Itsbetteronabike
@timinwinchester.bsky.social
I’m a cycologist who also likes crochet and Everton. And lentils.
What on earth is going on with all this stuff about a new study that is reported to show brain epochs that shift at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83 years? What about standard deviation, confidence intervals, effect of culture and life circumstances?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What on earth is going on with all this stuff about a new study that is reported to show brain epochs that shift at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83 years? What about standard deviation, confidence intervals, effect of culture and life circumstances?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This is a great listen from @acamh.bsky.social #MindTheKids podcast, about the impact of poverty on childhood development. They talk about factors that can shape and support cognitive resilience, at systemic as well as within-child level. open.spotify.com/episode/3ctD...
S4 Ep2: Mind the Kids - Income(ing): Poverty and Resilience
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November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This is a great listen from @acamh.bsky.social #MindTheKids podcast, about the impact of poverty on childhood development. They talk about factors that can shape and support cognitive resilience, at systemic as well as within-child level. open.spotify.com/episode/3ctD...
When you know you’ll find it difficult to do something later, you have to do all you can to smooth the decision to start. Laying out my clothes for the inevitable #winter #cycling #training and reducing #behaviouralfriction
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
When you know you’ll find it difficult to do something later, you have to do all you can to smooth the decision to start. Laying out my clothes for the inevitable #winter #cycling #training and reducing #behaviouralfriction
This is such a rich piece of half term reading from @carlhendrick.substack.com. Scaffolding is more complex than it might first appear. The contingency rule is hopelessly reductive, and instead tutors must make "uncertain judgements" about support #edpsychs
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Scaffolding
A new replication challenges the evidence behind one of education’s core ideas.
carlhendrick.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is such a rich piece of half term reading from @carlhendrick.substack.com. Scaffolding is more complex than it might first appear. The contingency rule is hopelessly reductive, and instead tutors must make "uncertain judgements" about support #edpsychs
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
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I've started sharing reflections on instagram through "EdPsych Corner" about neuroaffirming social connections and wanted to share here too, starting with how I love this quote. Belonging isn't just about being there, it's about being valued, noticed & able to take part in ways that feel authentic 💫
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I've started sharing reflections on instagram through "EdPsych Corner" about neuroaffirming social connections and wanted to share here too, starting with how I love this quote. Belonging isn't just about being there, it's about being valued, noticed & able to take part in ways that feel authentic 💫
"A common misconception is that relational behaviour management means children behave only for teachers they like. While liking helps, RBM pushes further..."
Superb stuff from @philbanks.bsky.social
thebelongingcollective.blog/2025/09/16/c...
Superb stuff from @philbanks.bsky.social
thebelongingcollective.blog/2025/09/16/c...
Children don’t behave for teachers they like, they behave for teachers they trust, and who trust them.
I have read a number of blogs recently, some by significant educational heavyweights, that equate relational behaviour management to ‘children only behaving for teachers that they like.’ This, over…
thebelongingcollective.blog
September 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"A common misconception is that relational behaviour management means children behave only for teachers they like. While liking helps, RBM pushes further..."
Superb stuff from @philbanks.bsky.social
thebelongingcollective.blog/2025/09/16/c...
Superb stuff from @philbanks.bsky.social
thebelongingcollective.blog/2025/09/16/c...
What an intro!
Released on this day forty years ago, "Rain" by #TheCult was the second single from their second studio album, "Love".
It reached 17 on the #UKSinglesChart and is a #gothclub mainstay to this day!
It reached 17 on the #UKSinglesChart and is a #gothclub mainstay to this day!
The Cult - Rain HD
YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records
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September 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What an intro!
A superb article about the invidious inconsistent nature of academia's approach to AI:
“This threatens fundamental academic values, but teach it to your students or they will suffer."
and
"it would be wrong to copy somebody else's material; but we want you to use AI to copy somebody else's material"
“This threatens fundamental academic values, but teach it to your students or they will suffer."
and
"it would be wrong to copy somebody else's material; but we want you to use AI to copy somebody else's material"
My latest column for the Chronicle of Higher Ed is now live. It's an argument for including AI-critical voices in campus conversations and policymaking workgroups, and I'm proud to get this dissenting piece into the mainstream genAI/higher ed discourse. Please read and share if you're so inclined 🙂
Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons
Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.
