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AHT - T&L nerd. Interested in the power of education research. Trying to make it a little bit more digestible. Making resources for very busy teachers.

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12 Essential Elements of Impactful Teaching - A Complete Guide: 26 PDFs - Money used to provide more free content. A hopefully reasonable £3.99
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Been working on our own version of summary sheets @MrGoodwin23
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Retrieval Practice - A summary
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▶️ Amended Reflective Teaching Framework (12 essential elements) - Matched with the UK Teachers’ Standards. To be used as a reflection document: Curriculum Enactment
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🧩 Adaptive Teaching - How-to guide (draft)
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🧩Oracy in the classroom - How-to guide
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In theory - Free PDF versions of my one-pagers. You might want to retweet if you think others would find it useful.
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Full set of how-to guides - Free pdf 🧩 Behaviour for Learning 🧩 Retrieval Practice 🧩 Curriculum Thinking 🧩 Priming for Learning 🧩 Adaptive Instruction 🧩 Questioning
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▶️ The sciences of learning - So what guide (draft)
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Scaffolded Instruction - A potential how-to guide.
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Retrieval Practice - A potential how-to guide. (Draft)
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If you are interested in Rosenshine and Engelmann it might be worth taking a look at The Events of Instruction - Robert M. Gagne. @dylanwiliam @teacherhead @msrebeccabirch @olicav @PearceMrs @overpractised
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Inspired by @MrGoodwin23 @MrStoneEnglish @overpractised still a work in progress.
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The best curriculum intent in the world means nothing without great enactment of that curriculum ▶️ Making concrete memories not memories made of sand
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▶️Scaffolded Reading ✅Six principles
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Still working on these how-to guides Scaffolded Instruction.✅ Generative Rehearsal. ✅ Retrieval Practice. ✅ Deliberate Practice. ✅
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Curriculum Thinking - Mini guide ▶️ How-to guide ▶️ 6 questions ▶️ 10 steps ▶️ Glossary
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12 Essential Elements of Impactful Teaching - A Complete Guide: All 26 PDFs are available to download now.
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🧩 Curriculum thinking - How-to guide (draft)
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The best curriculum intent in the world means nothing without great enactment of that curriculum: Curriculum Enactment Series ▶️ Avoiding shallow coverage by appreciating the phases of learning Inspired by @EfratFurst
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Metacognition - a potential how-to guide (draft)
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🧩Assessment - How-to guide (draft)
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Retrieval Practice Guide: ▶️ 6 key questions ▶️ 10 active ingredients ▶️ 10 practical strategies ▶️ Key terminology
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▶️ New 12 essential elements poster
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▶️ Adaptive Instruction poster
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The sciences of learning - some basics to consider when planning.
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Ensuring retrieval doesn’t become a tick box exercise @KateJones_teach @RetrieveLearn @MrGoodwin23 @XpatEducator @DTWillingham
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▶️Assessment ▶️Inspired by Dylan Wiliam 6⃣ Principles
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Deliberate Practice - a potential how-to guide.
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🧩 Behaviour for Learning - How-to guide (draft)
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▶️Coherent Curriculum Design ▶️Inspired by Kat Howard & Claire Hill 6⃣ Principles
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🧠Retrieval Practice - Have you considered questions. Thinking about what might increase the chances of learning - Might be useful 🆓Free PDF can be found here.
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Retrieval Practice Micro-Guide ▶️ 6 key questions ▶️ 10 steps to success ▶️ Practical Toolkit ▶️ Key terms
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▶️ Adapted (research-informed) reflective framework (still a work in progress)
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Cognitive Neuroscience for teachers - Beginners Guide.
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▶️ Reflective Framework - Did you questions - To be used when reviewing a lesson or series of lessons. Effective reflection crucial for improvement.
