Why do people cling to false beliefs? How do cults sustain their membership? What role does the media have in keeping us within certain belief systems? Check out new video on the psychology of shared beliefs: youtube.com/watch?v=cgJn6q… To learn more: powerofus.substack.com/p/why-do-peopl…

‘A Message From the Strictest Headmistress in the UK’ Jordan Peterson Dr Jordan B Peterson finds me quite extreme … 😂 ..and laughs at how conservative I am… Our chat about adults, freedom, teaching values, libertarians, progressives and race. youtu.be/qs0s9kTFE5Y?si…

Handwriting leads to widespread brain connectivity - typing does not. 🧵1/10

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When you see headlines claiming that AI outperformed people at "X", here's a reminder about how those studies may have been conducted: youtube.com/watch?v=6O5ywv…

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Always looking for ways, large & small, to encourage my students to read in their leisure time. A few years ago I started including "currently reading" and "last read" in my email signature, as shown below. A list of my 2024 leisure reading is here: docs.google.com/document/d/11M…

Here’s a short snippet of one of our many expert insights on our brilliant Teacher CPD Academy. This is the amazing Faria Sana covering everything about Interleaving! Check it out for yourself here ⏬ bit.ly/40e7zsD

Most studies on test-enhanced learning involve college students, so teachers rightly ask whether it works for younger students. This study of Brazilian 3rd graders suggests that it does: bit.ly/49YqqLe ($). Also, testing reduced the correlation of achievement with IQ.

That's not good news psypost.org/learning-a-new… Learning a new language makes it harder to remember previously learned foreign languages #langchat #mfltwitterati

Working Memory - a function or a store? Many of us seem to see WM as a function, while most common models depict it as a store, but not all... Let's explore - a thread:

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“Using a field experiment with 1,600 Indian primary school students, we randomly increase the amount of time students spend in sustained cognitive activity during the school day,” the authors write. Doing so, they find, “markedly improves cognitive endurance: students show 22%

This is such a wonderful book from Chris Youles. Great for both primary and post-primary. An abundance of sentences to assist with modelling writing. Very nice way of promoting rich and engaging writing. It's really something that anyone of any age could benefit from reading!

🔥Gr. 6-12 teachers: I've heard from many of you who feel neglected by the professional development around the science of reading. This book is for you! It's reader-friendly & packed w ways to scaffold texts in English & content-area classes...because we're ALL reading teachers!

Congratulations to Shawn Loewen and Masatoshi Sato, authors of "A Practical Guide to Second Language Teaching and Learning," for winning the 2025 AAP PROSE Award in Language and Linguistics! 🏆 cup.org/4bxiPDX

Sharing retrieval practices = Powerful! Thank you Brett Benson ! #PowerfulTeChing #PowerfulClassrooms

Over break, I’ve been reading Teach FAST by Gene Tavernetti, and I’m halfway through. It’s a goldmine for anyone looking to streamline lesson design without losing depth. I’ll be sharing 1 tweet per chapter, starting w/ Chapter 1 below🧵. #EduTwitter #InstructionalDesign #TeachFAST

Five Ways: Tackling Common Learning Barriers.  teacherhead.com/2025/04/19/fiv…