It's the last day of term before the Term 3/4 school holidays here in Melbourne, and we've got a bunch of great things for you readers to explore over the holidays (may do a TOT over the next 2 weeks, but may also take a break over the hols).

T1 is my fave post this week. It's a down to earth and practical post about the challenge of managing priorities in a school setting. Especially relevant for school leadership, and well worth reading as schools start to look towards what next year should look like.

T2 is an HBR article on curiosity. It's excellent and brings together lots of research from different spheres to make its argument.

T3 is a stimulating piece, I'm sure many will appreciate the argument for instructional coaching.

On the point of coaching, T4 is a helpful tool for coaching, or independent learning, to support teacher improvement.

T5 is tantalising and I hope to look into it in more detail in the coming weeks. It's part of a set of articles that appear to have demonstrated efficacy of inquiry-based approaches that I've come across in recent times. I'll do a blog post about some of these in the next 2 weeks.

T6 is a good one to add to the vocab.

T7, 9, and 10 are handy for maths teachers, whilst T8 and 11 are handy for science/physics teachers.

T12 is helpful for us all, especially if you're considering options or big changes for next year.

T13 is an inspiring 5 min clip.

For those who are about to go on holidays I hope that you have a great break. Watch this space for some blog posts over the coming 2 weeks as I'll have a bit of extra time for writing.

Enjoy : )

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Keeping the most important thing, the most important thing, via @bennewmark

I didn't realise how important curiosity is

An argument for instructional coaching as the the best-evidenced form of PD, via @DrSamSims

Powerful Action Steps, a great website with targeted teaching strategies, via @TheCPDparadox

Evidence to support an inquiry approach to science

‘Concept creep': A helpful construct to explain several phenomena, via @greg_ashman

Defining and measuring conceptual knowledge in mathematics, via @mwalibali

This paper by @mwalibali and Noelle Crooks on conceptual knowledge in mathematics is excellent! Starts out by reviewing the literature on definitions and measurements (see table below), consolidates it into two factors: knowledge of general principles, and…
knowledge of principles underlying procedures, gives advice on how to test these two types of conceptual knowledge (I'd love to see this section fleshed out more in subsequent papers), then gives 6 recommendations for future research on this topic. here: daneshyari.com/article/previe…

Original tweet here.

Women in physics and science more generally, two articles

Maths teachers: An amazing collection of maths puzzles, via @DavidKButlerUoA and @JeremyInStem

Maths teachers: The median of a histogram. Must see!

Physics teachers: The ‘power box' model of DC circuits. Pretty neat

The science of how to make big decisions

The power of books, an inspiring clip to show your literacy class

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