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One-Pagers the set: Trying to make education research digestible Includes: ✅Generative Learning - Mayer & Fiorella ✅Cognitive Load Theory - Sweller ✅Learning Techniques - Dunlosky ✅Desirable Difficulties - Bjork ✅Successive Relearning - Bahrick ✅& More
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▶️A Student Guide To How We Learn 🕸️Weaving Webs of Knowledge 🆓Free 24-page booklet with lots of digestible theory and practical strategies. Includes: 🧩Working and Long-Term Memory 🧩Cognitive Load Theory 🧩Schema Theory 🧩& Much More Retweets and Follows are appreciated.
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🧩Questioning - potential how-to guide (very draft)
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▶️Teaching for Learning CPD ▶️What is Adaptive Teaching? ▶️Inspired by Lyn Corno's "Microadaptations"
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Cognitive Science - The basics
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Desirable Difficulties -Bjork & Bjork
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Ofsted Research Review Summaries: ▶️ Languages ▶️ Maths ▶️ English ▶️ Computing Might be helpful
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▶️ECT Professional Development ▶️Lesson Coherence ▶️ "Coherent Planning" ▶️Inspired by David Merrill
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🧩 Planning rubric that might increase the chances of learning. Could be useful for ECTs or anyone else. Just a draft. A starting point for discussion.
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Supporting working memory - Practical guidance
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Cognitive Load Theory -Sweller @greg_ashman
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▶️ECT Professional Development ▶️Theory into Practice 🧠Strategies that might help avoid cognitive overload
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Ofsted research review summaries ▶️ History Questions to help the reflection process
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Rethinking the model of memory. - Learning is a process.
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▶️Retrieval Practice ▶️Inspired by John Dunlosky, Pooja K. Agarwal & Patrice Bain 6⃣ Principles @RetrieveLearn @PatriceBain1
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▶️Retrieval Practice - Have you considered questions. Thinking about what might increase the chances of learning.
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🆓Planning and Teaching Lessons for Learning - Planning Framework - Might be helpful to for ITTs and ECTs ▶️Free PDF download available here:
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▶️Tomorrow, we will mainly be discussing... ▶️High cognitively engaging strategies vs low cognitively engaging strategies
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🧩 Feedback - How-to guide (draft)
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@TheREPodcast1 @GillianKeegan @RishiSunak Whatever degrees this bunch did. I’m presuming they are just speaking about the personal experiences that left them morally vacuous.
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❓Can students optimise their metacognitive abilities without an understanding of how learning works? 🕸️🕷️Creating Webs of Knowledge Student Guide: 🧩Cognitive Load Theory 🧩Schema Theory 🧩Working and Long-Term Memory 🧩The Forgetting Curve
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▶️Planning well-structured lessons for learning. Draft Version 2: Working with ITTs and ECTs to create a model that moves away from planning for activities and instead focuses on planning long-term learning. What have we missed?
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▶️ Retrieval Practice Poster
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The best curriculum intent in the world means nothing without great enactment of that curriculum: Entire Curriculum Enactment Series ▶️ Avoiding shallow coverage ▶️ Making memories of concrete ▶️ Eight common missteps to avoid ▶️ Likely to be less effective
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▪️ Literacy Instruction ▪️ Inspired by Timothy Shanahan & Alex Quigley ▪️ Six principles @AlexJQuigley @ReadingShanahan
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▶️Adaptive Instruction ▶️Inspired by Hattie, Rosenshine & Marzano 6⃣ Principles
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Been thinking about what steps a teacher would take to increase the chances of connection. @overpractised
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Ofsted Research Review Series: Summaries ▶️ Geography Questions to start the conversation
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12 Essential Elements: Literacy ▶️Vocabulary Instruction ▶️Writing Instruction ➡️Reading Strategies (Based on the work of the EEF)
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Free PDF versions. Ofsted Research Review Summaries (10 key takeaway questions for each subject) ▶️ History ▶️ English ▶️ Maths ▶️ Science ▶️ Languages ▶️ And more Might be helpful
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✅12 Elements of Reflective Teaching - Linked to some important education thinkers
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Effective Learning techniques - Dunlosky et al.
