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Today marks the release of my book, *Teaching One-Pagers*. It represents 18 months of hard graft, distilling important edu-research and honing my design skills. Super grateful to everyone who has supported my one-pagers—your engagement is the driving force behind this project! 🩵
🧵 In this thread, I have compiled a list of my top research summaries, articles and resources that have helped shape my teaching.
Hope you find this collection as useful as I have! ⤵️
Whole class feedback is a game changer for minimising workload whilst improving student outcomes. The method developed by
@__codexterous
is particularly great. Check out Andy’s approach in this one page summary.
Get a PDF copy here:
‘Why Don’t Students Like School?’ by
@DTWillingham
is one of the most influential books for teachers on cognitive science. It explores how students’ minds work & how to use this knowledge to be a better teacher.
I made a poster for it. Download it here:
Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.
☝️Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here:
☝️ Dylan Wiliam said Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. Here is a one-page summary of some key points & practical strategies to consider.
👊 Feel free to grab a HQ copy here:
My recent one page summaries can be downloaded as a single high quality PDF below:
→ Questioning
→ Modelling & Thinking Aloud
→ Feedback
→ Retrieval Practice
Get the collection:
Keep an eye out for more one pagers coming soon.
Mapped out the structure of an explicit lesson based on my reading of Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes. Highly recommend.
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🏗️ Scaffolding Think, Pair, Share can help facilitate deep discussions and drive thinking from ALL students. This handy resource is designed to help students master the WHAT, WHY, and HOW of the process.
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***BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT ***
🧵 In this thread, I have summarised some of Dr Bill Rogers’ top behaviour management strategies. Each one is supported with an old-school video.
“You establish what you establish”
BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT
🧵 In this thread, I have summarised some of Dr Bill Rogers’ top behaviour management techniques. Each tip is supported with an old-school video… 📼
“You establish what you establish”
🚨 NEW! This one-pager summarises Dylan Wiliam and Siobhán Leahy’s five formative assessment strategies that teachers can use to move learners forward.
📥 Grab a HQ copy:
☕️ Support my work:
🟣 NEW! This one-pager summarises RETRIEVAL PRACTICE as a powerful learning strategy. Thanks to
@KateJones_teach
&
@teacherhead
for their influential insights on how RP can be applied in the classroom.
Download a free HQ copy here:
☕️ Support my work!
Four word-diagrams on explicit instruction inspired by the book, ‘Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching’ by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes. You can download the full HQ file below.
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☝️One page summaries of Shakespeare’s best tragedies with embedded links to YouTube videos on all key scenes. 1/2
♥️ Romeo & Juliet
💀 Hamlet
🧙♀️ Macbeth
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#TeamEnglish
If you 🧡 teaching Of Mice & Men, here is a digital workbook crammed with key knowledge & a range of built-in graphic organisers / scaffolds! 🐇
@AppleEDU
@Team_English1
#edtech
Mapped out a set of summaries for ‘Macbeth’ with attached quotations. Useful for retrieval & zooming in/out on key ideas.
@Team_English1
Inspired by
@olicav
flow-spray maps.
‘Why Don’t Students Like School?’ by Daniel Willingham is one of the most influential books for teachers on cognitive science. It explores how students’ minds work & how to use this knowledge to be a better teacher.
🪡 THREAD. Here are some ‘brain bites’ I took away from it…
Scaffolding Think, Pair, Share can help facilitate deep discussions and drive thinking from ALL students. This handy resource is designed to help students master the WHAT, WHY, and HOW of the process. Just one of the bonus freebies I shared in today’s ‘Cognitive Science in
💫 NEW! Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction edu-poster. A summary of the 10 research-based strategies that all teachers should know. A big thanks to
@olicav
for the excellent learning and memory diagram featured.
Created a quick black-and-white A4 summary on cold calling to support some upcoming coaching conversations. Thanks to
@teacherhead
and of course
@Doug_Lemov
for their work on this powerful strategy.
Grab a free HQ copy here:
This double page captures my reading of Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes. Highly recommend the book!
Thanks for the design tips
@olicav
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🧵 THREAD! Since introducing these one-pagers in my school in 2022, I’ve seen teachers’ engagement with evidence informed ideas sky-rocket. Teachers are time-poor, so distilling important ideas into an easily digestible format offers a practical solution. Here are 7 ways
NEW! A one-pager summarising feedback to help move learners forward. If you’re finding these summaries helpful, you might want to check out my upcoming book ‘Teaching One-Pagers’. The book simplifies complex research into digestible, actionable insights, perfect for busy
🪡 In this thread, I have compiled a list of my top research articles, videos and resources that have helped shape my teaching.
