Reading Time: 3 minutes Should schools send their students’ multiple-choice text messages? In a paper, ‘How to maintain skill practice over school breaks’, the researchers aim to unpick what negative impact school breaks can have on student learning. The ‘summer gap’ effect has been documented in many school subjects, particularly where a strong foundation of prior knowledge is required. […]

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