Susannah Schoeffel

Susannah Schoeffel

Associate Director at Evidence for Learning

Susannah Schoeffel is an Associate Director at Evidence for Learning and is responsible for tailoring evidence assets to the Australian context, supporting education jurisdictions to use evidence assets and working alongside educators to help great practice become common practice. Susannah has been involved in convening national networks of schools and the mobilisation of knowledge, and has experience working with young Australians across the spectrum of development, from early learning to tertiary settings.

14 total results
Teaching resources: Using manipulatives in mathematics learning
Teaching resources: Using manipulatives in mathematics learning
Mar 16,2020

Using simple physical objects that students can visualise, touch and move to express their thinking is an inexpensive and effective classroom resource to explore mathematical concepts and encourage learning.
mathematics, education resources, learning activities, evidence-based practice, short articles
Building students' metacognition and self-regulation
Building students' metacognition and self-regulation
Dec 13,2019

Dr Tanya Vaughan and Susannah Schoeffel share seven evidence-based recommendations on how to encourage metacognition and self-regulated learning to improve students’ learning outcomes, and investigate how to explicitly teach students to organise their learning.
evidence-based practice, research news, long reads
Evidence-informed parental engagement
Evidence-informed parental engagement
Oct 14,2019

How can schools best work with parents to support students and improve their learning? Dr Tanya Vaughan and Susannah Schoeffel explore two evidence-based recommendations from a new guidance report for Australian practitioners, and share practical examples of action.
school leaders, parent participation, literacy, evidence-based practice, research news, long reads
Teaching assistants in Australia
Teaching assistants in Australia
Aug 13,2019

Dr Tanya Vaughan and Susannah Schoeffel from Evidence for Learning draw on the latest Guidance Report, Making best use of Teaching Assistants, to outline some practical suggestions to help teachers and school leaders apply evidence-based practices to their schools and classrooms.
expertise, staff utilisation, research news, short articles