You’ll find the full list (and more) on these one-pagers which contain embedded hyperlinks.
Download the PDF here:
Mapped out Lady Macbeth’s journey throughout the play. I’ve found word-diagrams to be an effective way of showing connections between key events & ideas.
@Team_English1
👇 Since introducing these one-pagers in my school in 2022, I’ve seen teachers’ engagement with evidence informed ideas sky-rocket.
Like in any school, our teachers are time-poor, so distilling important ideas into an easily digestible format offers a practical solution.
Here
‼️ Free to download A5 word diagrams to support students with:
→ Peer Critique: Kind, Specific, Helpful
→ Structured Discussion: Think, Pair, Share
→ Retrieval Practice: Flash Cards
Get the PDF 👉
MAKING INSTRUCTION EXPLICIT
🧵 In this thread, I have summarised some of Barak Rosenshine’s most influential ideas from his 2002 presentation on making instruction explicit. You can watch the full presentation here:
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Hope you find this useful! ⬇️
A collection of word-diagrams on explicit instruction inspired by the book, ‘Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching’ by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes.
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My recent one-pagers are free to download from my website:
🟢 Why Don’t Students Like School?
🟡 Cognitive Load Theory Explained
🔵 Making Every Lesson Count
🟠 Explicit Instruction
🔴 Formative Assessment
☕️ Support my work!
🧠 ‘Why Don’t Students Like School?’ by Daniel Willingham is one of the most influential books for teachers on cognitive science. It explores how students’ minds work and how to use this knowledge to be a better teacher.
🧵THREAD! Here are some of my main takeaways…
Thanks
One of my favourite edu-books ever written is Making Every Lesson Count by
@atharby
&
@shaun_allison
. It’s a practical & accessible book based on their 6 principles of great teaching.
Check out this double page summary… (complete with cool new illustrations!)
📣 Excited to announce my collaboration with
@MrGoodwin23
on our upcoming book, ‘One Pagers’ for
@JohnCattEd
! Check out this one pager to find out more… ⤵️
A one pager capturing some of the main ideas from the excellent book ‘Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching’ by Anita L. Archer & Charles A. Hughes. Highly recommend you pick up a copy!
📙 Read more:
Character journey maps for Macbeth & Lady Macbeth to summarise their development throughout the play. Download fully editable versions here:
@Team_English1
🛎️ CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT! This new A3 poster highlights the key principles and top routines from highly practical The Classroom Management Handbook by
@coachdowley
and
@ollie_lovell
. Grab your copy of the book via
@JohnCattEd
- these ideas have helped me personally create calmer,
🏗️ NEW! Scaffolding peer feedback can help make it more supportive, motivating, and actionable. This resource is designed to help students master the process by being KIND, SPECIFIC & HELPFUL.
🫶 Support my work tapping REPOST and download a FREE high-quality copy here:
Making Every Lesson Count by
@atharby
&
@shaun_allison
still remains one of my top edu-books of all time. It’s a practical & accessible book based on 6 principles of great teaching. Check out one page overview! ⤵️
📒 Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction offers 10 evidence-based strategies that all teachers should know based on key research from cognitive science and research on master teachers. This poster outlines the lot!
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here:
DELIVERING INSTRUCTION… Another graphic based on my reading of Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes. 📙
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE… Building fluency with deliberate, distributed & retrieval practice. Final graphic based on my reading of Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes.
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Think, Pair, Share is a powerful technique to promote collaborative & productive talk. This summary captures the ‘what?’, ‘how?’ & ‘why?’ of the process & is partly based on blog posts by
@teacherhead
&
@Inner_Drive
@BradleyKBusch
Download the PDF here:
📣 NEW! **SECURING ATTENTION** Students remember what they attend to… This poster summarises strategies that secure attention, ensuring students remain attentive and cognitively engaged throughout the lesson.
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🦋 Put together this peer critique word diagram based on Ron Berger’s ‘kind’, ‘specific’ & ‘helpful’ approach. Practical steps to develop a culture of excellence.
Made this one-pager about feedback to support our teachers with
@Showbie
tools. The Voice Notes & Pinned Comments features are excellent for detailed & actionable feedback.
