It is often assumed that the rate at which we forget things depends on how well we learned them. By varying how many times the material was presented, in four experiments, "the rate of forgetting proved to be independent of initial acquisition" bit.ly/3TcJFty

Debi Helen Reynolds Toddle General problem solving is biologically primary—even crows can do it. Problem solving in a specific domain such as maths is biologically secondary, so for most learners, needs to be taught. For novices, this is best done by explicit teaching; for experts, problem solving is best.

"Our data suggest that for classes in which retrieval practice occurred, 92% of students reported that retrieval practice helped them learn and 72% reported that retrieval practice made them less nervous for unit tests and exams." researchgate.net/publication/26…

The Matthew Effect: The rich get richer; the poor get poorer. If you are in knowledge and language-rich home or school, you are poised to grow richer still in vocabulary. If you don't, you are likely to fall further behind. 11/11

The anti-smartphone movement will be one of the biggest movements of our time. It's just getting started...

New post, this time on school leadership The problem of conformist bias and prestige bias birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/the…

You cannot. Check my explanation.

THREAD: Inspired by Tom Sherrington's blog, here are all the things I’ve found that make behaviour leadership difficult in turnaround schools. Many of these turn on culture – there is already an established set of norms and values.

Ideology: 30% of staff want strict systems. 30% are malleable. 30% want restorative approaches. 10% will go against anything you say or do. That’s the first thing to tackle! Without a clear ideology you will be buffeted by events.

.Carl Hendrick’s keynote at researchED US was astoundingly good. I caught most of it on video… Sorry that it’s in Tweetable chunks, but I promise that it’s worth the headache of pressing Play a few times. What is learning, Carl asks?

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 'Adaptive Teaching: Scaffolds, Scale, Structure & Style' "It's important, if we're trying to help teachers move on from differentiation, to be clear how tasks can be adapted whilst retaining the same challenging goal." Feat. Clare Sealy theconfidentteacher.com/2024/04/adapti…

To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day. (Lao Tzu)

Study on typed vs. handwritten notes for college students. "We conclude that handwritten notes are more useful for studying and committing to memory than typed notes, ultimately contributing to higher achievement.."link.springer.com/article/10.100…

‘Master Mathematics Teachers’ is now an open access eBook! THANKS to Dr Zhenzhen Miao (苗偵楨) and David Reynolds for the collaboration. Southampton Education School University of Southampton for making it openly accessible. Download the OA ebook from T&F Education Research Taylor & Francis Research Insights taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/…

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 🧵

“Tough math teachers get lower ratings from students, because students like them less. However, students get better grades with the tough teachers than with laxer teachers. Reason #167 why student evaluations of teaching aren’t particularly useful.” stevestewartwilliams.com/p/implicit-bia…

Schools often lower standards/expectations bc they “feel sorry” for the circumstances students are in. That neither helps change the current circumstances nor does it provide them w/ the necessary tools to alter them in the future. It just makes the adults involved “feel” better.

The best way to teach children how to be critical thinkers about social media (or any new information) is for schools to: 1. Make sure they know lots of core knowledge about science, history, language, etc so that false information is easier to challenge, and they possess robust