Chelsea Kisil
@chelseakisil.bsky.social
McGill MA Educational Psychology Learning Sciences in eMuis and MILES labs; Focused on understanding how emotions can help and hinder student self-reg'd learning; RPs ≠ endorsements
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I wrote words on the internet. Thanks to editors at Psych Today. Anti-Science on the Rise, but One Book Is an Antidote | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I wrote words on the internet. Thanks to editors at Psych Today. Anti-Science on the Rise, but One Book Is an Antidote | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
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When I share with educators there is no evidence for learning styles, inevitably they ask for other/better ways to differentiate or personalize their instruction. This meta-analysis shows personalization by learner interest positively affects retention and transfer. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
The Personalized Learning by Interest Effect on Interest, Cognitive Load, Retention, and Transfer: A Meta-Analysis - Educational Psychology Review
None of the existing reviews or meta-analyses have focused on personalized learning that accommodates learners’ interests. To address this issue, we conducted this meta-analysis to examine the effects...
link.springer.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
When I share with educators there is no evidence for learning styles, inevitably they ask for other/better ways to differentiate or personalize their instruction. This meta-analysis shows personalization by learner interest positively affects retention and transfer. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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People are lazy--except when they're watching other people work hard.
My student Emily Zohar just published her first first-authored paper, and it reveals something surprising about effort and social norms. /1
osf.io/preprints/ps...
My student Emily Zohar just published her first first-authored paper, and it reveals something surprising about effort and social norms. /1
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
People are lazy--except when they're watching other people work hard.
My student Emily Zohar just published her first first-authored paper, and it reveals something surprising about effort and social norms. /1
osf.io/preprints/ps...
My student Emily Zohar just published her first first-authored paper, and it reveals something surprising about effort and social norms. /1
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Dare I say I'm feeling a glimmer of .... hope.... this morning?
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Dare I say I'm feeling a glimmer of .... hope.... this morning?
Though it sucks for STM workers to be in a position where they need to strike, I'm very grateful for how they're going about it. Nothing gets Mondays going quicker than racing to the metro to catch the last morning run!
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Though it sucks for STM workers to be in a position where they need to strike, I'm very grateful for how they're going about it. Nothing gets Mondays going quicker than racing to the metro to catch the last morning run!
Journalling to keep perspective during the last stretch of my MA. Today's perspective has been brought to me by the Jays' devastating loss. Though this may be tough, it's nothing compared to the heartbreak those dudes experienced last night!
November 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Journalling to keep perspective during the last stretch of my MA. Today's perspective has been brought to me by the Jays' devastating loss. Though this may be tough, it's nothing compared to the heartbreak those dudes experienced last night!
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Absolutely heartbreaking World Series. Here's the stat that, to me, tells the story:
Yamamoto pitched for ~2 games. In those 17.2 innings, Dodgers beat the Jays 9-2.
The remainder of the series? 32-17 for the Jays.
The Jays *still* could have won a dozen different ways... but Yamamoto beat them.
Yamamoto pitched for ~2 games. In those 17.2 innings, Dodgers beat the Jays 9-2.
The remainder of the series? 32-17 for the Jays.
The Jays *still* could have won a dozen different ways... but Yamamoto beat them.
November 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Absolutely heartbreaking World Series. Here's the stat that, to me, tells the story:
Yamamoto pitched for ~2 games. In those 17.2 innings, Dodgers beat the Jays 9-2.
The remainder of the series? 32-17 for the Jays.
The Jays *still* could have won a dozen different ways... but Yamamoto beat them.
Yamamoto pitched for ~2 games. In those 17.2 innings, Dodgers beat the Jays 9-2.
The remainder of the series? 32-17 for the Jays.
The Jays *still* could have won a dozen different ways... but Yamamoto beat them.
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Reposted by Chelsea Kisil
Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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And that's why I think this is an example of endemic problems in our field. So much of the field thinks of stats as an afterthought. A technicality. The thing you use to tell your story. But if you use faulty heuristics to evaluate the quality of your model, your story could be complete bullshit.
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
And that's why I think this is an example of endemic problems in our field. So much of the field thinks of stats as an afterthought. A technicality. The thing you use to tell your story. But if you use faulty heuristics to evaluate the quality of your model, your story could be complete bullshit.
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So, here's how this ECR was failed by their mentors, peer reviewers, and action editor: *Someone* should have known that (a) the model design all but guarantees a good fit and (b) the sample size basically precludes the use of p values for evaluating coefficients. You need to look at effect size.
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So, here's how this ECR was failed by their mentors, peer reviewers, and action editor: *Someone* should have known that (a) the model design all but guarantees a good fit and (b) the sample size basically precludes the use of p values for evaluating coefficients. You need to look at effect size.
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But here's, the thing, p values and significance become useless at such large sample sizes. When you're dividing the coefficient by the SE and the sample size is in the tens of thousands, EVERYTHING IS SIGNIFICANT. All you're testing is whether the coefficient is different than zero.
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
But here's, the thing, p values and significance become useless at such large sample sizes. When you're dividing the coefficient by the SE and the sample size is in the tens of thousands, EVERYTHING IS SIGNIFICANT. All you're testing is whether the coefficient is different than zero.
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A bunch of headlines are proclaiming that you can boost your metabolism and you don't even have to exercise!
Except, that's not really true. Let's look at the study. 1/n
Except, that's not really true. Let's look at the study. 1/n
October 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A bunch of headlines are proclaiming that you can boost your metabolism and you don't even have to exercise!