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▶️ Ofsted Summary - Evaluating the Quality of Education - The curriculum
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▶️The phases of Retrieval. A.K.A avoiding pub quiz retrieval ▶️Mechanical Retrieval ▶️Elaborative Retrieval ▶️Conditional Retrieval ▶️Procedural Retrieval
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▶️Cognitive Principles for Effective Planning for Learning A thread on why each element might be important 1/19
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▶️ 12 ways to support working memory
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Six Essential Questions ▶️ Adaptive Instruction ▶️ Retrieval Practice ▶️ Curriculum Thinking ▶️ Priming for Learning
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ECT Professional Development - Retrieval Practice ▪️ Umbrella Principles ▪️ Planning Questions ▪️ Practical Strategies ▪️ Pitfalls
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▶️ Priming for Learning Poster
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▶️Updated - 12 Essential Elements of Effective Teaching for Learning A complete guide - Now 36 PDFs available via link. Includes for each element: 🧩Planning Questions 🧩Practical Strategies 🧩Potential Pitfalls
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▶️ Six essential questions when planning retrieval practice
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The 12 Essential Elements of Impactful Teaching - Adaptive Instruction ▶️ What is Adaptive Instruction? ▶️ The aims of Adaptive Instruction ▶️ Have you planned questions ▶️ Practical Examples Guide Download available on timeline.
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Learning vs Performance - Soderstrom and Bjork
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Potential how-to guides (revised) 🧩Priming for Learning 🧩Metacognition
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✅ Retrieval Practice ✅ Desirable Difficulties ✅ Successive relearning ✅ Meaningful Learning ✅ Neuroscience ✅ Cognitive Load Theory ✅ and more…
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In theory - Free PDF versions of my one-pagers. You might want to retweet if you think others would find it useful.
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The 12 Essential Elements of Impactful Teaching - Generative Rehearsal ▶️ What is Generative Rehearsal? ▶️ Have you planned questions ▶️ Practical Examples ▶️ Non-Examples Free download on timeline.
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▶️ Types of curriculum
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▶️ Free PDF versions of 12 elements of effective teaching & 12 ways to support working memory. Hopefully helpful.
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🧠The Sciences of Learning - Beginner's Guide ▶️Might be helpful as a starting point Free PDF download here:
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Neuromyths - Kristen Betts et al.
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▶️ SEND Code of Practice - Implications for Classroom Teachers
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Ofsted Research Review summaries: ▶️ Science Might be helpful
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▶️ Reflective Teaching - 12 essential elements
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▶️Amplifying Teaching Impact: Literacy 🧩Benefits of Effective Literacy Instruction 🧩Six crucial planning questions 🧩Six practical strategies for oracy instruction 🧩Key
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12 Essential Elements: Retrieval Practice Guide 🆓Free download for a short period of time Includes: ✅The Benefits of Retrieval Practice ✅Planning Questions ✅Practical Strategies ✅Misconceptions ✅& More @CharteredColl @PatriceBain1 @RetrieveLearn @PoojaAgarwal … Show
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Successive Relearning - Katherine A. Rawson et al.
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🧩 Improving Communication - How-to guide (draft)
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🆕New Blog Post - Teaching for Learning rather than Teaching and Learning. Aka - Why I dislike the phrase 'Teaching and Learning'.
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Generative Learning - Fiorella and Mayer
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12 Essential Elements: Literacy Series Might be helpful ▶️Reading Instruction 🧩Planning Questions 🧩Reading Strategies 🧩Reading Types 🧩Pitfalls
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A few tweaks to our framework @RetrieveLearn
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▶️Reflective Practice ✅Reflection Aid: A resource to assist ECTs and ITTs in reflecting on their lessons. (Might be helpful for others)
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▶️ The Seven Sins of Memory
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Novice Learners - A summary
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▶️ Incremental Layering - Striving for a change in long-term memory
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