Every student, every lesson When we allow the loudest voices to dominate classroom conversation, we neglect to show respect and dignity to all our students, forgetting that every voice needs to be heard.

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On questioning, respect, and hearing the voice of every child.

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Choral Response and ‘I Say You Say’ The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases. The trick to sustaining attention is to ask pupils questions and to expect 100% participation …

“The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases.”

Great blog on strategies to ensure students pay attention during the lessons explanation. Well worth a read. Thanks @priteshraichura.bsky.social

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Bingeing TikTok reels may be hazardous to your well-being.

71 studies, >98k people: The more short-form videos teens and adults watched, the more they struggled with attention, self-control, and stress and anxiety.

Read a book. Watch a movie. Long live longform.

Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation - by Hannah B. Waldfogel - Behavioral Scientist For reasons I can’t fully explain, people’s failure to return their carts bothers me more than it probably should. But then I realized I can do something about it.

Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation
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This made me think back to some absurd stuff I had to do during teacher training. There is a huge disconnect between those education classes and actual day-to-day teaching.

Our new research finds that people are willing to cheat if it benefits their group — even when they gain nothing themselves.

"the risk of dishonesty in organizations is not limited to selfish acts...employees might bend rules to benefit their team or in-group members."
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Knowledge Is Back—But Only If We Teach It Well I recently joined Dylan Wiliam and Patrice Bain on the Knowledge Matters Podcast to talk about retrieval practice, mini whiteboards, and the kinds of instructional moves that actually help students…

My latest blog on knowledge and explicit instruction

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For real. Summer came late and is gone already. Not ready for the cold!

I love re-reading. My book shelves are over flowing because I almost never get rid of books (unless the are really mediocre).

I did the same a while back. I am not on social media nearly as much as I used to be, but there are a lot of great educators on here!

Distractions consume more learning time than we tend to think.

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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

This was a historic week

We just witnessed the biggest economic policy mistake since the Great Depression

And they don’t even care

The Seductive Appeal of Discovery Learning - kirschner-ED The idea that children learn better if they discover something themselves is attractive for many different reasons, in spite of the fact that empirical research tells a different story.

The Seductive Myth of Discovery Learning
The idea that children learn better if they discover something themselves is attractive for many different reasons despite the fact that empirical research tells a very different story.
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I just deleted my twitter account and made the switch. I was hesitant at first, but really happy I did it.

Just deleted my twitter account and made the switch!