Admin/teacher friends: this is a great read! Having a shared model of learning can be a huge advtange for groups of teachers/schools/districts
teacherhead.com/2020/03/10/a...
#edusky #teachlearnsky #cogscisci
teacherhead.com/2020/03/10/a...
#edusky #teachlearnsky #cogscisci
A model for the learning process. And why it helps to have one.
One of the most powerful ideas I’ve engaged with recently is using a diagram to visualise a shared model of the learning process; using it to get a feel for how learning works in general but …
teacherhead.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Admin/teacher friends: this is a great read! Having a shared model of learning can be a huge advtange for groups of teachers/schools/districts
teacherhead.com/2020/03/10/a...
#edusky #teachlearnsky #cogscisci
teacherhead.com/2020/03/10/a...
#edusky #teachlearnsky #cogscisci
Big discussion about finals at my school. Wish I'd had this to show people.
The astonishment from my students that ALL exams are cumulative was, well, astonishing when I moved from UK to US
Thanks @andrewwatsonttb.bsky.social
#cogscisci
#iteachphysics
www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-gre...
The astonishment from my students that ALL exams are cumulative was, well, astonishing when I moved from UK to US
Thanks @andrewwatsonttb.bsky.social
#cogscisci
#iteachphysics
www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-gre...
The Great Exam Debate: A Conversation with a Colleague |Education & Teacher Conferences
www.learningandthebrain.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Big discussion about finals at my school. Wish I'd had this to show people.
The astonishment from my students that ALL exams are cumulative was, well, astonishing when I moved from UK to US
Thanks @andrewwatsonttb.bsky.social
#cogscisci
#iteachphysics
www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-gre...
The astonishment from my students that ALL exams are cumulative was, well, astonishing when I moved from UK to US
Thanks @andrewwatsonttb.bsky.social
#cogscisci
#iteachphysics
www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-gre...
@andrewwatsonttb.bsky.social writes about important stuff in a clear, accessible and entertaining way. Here he is on why students don't like thinking hard, and what we might do about it:
www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-ben...
#edusky #CogSciSci
www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-ben...
#edusky #CogSciSci
The Benefits (and Perils) of Thinking Hard |Education & Teacher Conferences
www.learningandthebrain.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:40 AM
@andrewwatsonttb.bsky.social writes about important stuff in a clear, accessible and entertaining way. Here he is on why students don't like thinking hard, and what we might do about it:
www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-ben...
#edusky #CogSciSci
www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-ben...
#edusky #CogSciSci
You know that thing when you have to judge when they are just about to forget something and give them a question on it...
... ta da!!
Ok, I know, but this is the first time a student has commented that I actually hit that moment).
#iteachphysics
#cogscisci
... ta da!!
Ok, I know, but this is the first time a student has commented that I actually hit that moment).
#iteachphysics
#cogscisci
December 8, 2024 at 12:48 AM
You know that thing when you have to judge when they are just about to forget something and give them a question on it...
... ta da!!
Ok, I know, but this is the first time a student has commented that I actually hit that moment).
#iteachphysics
#cogscisci
... ta da!!
Ok, I know, but this is the first time a student has commented that I actually hit that moment).
#iteachphysics
#cogscisci
December 14, 2024 at 2:45 PM
You don’t need to be a science teacher to benefit from the wisdom, insights and advice of the #cogscisci team.
Fantastic to see them being reassembled in #Edusky
Fantastic to see them being reassembled in #Edusky
Here is the #CogSciSci starter pack go.bsky.app/3q4CVBY
August 18, 2024 at 7:50 PM
You don’t need to be a science teacher to benefit from the wisdom, insights and advice of the #cogscisci team.
