Ollie LovellIn this wide ranging discussion Neil and I talk about the role of language in evolution, parallels between language and…
Continue ReadingTOT082: Goal free problems, improving worked examples, maths fluency + more Twitter Takeaways
A couple of cool themes in this week’s TOT The three articles linked to in T1 are all about ‘goal…
Continue ReadingTOT081: The impact of rewards, The power of interleaving, Leaders seeking consensus, + more Twitter Takeaways
I’ve often wondered about the impact of rewards on students. Do they help, or make them dependent and decrease intrinsic…
Continue ReadingTOT080: What is teaching for mastery? A new lesson observation form. Should teaching methods be prescribed? + more Twitter takeaways
Some real quality, and a bit of theme in this week’s TOT. At the outset though, I’m excited to have…
Continue ReadingTOT079: A functions menu, fostering student exam commitment, a culture of community, + more Twitter Takeaways
This week I managed to find a new time window in my days for reading edu-blogs, so there’s a cornucopia…
Continue ReadingResources to run a PD on ‘Hinge Questions’: Based on Dylan Wiliam’s ‘ACER Teacher’ podcast
Hinge Question: -A question that decides whether the students have understanding of the topic before you move on -A question…
Continue ReadingTOT078: Multi-choice for deeper understanding, Mario and Quadratics, Effective Prins, + more Twitter Takeaways
Some real gems for you in this TOT! T1 is a clever change that can be made to multi-choice questions…
Continue ReadingERRR #029. Judith Hochman on How to Teach Students to Write
The ERRR podcast can also be listened to on Spotify, apple podcasts, and all other podcasting apps. In today’s episode…
Continue ReadingInterthinking: How to make group work, work
I just had one of the most enjoyable classes that I’ve taught in a long time. It was focused on group…
Continue ReadingERRR #028. Viviane Robinson on Reducing Change to Increase Improvement
The ERRR podcast can also be listened to on Spotify, apple podcasts, and all other podcasting apps. If I had…
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