Except, that's not really true. Let's look at the study. 1/n
Except, that's not really true. Let's look at the study. 1/n
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Chantal Kreviazuk did it first — which I’m sure he knew, and replicated #OhCanada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Chantal Kreviazuk did it first — which I’m sure he knew, and replicated #OhCanada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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LLMs should not be used as tutors in classrooms. Error rates are too high (e.g., 45% errors for news content) and get worse the longer a student interacts with them.
We need to talk about LLMs for what they are, flawed products ill-suited to education.
We need to talk about LLMs for what they are, flawed products ill-suited to education.
I have a number of colleagues who think that LLMs will be very useful as individualized tutors.
One of their arguments is that unlike previous generations of AI tutors, LLMs have the full context window of the conversation and that’s better understand what a student knows and doesn’t know.
One of their arguments is that unlike previous generations of AI tutors, LLMs have the full context window of the conversation and that’s better understand what a student knows and doesn’t know.
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
LLMs should not be used as tutors in classrooms. Error rates are too high (e.g., 45% errors for news content) and get worse the longer a student interacts with them.
We need to talk about LLMs for what they are, flawed products ill-suited to education.
We need to talk about LLMs for what they are, flawed products ill-suited to education.
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I’m going to hold your hand while I say this: better sci-comm isn’t going to fix fascism AND expecting people to get as amped as you are about your niche area of science is unreasonable and out of touch.
Not everyone is wired to think science-y things are cool…and that’s totally ok!
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Not everyone is wired to think science-y things are cool…and that’s totally ok!
🧵
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I’m going to hold your hand while I say this: better sci-comm isn’t going to fix fascism AND expecting people to get as amped as you are about your niche area of science is unreasonable and out of touch.
Not everyone is wired to think science-y things are cool…and that’s totally ok!
🧵
Not everyone is wired to think science-y things are cool…and that’s totally ok!
🧵
Stoked for this. I have gone back and forth grappling with my relationship to science as a method and as an institution, what "the scientific method" means, and the dynamics of power within and around science. One thing I love about good science is humility. This seems like a step in that direction!
Excited to share our new paper!
We call for the field to adopt a more inclusive understanding of rigor. One that values diverse epistemological lenses and research designs
@allisonzengilowski.bsky.social (and the rest of the team is not on blue sky)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We call for the field to adopt a more inclusive understanding of rigor. One that values diverse epistemological lenses and research designs
@allisonzengilowski.bsky.social (and the rest of the team is not on blue sky)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Stoked for this. I have gone back and forth grappling with my relationship to science as a method and as an institution, what "the scientific method" means, and the dynamics of power within and around science. One thing I love about good science is humility. This seems like a step in that direction!
Split infinitives.......... why must you haunt me so
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Split infinitives.......... why must you haunt me so
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A house is not a home, by Rein Kooyman, 2025, 📸 via @mlbonfox
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A house is not a home, by Rein Kooyman, 2025, 📸 via @mlbonfox
I was in university before I learned people actually had strategies they were implementing when taking notes. Incredible what can happen when teach kids *how* to learn, not just *what* to learn.
Middle schoolers often struggle with note-taking—not because they’re disengaged, but because their cognitive skills are still developing.
Shift the focus from passive recording to sense-making with these teacher-tested strategies. ✍️
#EduSky #MiddleSchoolTeacher
Shift the focus from passive recording to sense-making with these teacher-tested strategies. ✍️
#EduSky #MiddleSchoolTeacher
Encouraging Students to Use Notes for Sense-Making
Middle school teachers can use these strategies to help students learn how to get the most value out of their notes.
www.edutopia.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I was in university before I learned people actually had strategies they were implementing when taking notes. Incredible what can happen when teach kids *how* to learn, not just *what* to learn.
Goes back to the three basic psych needs: Autonomy, relatedness, and competence. Three things I keep in mind when working with anyone, but especially kids who are new to everything.
October 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Goes back to the three basic psych needs: Autonomy, relatedness, and competence. Three things I keep in mind when working with anyone, but especially kids who are new to everything.
Currently working on a qual project in our lab - eager to discuss this with my fellow newbie qual colleagues!
A colleague sent me this article, which is six years old, but still very relevant. It encourages people to think about how their perspectives can influence their science. Norms & practices can discipline our inherent subjectivity, but we must also do work ourselves. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Social Identity Map: A Reflexivity Tool for Practicing Explicit Positionality in Critical Qualitative Research - Danielle Jacobson, Nida Mustafa, 2019
The way that we as researchers view and interpret our social worlds is impacted by where, when, and how we are socially located and in what society. The positio...
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Currently working on a qual project in our lab - eager to discuss this with my fellow newbie qual colleagues!
I was in my early 20s before I learned that not everyone’s mind goes black when asked to multiply just single-digit numbers. And don‘t get me started on subtraction!🤯 Learning that it wasn’t just an issue of trying hard enough was huge for my self-esteem and helped improve my math skills!
For students with dyscalculia, math can feel overwhelming and confusing. Educator Kimberly Fuller has strategies that students can use today to better engage with classroom content. 👇
#MathSky #ITeachMath #SpecialEducation
#MathSky #ITeachMath #SpecialEducation
Understanding How You Can Help Students With Dyscalculia
By providing targeted supports and instruction, teachers can help students with dyscalculia find more comfort and success in math class.
edut.to
October 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I was in my early 20s before I learned that not everyone’s mind goes black when asked to multiply just single-digit numbers. And don‘t get me started on subtraction!🤯 Learning that it wasn’t just an issue of trying hard enough was huge for my self-esteem and helped improve my math skills!