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This made my day for a few reasons: 1) Someone read one of my threads.😂Thanks, algorithm! 2) Some folks I really respect LIKED one of my threads! Thanks Learning & the Brain! There's lots of stuff to read out there, but I'd maintain that Andrew's blog at L&tB should top your list!

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My wise friend Scott MacClintic, who knows MUCH more about such things than I do, sent me this post as a way to think about using AI to *encourage* -- not *replace* -- thinking: substack.com/@oneusefulthin…

When I wrote about the lack of evidence behind the "jigsaw" method back in February, I got some thoughtful pushback. I've found more research -- but I'm still not persuaded. Here's why: ow.ly/cfvN50T4yPP

Schools and teachers and psychologists rely on measures of #ExecutiveFunction. As it turns out, those measures are not universal, but meaningfully culturally specific: ow.ly/iJjV50TcImv

This one really hurts. Years in the making. "The current results fail to replicate the stereotype-threat effect by Johns et al. (2005), hence casting doubt on the generalizability of the effect of stereotype threat on women’s mathematics performance." osf.io/preprints/psya…

Can confirm: there is nothing quite like seeing your children’s book in a store. ☺️ [words] Bookstore TeacherGoals

If #dualcoding is a good idea (and it probably is), what's the best way to present diagrams created with those principles in mind? Our blogger explores the "dynamic drawing principle": ow.ly/1HKg50T707l

Fascinating blog from Andrew Watson about dual coding and 'dynamic drawing principle'. I've been doing this a LOT more, and even 'dynamic lab instructions' (MUCH more effective than instruction sheets). BUT yes, have hit that 'limit' on occasion. learningandthebrain.com/blog/piece-by-…

SUPER excited - 6 days to go to see Blake Harvard Zach Groshell Andrew Watson Patrice Bain Meg Lee! #cogsci #cogscisci Near DC? Get your ticket here! educationfestusa.com

How can teachers help students through rough emotional times? Will #mindfulness help? How about (the exotic sounding) "cognitive reappraisal"? Researcher Dr. Sarah Rose Cavanagh is on the case: ow.ly/j96S50T5pG2

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“A school is a shrine to successful working memory functioning.” Andrew Watson USA Festival of Education

And big shout out to the wonderful Blake Harvard Zach Groshell Andrew Watson for speaking on our Cognitive Science Strand 🧠🧠🧠

Was this a dream USA Festival of Education? Natalie Wexler Kristin Simmers Zach Groshell Tang Institute Andrew Watson Blake Harvard Greg Toppo

If #dualcoding is a good idea (and it probably is), what's the best way to present diagrams created with those principles in mind? This post explores the "dynamic drawing principle": ow.ly/OkGj50T709v

Your #EduWeeklyRoundUp is here with #BOTW from Gloucestershire Research School plus: Andrew Watson @ELResearchSch North London Alliance Research School Claudia Lewis Town End Research School Mark Enser 🌍 Pete Foster classteaching.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/wee…