Math teachers: It’s time to question whole-group direct instruction. Cognitive Load Theory now argues against fixed-pace, one-size-fits-all delivery in favor of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL). The time to explore example-based self-instruction has come. #YouTeachYou

Cognitive Load Theory, from its inception, has emphasized the self-explanatory nature of worked examples. The article - and now CLT itself - stresses empowering learners to manage their own cognitive processes via self-regulated learning (SRL). Well-designed worked examples

Me too, and as a teacher it became inescapable. It's time to take this issue seriously, especially in light of current developments in Cognitive Load Theory.

5 years old. That's not to say they worked all the way through it at that age, however. If a student starts to get in over their head, we recommend coming back to it at a later date. The whole point of the You Teach You method is to give kids a measure of control over the pace.

All of the worksheets in the first five You Teach You books have been used for that purpose, and for GED prep as well. The series is being created for those purposes, among others. You can see sample worksheets at YouTeachYou.org.

Anna Stokke It feels more discouraging every day to be in education; the US recent budget cuts are crippling. We rebelliously intend to have students memorize all 400 basic facts so we'll keep FactFreaks.com free, we promise! (have to combat the system somehow, right?) Steve Hare

The other teachers at my school hated hall duty, but I kinda liked it; it gave me a chance to talk to some of the kids outside of class - and to learn why they were out of class. I’ll never forget one “frequent flyer” who always had at least one shoe held together with tape.

"General Principle: the solutions (on balance) need to be simpler than the problems." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"You will never fully convince someone that he is wrong; only reality can." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb in Skin in the Game

The overload created by transient teacher explanations/narrations as examples are being presented (& copied) is obvious considering the number of resulting misunderstandings (& copying mistakes). The problems of split attention and redundancy are clear from the teacher's side.

"I didn't hear the explanation! I was copying the example!" is what this sounds like in the classroom.

I taught Basic Skills math for a year. In one of the rooms on my rounds, there was a student with a 1-to-1 aide. Often during seatwork, she would say “I don’t get it!” and he would say “I don’t think you’re trying to get it.” At the time, I was inclined to agree with him. Years

I love these stories by Steve Hare

Always so good to hear! I designed the You Teach You math series to be non-intimidating and self-explanatory, so that all students can get a hold of math for themselves. It still chokes me up when I hear of a student saying "Oh, I can do this!" Thanks for sharing!

Worked examples work - and YouTeachYou is the first math method with an example for everything!

Years ago, I filled in for a 6th grade math teacher for three months, covering his five classes per day. Since I wasn’t the “real” teacher, some kids were anticipating three months of nothing but chilling with their friends. “You better not make us do math!” one threatened. She