Deepika Narula

Alex Fairlamb spoke about scaffolding and adaptive teaching. It was interesting to see how I do, We do and You do has evolved with time.

Gareth Bates spoke about what retrieval practice Is not. His keynote session was brilliant with a critical discussion of Ebbinghaus and general cognitive science research.

Dr Haili Hughes and Carl Hendricks spoke about Check for Understanding. Dissecting the lessons into parts and thinking about CFU.

Attended Cogscisci 2025. One change I noticed this year was the ease among educators (both listeners snd speakers) to have discussion around an area and challenging their thought process.

Key take aways-

Want to keep up with today's @cogscisci.bsky.social conference #edusky? Follow #cogscisci for updates on scaffolding, behaviour, SEND, cognitive research, narratives and much more!

@drgarethbates.bsky.social kicks off a brilliant #cogscisci conference. 100 teachers giving up a sunny half term Friday to learn about effect sizes, what Ebbinghaus was really doing and their role in translating research

What are you doing to be the light? Even the smallest things done with care, thought and the desire to make someone feel loved can make such a difference.

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Managed to get the diary dates in my planner. Even that makes me feel better. Does any other teachers experience unexplained worry about planning during summer holidays? #TPTCplanner

Happy Birthday Jo 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 have a great year ahead

Birthday today and what better gift than a wonderful endorsement from the brilliant @ruth-ashbee.bsky.social for my book, The Homework Conundrum!

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Do your pupils work hard enough? Let's indulge in two thought experiments. Scenario 1. Imagine you have no data about a class you start to teach in September. You have no knowledge about their prior attainment and no knowledge about ...

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Inspired by discussions on Bluesky earlier.

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Hello #edysky I'm Chemistry teacher interested in Cogsci. Hoping this will be better platform than 'X' thanks @bcscott36.bsky.social

I will highly recommend this podcast for teachers.