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🔥🔥evidence for equitable education From Anna Stokke Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD Dr. Jim Hewitt Explicit instruction, retrieval practice, formative assessments, educational myths & the need for evidence-based strategies to promote equity in education. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/cha…

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1/2 Practicing math facts should not be a low-value activity. Best practice is to devote ~4 minutes a day, every day, to practicing math facts at school (discussed this with researcher Brian Poncy, link below). If this is off-loaded to parents, equity gaps increase.

I’ve been working with AERO Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) to create new classroom management resources for school leaders, to help them build a shared understanding of evidence-based approaches to classroom management. Check them out now: bit.ly/3MvKoC2

With an emphasis in NSW on Explicit Instruction it is important to have a clear understanding of exactly what it is. The Australian Education Research Organisation or AERO, has very clear explainers on the what & how of explicit instruction Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) edresearch.edu.au/summaries-expl…

📘 Highly recommend the book ‘Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI)’ by Hollingsworth, and Ybarra. The ‘TAPPLE’ acronym they introduce is ingenious for memorising their steps for Checking for Understanding. Take a look at this visual breakdown...

One of the most important things to get right as a teacher is also one of the easiest things to overlook: giving clear directions and making sure students know you'll notice whether they follow them. teachlikeachampion.org/blog/the-what-…

A bit of podcast gold with Dr. Nathaniel Swain & Dr Staci Bain as they explore the dynamics of whole group teaching, some misunderstandings around small group instruction and more 🤩🤩 youtu.be/RXh0iKcE6hI?fe…

LEARNING & MEMORY This poster outlines the five main elements of the simple model of the mind (perfectly visualised and interpreted by oliver caviglioli). These ideas on how learning happens underpin the first collection of summaries in my book Teaching One-Pagers via John Catt Educational from Hodder Education 🫵

All schools should take the Reading Pledge, it’s an evidence-based framework for schools to dramatically reduce the number of children who finish primary school unable to read proficiently and support struggling readers in secondary school fivefromfive.com.au/reading-pledge… Learning Difficulties Australia

Ready to learn what we know about Explicit Teaching of Foundation Literacy Skills with Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) ? Grab your Sharing Best Practice Sydney ticket today. Book now: trybooking.com/CMZQN #SharingBestPractice #SBPSydney #aussieED

Persistent misunderstandings about reading struggles have impeded progress in diagnosis and treatment. Code REaD Dyslexia Network #CodeREaD Learning Difficulties Australia SPELD NSW apa.org/monitor/2024/0…

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‘The science of reading movement has focused on improving phonics instruction for children in the early grades, but it has largely overlooked students at higher grade levels.’ Read Natalie Wexler excellent new blogpost nataliewexler.substack.com/p/many-student…

Attention school leaders – this one's for you! Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) have just released new professional learning resources at a perfect time to support school leaders in preparing for 2025 edresearch.edu.au/other/articles…

Check out Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) 4 explainers, they summarise the evidence & principles behind effective classroom management approaches and practice here's No. 1. Positive teacher–student relationships edresearch.edu.au/summaries-expl…

Check out Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) 4 explainers, they summarise the evidence & principles behind effective classroom management approaches and practice here's No.2. High expectations for student behaviour edresearch.edu.au/summaries-expl…

Check out Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) 4 explainers, they summarise the evidence & principles behind effective classroom management approaches and practice here's No. 3. Teaching routines edresearch.edu.au/summaries-expl…

Check out Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) 4 explainers, they summarise the evidence & principles behind effect here’s No.4. Establishing and maintaining rules. edresearch.edu.au/summaries-expl…