Working at the intersections of teaching, learning, teachers, and administrators to educate students. Ed.D.
southeastern PA
Joined December 2011
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The Science of Learning, Second Edition, is here! Get the latest research and practical guidance to help teachers and teacher-prep leaders ground instruction in #cogsci. Endorsed by 100+ education experts and organizations. Download here: deansforimpact.org/tools-and…
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Constitution 101 for middle school is here! Educators can now access a free curriculum designed to make the founding principles of the United States accessible and engaging for grades 6-8. #NCCed
Learn more: ow.ly/XV3C50WS9rG
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"Children learn most effectively when instruction follows an evidence‑based cycle: grounding facts in conceptual understanding, using brief timed practice to make those facts automatic, then returning to discussion and reflection to deepen that knowledge." journals.sagepub.com/doi/epu…
“The question now is not whether AI will change education, but how we will shape that change to create a more effective, equitable, and engaging learning environment for all.” @emollick oneusefulthing.org/p/post-ap…
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It's widely recognized that #studentmotivation plays an essential role in the learning process, but do you know six key ingredients that drive our learners to actively engage?
Dive in: ow.ly/Yahi50S1c46
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It often seems we are suffering from a lack of historical awareness. Thanks to @NationalHistory young people throughout the country have been grappling with our past for 50 years. We should applaud them and their teachers and the @NationalHistory staff for making our past all the more present.
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Cliques divide people into insiders and outsiders. Healthy groups offer everyone a sense of belonging.
It's not enough to be polite. It's critical to convey that we value each member's contribution.
The foundation of respect is making sure others feel seen and heard.
Yes, it is.
At a time when teachers are feeling stressed and overwhelmed, we asked 2,531 U.S. public K-12 teachers this open-ended question: If there’s one thing you’d want the public to know about teachers, what would it be? Here’s what they had to say: pewrsr.ch/4cFAJVj
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Doodling, reading aloud in turn, letter grades: They’re all tangled up in commonly held misperceptions about learning. Our editors sifted through the evidence to explain how you can tweak your strategies—and align your pedagogy with science. 🧑🔬 edut.to/3vw22km
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This is the first evidence that LLMs can exceed human levels when assessing the accuracy of facts. A big potential milestone.
AIs have a bad reputation for truth, so three important findings in this paper:
1) "LLM agents can achieve superhuman rating performance" on fact checking when given access to Google!
2) Bigger models are more factual
3) LLMs are 20x cheaper than humans
arxiv.org/pdf/2403.18802.pdf
A research experiment found that engaging Algebra 1 students interactively to understand why they made errors on practice tests helped them learn more than receiving explicit instruction on practice problems.
PROOF POINTS: The surprising effectiveness of having kids study why they failed hechingerreport.org/proof-po…
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These research-backed strategies boost students’ curiosity and ability to learn. 🚀 Check them out! edut.to/48TZZ7M
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For managers who want to encourage AI use in their teams, psychological safety is a good guide:
1) Share with your team that you will be exploring AI together, no one knows what it can do so you need help
2) Publicly share mistakes you make
3) Demonstrate curiosity & experiment
Reminder that “psychological safety” isn’t a buzzword, but a research-backed way of making sure everyone on the team feels comfortable taking risks.
At studies at Google it was the key predictor of innovative team success. Use the checklists on your team! rework.withgoogle.com/guides…
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"BASD has chosen a research-based approach toward making positive improvements to conventional grading and reporting systems—using all the effectiveness criteria necessary and outlined in this article." -Dr. Laura Link @laurajlink @tguskey
the74million.org/article/why…
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Students are more likely to take an active role when they know where they are going and how to monitor their progress and seek feedback.
When students take charge of their learning, they open the door to endless possibilities.
#StudentEngagement #VisibleLearning
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Adopting AI made internet artists much more productive & greatly boosted the appeal of their art... but also lowered the novelty of most folks' work.
However, the most creative artists are able to use AI to become much more creative, exploring new options academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/a…
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Why are sons of NBA players so much more likely to become NBA players? Genetics are a big thing, obv. But another big thing is early training in form. The biggest difference I could find between NBA players who had fathers in the NBA and other NBA players is they're great FT shooters. Sons of NBA players make up 8 % of the top 50 FT shooters of all time.
A significant majority shoot free throws much better than their fathers did, as well.
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NEW: The share of Americans who say science has had a mostly positive effect on society has fallen and there’s been a continued decline in public trust in scientists (🧵⬇️).
Dig into the full report here: pewrsr.ch/3QGu8A1