Fantastic to see them being reassembled in #Edusky
Fantastic to see them being reassembled in #Edusky
With 4 exam classes this year, got some time to work on new LC Chemistry specification teaching sequence. Felt stuck for awhile but generated “themes” & started writing retrieval practise statements and feeling excited about teaching it. Good progress made. #edchatie #cogscisci #iteachchemistry
February 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
With 4 exam classes this year, got some time to work on new LC Chemistry specification teaching sequence. Felt stuck for awhile but generated “themes” & started writing retrieval practise statements and feeling excited about teaching it. Good progress made. #edchatie #cogscisci #iteachchemistry
We will have cogscisci in may 2025 in Surrey (I think)
December 17, 2024 at 4:32 PM
We will have cogscisci in may 2025 in Surrey (I think)
SUPER interesting... this is adults... 'presumably' it's the same with adolescents.
I really don't like saying 'presumably' because I really shouldn't.
#cogsci #cogscisci
I really don't like saying 'presumably' because I really shouldn't.
#cogsci #cogscisci
Interesting study suggesting that presenting info in two different modes (eg pictures and words) reduces cognitive load and improves learning, but using two different codes (eg written and spoken text) does the opposite: www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14...
The More, the Better? Exploring the Effects of Modal and Codal Redundancy on Learning and Cognitive Load: An Experimental Study
This study explores how receiving identical information from different sources affects learning and cognitive load, focusing on two types of redundancy: modal redundancy, where redundant information c...
www.mdpi.com
August 19, 2024 at 3:35 AM
SUPER interesting... this is adults... 'presumably' it's the same with adolescents.
I really don't like saying 'presumably' because I really shouldn't.
#cogsci #cogscisci
I really don't like saying 'presumably' because I really shouldn't.
#cogsci #cogscisci
"You cannot be creative with information you do not possess."
What Creativity Isn't
theeffortfuleducator.com/2023/11/20/w...
#edusky #cogscisci #teaching #teacher #teach #education #educator #educators #eduate #learn #learning #learners #learner
What Creativity Isn't
theeffortfuleducator.com/2023/11/20/w...
#edusky #cogscisci #teaching #teacher #teach #education #educator #educators #eduate #learn #learning #learners #learner
What Creativity Isn't - The Effortful Educator
Schools don't kill creativity...they enable it.
theeffortfuleducator.com
September 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM
"You cannot be creative with information you do not possess."
What Creativity Isn't
theeffortfuleducator.com/2023/11/20/w...
#edusky #cogscisci #teaching #teacher #teach #education #educator #educators #eduate #learn #learning #learners #learner
What Creativity Isn't
theeffortfuleducator.com/2023/11/20/w...
#edusky #cogscisci #teaching #teacher #teach #education #educator #educators #eduate #learn #learning #learners #learner
Yep, though I need to finish this first, and a new summary of a book set (what will it be?? - watch this space!!)
#cogscisci
#cogscisci
September 7, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Yep, though I need to finish this first, and a new summary of a book set (what will it be?? - watch this space!!)
#cogscisci
#cogscisci
A BIG thank you to YOU!!!
Blogs full of interesting and useful insights... great stuff. (and please keep it up!)
#cogscisci
#iteachphysics
Blogs full of interesting and useful insights... great stuff. (and please keep it up!)
#cogscisci
#iteachphysics
New Post
1,000,000 Thank Yous
I owe you a thank you. : )
theeffortfuleducator.com/2024/12/06/1...
#edusky
1,000,000 Thank Yous
I owe you a thank you. : )
theeffortfuleducator.com/2024/12/06/1...
#edusky
1,000,000 Thank Yous - The Effortful Educator
I owe you a thank you. : )
theeffortfuleducator.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:26 PM
A BIG thank you to YOU!!!
Blogs full of interesting and useful insights... great stuff. (and please keep it up!)
#cogscisci
#iteachphysics
Blogs full of interesting and useful insights... great stuff. (and please keep it up!)
#cogscisci
#iteachphysics
I've had a school cancel two dates at the end of this half term.
