive. He is one of the leading experts on how schools and colleges can apply psychological research to improve learning and academic achievement. He is the co-author of The Science of Learning. His particular areas of interest in cognitive science are; retrieval practice, spacing, interleaving and motivation.
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How much should research inform teaching practice?

Andrew suggests that research should inform rather than replace teachers' own judgment, knowledge and teaching strategies.
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PROFESSOR CAMILLA GILMORE
Professor of Mathematical Cognition at Loughborough University
Camilla Gilmore is Professor of Mathematical
Cognition at Loughborough University and Director
of the ESRC Centre for Early Mathematics Learning (ceml.ac.uk). Her research is focused on understanding how mathematical skills develop and working with teachers to identify the implications of this for the classroom.
BRADLEY BUSCH
Psychologist at InnerDrive

Bradley is a chartered psychologist and director of InnerDrive. He is one of the leading experts on how schools and colleges can apply psychological research to improve learning and academic achievement. He is the co-author of The Science of Learning. His particular areas of interest in cognitive science are; retrieval
practice, spacing, interleaving and motivation.

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