This week's TOT begins with two fantastics podcast that are right up there with my fave podcasts of the year.

T1 is on the EconTalk podcast in which Russ Roberts speaks to David Epstein about a whole host of interesting topics from learning in ‘kind' vs. ‘wicked' environments, to the benefits of changing jobs, to much much more. I'll be listening to this one again very soon to soak up all the goodies!

T2 is Michael Pershan on the Mr. Barton Maths podcast. This is the podcast that sparked the ‘reconsidering worked examples' sub-theme to last weeks TOT and I just love Michael's witty and insightful style (‘Wait a minute, let me pause reflectively')

T3 is more wisdom from Tom Sherrington about moving beyond the simplistic ways that schools often approach ‘teaching' growth mindset

T4 is a collection of handy videos on Cog Science in the classroom.

And I'll leave the majority to speak for themselves whilst emphasising that english teachers might like to check out T7 and T8, T9 adds to the goal free effect theme from last week, and T12 and T13 could be handy for anyone running a workshop any time soon.

Store T6 away if you ever plan on being a head of maths, and T14 is helpful for anyone who hasn't heard of the ‘Hindu-Arabic numeral system'.

Enjoy!

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Econtalk podcast on ‘Range, why generalists triumph in a specialised world', via @EconTalker

Michael Pershan on the Mr Barton Maths podcast, via @mrbartonmaths @mpershan

On moving beyond growth mindset+ messaging in hallways and assemblies, via @teacherhead

Videos: Cognitive Science in the Classroom, via @StanDehaene

What every teacher should know about dual coding, via @EnserMark

Twitter discussion on what makes a good head of department, via @Teacher94B

How do organise daily literacy instruction, via @ReadingShanahan

The 7 Plagues of Pupils' Writing, via @MrTRoach

Another blog post on goal free instruction, via @MrARobbins

Five ways of giving effective feedback as actions, via @teacherhead

How Teacher Effectiveness Spills Over into Other Classrooms, via @RANDCorporation

Protocols for guiding collaboration

Fun ice-breaker questions, via @MrJohnRowe

Do you know what the Hindu-Arabic numeral system is?

Maths starter: The same and different, via @davidwees

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One Reply to “TOT083: Two excellent podcasts, moving beyond simplistic approaches to growth mindset, + more twitter takeaways”

  • Ollie,

    That task was designed for use in an instructional routine called Connecting Representations, designed by Amy Lucenta and Grace Kelemanik. They have more detail on the routine here: http://fosteringmathpractices.com

    What you may find interesting about the routine is its use of retrieval practice, elaboration, self-explaining, dual coding, variation theory, and formative assessment.

    You could use the task as a warmer but my guess is that more students will benefit from the task if it is used within the instructional routine.

    David

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