So if you want a visit to work on T&L, CPD, lesson obs, middle leadership on
30/9/24
7/10/24
Just ping me a DM
#edusky
#CogSciSci
#rED24
So if you want a visit to work on T&L, CPD, lesson obs, middle leadership on
30/9/24
7/10/24
Just ping me a DM
#edusky
#CogSciSci
#rED24
September 10, 2024 at 5:16 PM
I've had a school cancel two dates at the end of this half term.
So if you want a visit to work on T&L, CPD, lesson obs, middle leadership on
30/9/24
7/10/24
Just ping me a DM
#edusky
#CogSciSci
#rED24
So if you want a visit to work on T&L, CPD, lesson obs, middle leadership on
30/9/24
7/10/24
Just ping me a DM
#edusky
#CogSciSci
#rED24
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-
Key take aways-
May 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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-
Key take aways-
Yes! My work here is done :-) #CogSciSci
Time to re-visit some of the best bits of the early 2000s from @nikika.bsky.social My guilty secret: I've always got my Year 10s to role play addition polymerisation!
May 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yes! My work here is done :-) #CogSciSci
If I wanted to read a book that gave me all the nitty gritty on habit formation what book should I read? To be clear I don't need the practical side etc on how to build habits.. I want the cognitive process and the science.
@mikehobbiss.bsky.social
#EduSky
#CogSciSci
@mikehobbiss.bsky.social
#EduSky
#CogSciSci
August 23, 2024 at 7:05 AM
If I wanted to read a book that gave me all the nitty gritty on habit formation what book should I read? To be clear I don't need the practical side etc on how to build habits.. I want the cognitive process and the science.
@mikehobbiss.bsky.social
#EduSky
#CogSciSci
@mikehobbiss.bsky.social
#EduSky
#CogSciSci
"Science is the slow march of accumulating evidence and it's easy to want a simple answer." Love @HiddenBrain pdcast. Grt 1 for journey home. #evidenceinformed #cogscisci @researchED1 "When Great Minds Think Unalike: Inside Science's 'Replication Crisis
n.pr/24PYalO
n.pr/24PYalO
When Great Minds Think Unalike: Inside Science's 'Replication Crisis'
Lots of psychology studies fail to produce the same results when they are repeated. Does that mean we shouldn't trust science?
n.pr
December 8, 2024 at 11:59 AM
"Science is the slow march of accumulating evidence and it's easy to want a simple answer." Love @HiddenBrain pdcast. Grt 1 for journey home. #evidenceinformed #cogscisci @researchED1 "When Great Minds Think Unalike: Inside Science's 'Replication Crisis
n.pr/24PYalO
n.pr/24PYalO
Heading to #cogscisci conference tomorrow - first conference I think I’ve ever cycled to!
May 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Heading to #cogscisci conference tomorrow - first conference I think I’ve ever cycled to!
Anyone who has a genuine interest in memory, cognition and the brain should have an interest in what COVID does to the brains of teachers and students.
#CogSci #CogSciSci #WorkingMemory #WM #LTM #ClassicRock #CognitivePsychology #CogPsy
www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15...
#CogSci #CogSciSci #WorkingMemory #WM #LTM #ClassicRock #CognitivePsychology #CogPsy
www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15...
May 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anyone who has a genuine interest in memory, cognition and the brain should have an interest in what COVID does to the brains of teachers and students.
#CogSci #CogSciSci #WorkingMemory #WM #LTM #ClassicRock #CognitivePsychology #CogPsy
www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15...
#CogSci #CogSciSci #WorkingMemory #WM #LTM #ClassicRock #CognitivePsychology #CogPsy
www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15...
@danielborowski.bsky.social...
Reminder:
There is no peer-reviewed paper on #BuildingThinkingClassrooms by Peter Liljedahl. And there isn't even a single non-reviewed paper on its effectiveness for learning.
no paper => no research
The research-based claim is fake.