www.chronicle.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A superb article about the invidious inconsistent nature of academia's approach to AI:
“This threatens fundamental academic values, but teach it to your students or they will suffer."
and
"it would be wrong to copy somebody else's material; but we want you to use AI to copy somebody else's material"
“This threatens fundamental academic values, but teach it to your students or they will suffer."
and
"it would be wrong to copy somebody else's material; but we want you to use AI to copy somebody else's material"
And this is why I cover my backpack with a hi-vis waterproof cover (and also, although not tested in this study, why I have daytime flashing riding lights). #cycling
Hadn’t see this study on safety effect if wearing yellow jacket while cycling
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of a yellow bicycle jacket on cyclist accidents
This study is the first randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the safety effect of high-visibility bicycle clothing. The hypothesis was that the number…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
And this is why I cover my backpack with a hi-vis waterproof cover (and also, although not tested in this study, why I have daytime flashing riding lights). #cycling
This is a beautifully nuanced reflection on the degree to which effective use of AI requires the user to generate the right question, design a decent prompt, and then evaluate the answer (and perhaps further iterate the prompt).
It doesn’t work to just offload “thought” to the AI model.
It doesn’t work to just offload “thought” to the AI model.
The Intelligence is in the User
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/the-intelligence-is-in-the-user
Today's newsletter, on ways we underestimate how much user skill goes into getting good results from AI models
#genai #cogsci #llms #chatgpt
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/the-intelligence-is-in-the-user
Today's newsletter, on ways we underestimate how much user skill goes into getting good results from AI models
#genai #cogsci #llms #chatgpt
September 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This is a beautifully nuanced reflection on the degree to which effective use of AI requires the user to generate the right question, design a decent prompt, and then evaluate the answer (and perhaps further iterate the prompt).
It doesn’t work to just offload “thought” to the AI model.
It doesn’t work to just offload “thought” to the AI model.
“AI intensifies rather than innovates”
Claims of the novelty of AI and its potential for innovation in education always make me wince a bit because really it continues a bunch of long-running tendencies in the sector. It’s an *intensifier* rather than an innovation. Some examples… www.forbes.com/councils/for...
The Impact Of AI Tools On The Next Decade Of Education Innovation
Education technology is more of a commitment to shaping a future where every learner has the tools to succeed.
www.forbes.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“AI intensifies rather than innovates”
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Claims of the novelty of AI and its potential for innovation in education always make me wince a bit because really it continues a bunch of long-running tendencies in the sector. It’s an *intensifier* rather than an innovation. Some examples… www.forbes.com/councils/for...
The Impact Of AI Tools On The Next Decade Of Education Innovation
Education technology is more of a commitment to shaping a future where every learner has the tools to succeed.
www.forbes.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Claims of the novelty of AI and its potential for innovation in education always make me wince a bit because really it continues a bunch of long-running tendencies in the sector. It’s an *intensifier* rather than an innovation. Some examples… www.forbes.com/councils/for...
There are some good recommendations in y/day's Select Cttee report. Until curriculum flexibility and accountability is sorted, there's a risk that SEND practice is inconsistent with other drivers to which schools must respond.
committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
#edpsychs
committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
#edpsychs
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
There are some good recommendations in y/day's Select Cttee report. Until curriculum flexibility and accountability is sorted, there's a risk that SEND practice is inconsistent with other drivers to which schools must respond.
committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
#edpsychs
committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
#edpsychs
A really great read about the tyranny of the "word gap"; like a "zombie statistic", it refuses to die, despite its troubling & misleading origins. The article reminds me of www-tandfonline-com.soton.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.... which shows how such thinking plays out in practice.
September 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A really great read about the tyranny of the "word gap"; like a "zombie statistic", it refuses to die, despite its troubling & misleading origins. The article reminds me of www-tandfonline-com.soton.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.... which shows how such thinking plays out in practice.
@pepsmccrea.bsky.social likes to say that "Attention is the gateway to learning". This is a fascinating read about how attention cueing can reduce the impact on learning that is traditionally associated with IQ and SES. hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/m...
Managing attention in classrooms is a social justice issue
This is a blog about some of my favourite research findings in the field of attention. They are remarkable studies for their simplicity, the scale of the effect that they find, and the deep philoso…
hobbolog.wordpress.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
@pepsmccrea.bsky.social likes to say that "Attention is the gateway to learning". This is a fascinating read about how attention cueing can reduce the impact on learning that is traditionally associated with IQ and SES. hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/m...
