Ollie LovellThe first piece this week shares some really core findings from the research on self-explaining. I delved into this research…
Continue ReadingWhen the space, retrieve, interleave formula doesn’t work!
Those who’ve read about my 2017 teaching methods, or heard me talk about them on the Mr. Barton Maths Podcast,…
Continue ReadingERRR #016. Josh Cuevas on learning styles, dual coding, and independent silent reading
This ERRR first sets out to tackle the contentious issue of Learning Styles. Do they exist? Can we test for…
Continue ReadingTOT040: What’s a threshold concept, the diff between more and less successful learners, + more twitter takeaways
Wading through the world of twitter and academic articles was particularly enriching for me this week. First off, I learnt…
Continue ReadingTOT039: Mr Barton interviews me, reciprocal relationships between learning and justifying, + more Twitter Takeaways
This week’s TOT is Shorter on the links because I spent more time reading and summarising papers than I did…
Continue ReadingTOT038: The Transfer Paradox, The space between novice and expert, + more Twitter takeaways
I was amazed this week when reading about the transfer paradox. I’ve put some chosen excerpts of this article as…
Continue ReadingAnki post 3: Cloze deletion
See this post on how I now combine spaced repetition software with incremental reading software to supercharge my learning! If…
Continue ReadingAnki post 2: Cramming, gamification, and interval modification
See this post on how I now combine spaced repetition software with incremental reading software to supercharge my learning! If…
Continue ReadingTOT037: Unifying a science department, the role of luck in success, the importance of oracy, + more Twitter Takeaways
This week was a cracker for articles! To start us off I was really excited by Adam Boxer’s post on…
Continue ReadingTOT036: Comparative judgment as formative assessment, the research on homework, + more Twitter takeaways
This week my favourite article was @Walkendent’s (Ben White’s) article on using comparative judgment as formative assessment. Comparative judgment is…
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