There is no point in teaching study skills without a coherent curriculum plan to support implementation. 

Download this month-by-month resource, which explains how to introduce all nine study skills at different points of the academic year.

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“Implementation usually happens in less-than-perfect conditions, so we need plans that are not just strong but also flexible enough to adapt to changes.”

- Anthony Kim of Education Elements on the hard lessons of school improvement

Calling all #newteachers ! Check out this conversation Nancy Frey and I had on navigating the first year of #teaching . We dove into effective teaching strategies & explore planning tools to create impactful learning experiences this year and beyond: us.corwin.com/events/webinar…

The idea that one might need to make the case for reading books might surprise those who haven’t spent much time in classrooms lately, but it is an argument that goes against entrenched beliefs that have come to predominate in schools.

educationnext.org/why-are-books-…

Best stuff to do to learn? Here it is!
Carl Hendrick's brilliant keynote #researchEdG

... and so important to share with Ss. It's amazing how they respond when they know WHY.

Highly recommend ‘Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI)’ by Hollingsworth, and Ybarra. The ‘TAPPLE’ acronym they introduce is ingenious for memorising their steps for Checking for Understanding. Designed this diagram to show just how interactive EDI is…

When implemented correctly, direct instruction is effective in helping students with new concepts. But it’s often misunderstood.

What is direct instruction? How do students benefit? This blog post explains! bit.ly/49nqZwe

#StudentLearning #Instruction #Teaching

This is insane. A new high school outside Dallas dedicated 1/3 of their floor space to entrepreneurship.

The 1st floor is a mall, where 15+ local businesses set up shop so students can be mentored, apply for jobs & learn how to run a biz.

There's also a:

- recording studio
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James Dobson Here's one recent study: Sana, F., Forrin, N. D., Sharma, M., Dubljevic, T., Ho, P., Jalil, E., & Kim, J. A. (2020). Optimizing the efficacy of learning objectives through pretests. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 19(3), ar43. doi:10.1187/cbe.19-11-0257

Routine feedback drives change, not formal evaluation systems esheninger.blogspot.com/2023/10/using-… #edchat #edutwitter #educhat #suptchat #edadmin #edleadership

Want to boost students’ math scores and halve the instructional time? A new study finds learning from errors is twice as effective as traditional teaching. ✏️ 

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Working on planning professional learning experiences that translate to measurable improvements for students?

Click through to find strategies that'll help you evaluate the impact of PL, via Learning Forward. ⤵️

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Excellent article by Jon Haidt in The Atlantic (The terrible costs of a phone-based childhood). Lots to unpack. On learning: 'Studies confirm that when students have access to their phones during class time, they use them, especially for texting & checking social media & their…

In an experiment on how best to study for a math test, learning through errors was pitted against working through practice problems bit.ly/43b7k15
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Grab this helpful series of word-diagrams on explicit instruction inspired by one of my favourite edu-books, ‘Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching’ by the amazing Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes.

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Teaching some vs teaching all. This is where the action for improvement lies. teacherhead.com/2023/05/07/tea… > I keep coming back to this.. it's the core issue day in, day out. Because it's hard. It needs work. Keeping this in focus is essential.

scottbaldridge.net/2016/11/29/why…

“If your goal was to create a miserable work environment where employees are stressed, burned out, disrespected and given no say in their job just look to U.S. schools for inspiration. They are our ‘best practice of miserable workplaces.’”

forbes.com/sites/brandonb…

How can you prevent an initiative like SBG (Standards-Based Grading) from causing harm through unintended consequences?

1. Listen when teachers push back. They are REALLY good at anticipating unintended consequences.

I love giving students brain breaks but honestly never really thought much about differentiating them. This discusses several different types of brain breaks and why and when to offer them. Love this and can’t wait to try some next week.
edutopia.org/article/incorp… via edutopia