One third of parents have asked for SEND assessments.
This is not about individual children, teachers or schools but about a systemic problem.
Desperately hoping for some wisdom and relief from the SEND review.
#edpsychs
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
This is not about individual children, teachers or schools but about a systemic problem.
Desperately hoping for some wisdom and relief from the SEND review.
#edpsychs
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Third of UK parents have sought special needs assessment for their child, survey finds
Parentkind charity also says 33% of parents of children with special educational needs reported financial strain
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
One third of parents have asked for SEND assessments.
This is not about individual children, teachers or schools but about a systemic problem.
Desperately hoping for some wisdom and relief from the SEND review.
#edpsychs
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
This is not about individual children, teachers or schools but about a systemic problem.
Desperately hoping for some wisdom and relief from the SEND review.
#edpsychs
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Proposal for how to fix family wise error rates.
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Proposal for how to fix family wise error rates.
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
There’s a lot of stuff said about self-care and managing work related stress.
But it really is pretty straightforward.
But it really is pretty straightforward.
September 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
There’s a lot of stuff said about self-care and managing work related stress.
But it really is pretty straightforward.
But it really is pretty straightforward.
Oh, the rich life of an #academic. I've just been invited to join a tour of the "Knitting Reference Library Collection" in an allied university. I'd dearly love to go, but have teaching commitments that pm.
I've already warned my students that I may be slightly grumpy and distant that afternoon....
I've already warned my students that I may be slightly grumpy and distant that afternoon....
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Oh, the rich life of an #academic. I've just been invited to join a tour of the "Knitting Reference Library Collection" in an allied university. I'd dearly love to go, but have teaching commitments that pm.
I've already warned my students that I may be slightly grumpy and distant that afternoon....
I've already warned my students that I may be slightly grumpy and distant that afternoon....
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You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.
September 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.
On today's #cycle #commute I overtook the same SUV (occupancy, n = 1) 3 times, at junctions & traffic lights, across 10km, taking ~ 25 mins
This was through semi-rural and suburban areas, (see map), not a dense urban environment.
People on bikes don't slow up your commute.
Drivists do. #traffic
This was through semi-rural and suburban areas, (see map), not a dense urban environment.
People on bikes don't slow up your commute.
Drivists do. #traffic
September 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Some traditions are worth upholding.
Here are (most of; sadly we couldn't all fit in one screenshot) the 2025 @suedpsy.bsky.social new year one #edpsychs trainees, ready to be abandoned in the sub-Arctic, and hoping to make it out successfully.
Here are (most of; sadly we couldn't all fit in one screenshot) the 2025 @suedpsy.bsky.social new year one #edpsychs trainees, ready to be abandoned in the sub-Arctic, and hoping to make it out successfully.
September 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Some traditions are worth upholding.
Here are (most of; sadly we couldn't all fit in one screenshot) the 2025 @suedpsy.bsky.social new year one #edpsychs trainees, ready to be abandoned in the sub-Arctic, and hoping to make it out successfully.
Here are (most of; sadly we couldn't all fit in one screenshot) the 2025 @suedpsy.bsky.social new year one #edpsychs trainees, ready to be abandoned in the sub-Arctic, and hoping to make it out successfully.
Occasional observations from my #cyclecommute
If it’s raining, best to check that the waterproof cover is properly covering your rucksack.
Otherwise you might end up wearing wet underwear all day.
Just thought that might be helpful to someone.
#cycling
If it’s raining, best to check that the waterproof cover is properly covering your rucksack.
Otherwise you might end up wearing wet underwear all day.
Just thought that might be helpful to someone.
#cycling
a green moisture meter shows that the moisture is dry
ALT: a green moisture meter shows that the moisture is dry
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September 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Occasional observations from my #cyclecommute
If it’s raining, best to check that the waterproof cover is properly covering your rucksack.
Otherwise you might end up wearing wet underwear all day.
Just thought that might be helpful to someone.
#cycling
If it’s raining, best to check that the waterproof cover is properly covering your rucksack.
Otherwise you might end up wearing wet underwear all day.
Just thought that might be helpful to someone.
#cycling