#cogsci #cogscisci #edusky
Reminder:
There is no peer-reviewed paper on #BuildingThinkingClassrooms by Peter Liljedahl. And there isn't even a single non-reviewed paper on its effectiveness for learning.
no paper => no research
The research-based claim is fake.
#cogsci #cogscisci #edusky
September 20, 2024 at 9:08 PM
@danielborowski.bsky.social...
Reminder:
There is no peer-reviewed paper on #BuildingThinkingClassrooms by Peter Liljedahl. And there isn't even a single non-reviewed paper on its effectiveness for learning.
no paper => no research
The research-based claim is fake.
#cogsci #cogscisci #edusky
Reminder:
There is no peer-reviewed paper on #BuildingThinkingClassrooms by Peter Liljedahl. And there isn't even a single non-reviewed paper on its effectiveness for learning.
no paper => no research
The research-based claim is fake.
#cogsci #cogscisci #edusky
New blog post:
⭐Knowledge doesn't equal understanding⭐
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EruditePedagogy #Cogscisci #SciTeachUK
⭐Knowledge doesn't equal understanding⭐
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EruditePedagogy #Cogscisci #SciTeachUK
Knowledge doesn't equal understanding
Does knowledge = understanding? This simple equation suggests that the extent of a person's understanding is purely equal to the extent of their knowledge. Proponents of this claim suggest that it gro...
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:27 AM
New blog post:
⭐Knowledge doesn't equal understanding⭐
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EruditePedagogy #Cogscisci #SciTeachUK
⭐Knowledge doesn't equal understanding⭐
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EruditePedagogy #Cogscisci #SciTeachUK
#CogSciSci
#UKteaching
#EduSky
Check the post below and get the Middle Leadership Mastery book by @mrarobbins.bsky.social if you haven't yet!
#UKteaching
#EduSky
Check the post below and get the Middle Leadership Mastery book by @mrarobbins.bsky.social if you haven't yet!
Middle Leadership Mastery is a brilliant book. If you have not read it yet, definitely change that!
Maybe get yourself a chocolate orange too.
Maybe get yourself a chocolate orange too.
2nd most gifted.... I've always just bought people a chocolate orange. #edusky
August 19, 2024 at 5:27 PM
#CogSciSci
#UKteaching
#EduSky
Check the post below and get the Middle Leadership Mastery book by @mrarobbins.bsky.social if you haven't yet!
#UKteaching
#EduSky
Check the post below and get the Middle Leadership Mastery book by @mrarobbins.bsky.social if you haven't yet!
An issue I'm seeing across #CogSciSci proponents is a lack of clear distinction between "Checking for listening" and "checking for understanding".
In other words, without a clear distinction, it appears that understanding is understood as the ability to say exactly what the teacher has said.
#UKEd
In other words, without a clear distinction, it appears that understanding is understood as the ability to say exactly what the teacher has said.
#UKEd
January 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
An issue I'm seeing across #CogSciSci proponents is a lack of clear distinction between "Checking for listening" and "checking for understanding".
In other words, without a clear distinction, it appears that understanding is understood as the ability to say exactly what the teacher has said.
#UKEd
In other words, without a clear distinction, it appears that understanding is understood as the ability to say exactly what the teacher has said.
#UKEd
The back of the big brain of @carlhendrick.substack.com whose packed talk with @hugheshaili.bsky.social is looking at lethal mutations of retrieval practice #cogscisci
May 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The back of the big brain of @carlhendrick.substack.com whose packed talk with @hugheshaili.bsky.social is looking at lethal mutations of retrieval practice #cogscisci
💡New blog post💡
"Schools are not optimisation centres but developmental systems"
#UKEd #EduSky
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
"Schools are not optimisation centres but developmental systems"
#UKEd #EduSky
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
Schools are not optimisation centres but developmental systems
I want to share a distinction I perceive. It’s the one in the title, but to see what I mean, I need to shed light on how I’m using the term optimisation. To help, I’ll compare schools with two differe...
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com
August 15, 2024 at 7:54 PM