How effective are open-plan classrooms or '21st Century learning spaces'? Is a noisy classroom a 'thinking classroom'? A short thread on why they're a really bad idea 🧵

Why do schools keep chasing every new educational trend when decades of proven research already show us what works? 🧵⬇️

"Prospective teachers are routinely told that “good” teachers don’t follow a curriculum. They create their own lesson plans from scratch." That’s a recipe for teacher overload—not to mention for student failure.” Amazing article by Natalie Wexler open.substack.com/pub/nataliewex…

Rodrigo Lopez Yes, I’ve purchased a carrier pigeon named Matías Rojas Torres just for this!

Thank you so much Zach Groshell for your just released book! I can't wait to reading it. We had an amazing day visiting different places in Seattle🙌

Métodos efectivos para el aula:  1. Enseñanza directa. Secuenciación. Práctica y retroalimentación constante. 2. Enseñanza explícita. Claridad y precisión. Modelaje en pasos. Ejemplos y contraejemplos. Gran volumen de práctica y retroalimentación acortar.link/6dUWnh

In this post, Matías Rojas Torres does a GREAT job of summarizing several talks at Denver's researchED US conference: linkedin.com/pulse/my-resea… Thank you Matias!

researchED Chile is a go! 1,400 people confirmed to learn and share. Thanks to Greg Ashman Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD Tom Bennett OBE Barbara Oakley Dr. Jim Heal Barbara Oakley for joining us! #rEdChile2025

Empezamos researchED Chile 2025! con el colegio llenísimo y una energía que se siente en la piel. Mi día favorito de cada año en mi trabajo (y, la verdad, también uno de mis días preferidos en mi vida personal) en Aptus researchED Chile #rEDChile2025

Very excited and happy to be working at another researchED Chile researchED Chile Incredible introduction by Rodrigo Lopez y Tom Bennett OBE ! 🤓🙌 All going incredible, over 1.300 people will participate! #rEDChile2025 Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD Greg Ashman Barbara Oakley Dr. Jim Heal

Brillante charla de Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD en #rEDChile2025 Aptus researchED Chile "Kids are not sponges, they are just if you teach them effectively" Thank you for coming. I'm glad we met at Toronto two years ago and find our common passion for education.

Matías Rojas Torres Aptus researchED Chile I'm so glad that we met Matías. We all are a part of something so amazing.

With Rodrigo Lopez, the guy who has created this researchED Chile magic with his incredible team! Aptus Matías Rojas Torres researchED researchED Canada

An powerful idea without doubt "knowledge is currency for learning"