Thoughtful, serious feedback is welcome.

theruthlessteacher.substack.com/p/building-...

I believe this trend poses a serious risk to mathematics instruction if left unexamined.

The article draws references the work of three educators I deeply admire:
@rastokke, @MrZachG and, @greg_ashman Their thinking has profoundly shaped my own on BTC.

Not an expert, but an undergrad psych/math person. As I understand it they're related, but DPT is more about processing information, while where PvC speaks to how information is stored in memory. Definitely an overlap though. I love psych, but math has taken over my life, so I hope that helps.

It is therefore likely to be a less effective approach than explicit teaching and disastrous for the most disadvantaged students.”

~Greg Ashman

“Building Thinking Classrooms has precisely zero robust evidence of effectiveness and is based on the fundamentally misconceived idea that unless students are engaged in discovery learning, they are not ‘thinking’.

So many teachers worry about seating. I find most feel that if they don’t sit their kids in groups, they’ll be perceived by colleagues and administrators as something that I haven’t figured out yet.