Checking that ALL students are thinking is fundamental for learning. Here are
@teacherhead
’s six things to think about when trying to reach ALL students.
Read Tom’s post: ‘Teaching Some vs. Teaching All’:
Download the one-pager:
Both PDF and editable Word versions of these posters are now available to download from my Dropbox. Feel free to adapt... please credit!
@Team_English1
#TeamEnglish
If you’re returning to
#remotelearning
this week, try out
#edtech
bingo for some simple ideas & strategies. Also, feel free to reach out for any tech integration support. Always happy to help! 👐
#edutwitter
💪 NEW! This poster highlights RETRIEVAL PRACTICE as a powerful learning strategy to strengthen memory and boost learning. It offers valuable insights on applying RP in the classroom. Special thanks to
@olicav
for the learning and memory diagram!
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ
🚨 NEW: COLD CALLING EXPLAINED! This A3 poster breaks down the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’ of the cold calling strategy, ensuring ALL students stay actively engaged in the thinking process.
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ACTIVE PARTICIPATION… A bonus word-diagram based on my reading of ‘Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching’ by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes. A must read!
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Download my ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’
#Keynote
scaffold for students to create interactive stories with multiple pathways. They follow the story map to write the narrative, draw scenes & record audio narration.
👉🏻
@AppleEDU
#EveryoneCanCreate
#ADE2019
📙 EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION! This new A3 poster captures some of the main ideas from the excellent book ‘Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching’ by Anita L. Archer & Charles A. Hughes. Highly recommend you pick up a copy!
🫵 REPOST and download a FREE HQ copy here:
If you’re interested in bite-sized PD, checkout my collection of one-pagers that are available to download from my website for free:
1. Why Don’t Students Like School?
2. Cognitive Load Theory Explained
3. Making Every Lesson Count
4. Explicit
Dylan Wiliam’s 4 Quarters Marking is a great solution to streamlining assessment and reducing teacher workload. This summary is based on
@C_Hendrick
interview with
@dylanwiliam
in his book 'What Does This Look Like in the Classroom?’
🔒 SECURING ATTENTION! Students remember what they attend to. This poster summarises strategies that secure attention, ensuring students remain attentive and cognitively engaged throughout the lesson.
🙌 Support my work by tapping REPOST and grab a FREE high-quality copy here:
My collection of one-pagers are free to download from my website:
🟢 Why Don’t Students Like School?
🟡 Cognitive Load Theory Explained
🔵 Making Every Lesson Count
🟠 Explicit Instruction
🔴 Formative Assessment
🟣 Retrieval Practice (coming soon)
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I made a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’
#Keynote
scaffold for students to create interactive stories with multiple pathways. They follow the story map to write the narrative, draw scenes & record audio narration.
#ADE2019
inspiration! Thanks
@nahdan
🔘
@AppleEDU
#EveryoneCanCreate
The latest addition to the one-pager collection. Checking for understanding strategies based on Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction. Download a free HQ copy here:
☕️ Support my work!
Another cracking post by
@teacherhead
. Checking that everyone is thinking is fundamental for learning. Here are Tom’s six things to think about when trying to reach ALL students.
Read the post: ‘Teaching Some vs. Teaching All’:
Download the HQ poster:
📒 Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction offers 10 evidence-based strategies that all teachers should know based on key research from cognitive science and research on master teachers. This poster outlines the lot!
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here:
**NEW POSTER: LEARNING & MEMORY** This summary outlines the five main elements of the simple model of the mind (perfectly visualised and interpreted by
@olicav
). These ideas underpin the first collection of summaries in my book ‘Teaching One-Pagers’.
🔁 REPOST and grab a free HQ
My recent one-pagers are free to download from my website:
🟢 Why Don’t Students Like School?
🟡 Cognitive Load Theory Explained
🔵 Making Every Lesson Count
🟠 Explicit Instruction
☕️ Feeling kind? Buy me a coffee to say thanks!
For all of you who prefer portrait orientation, here’s an a5 version of peer critique (kind, specific, helpful) word diagram. Perfect size to stick in an exercise book.
Quick example of a gallery critique digital scaffold for peer assessment. Students can add short recordings to provide ‘kind’, ‘helpful’ & ‘specific’ feedback to peers. 🖼
MAKING INSTRUCTION EXPLICIT
🧵 In this thread, I have summarised some of Barak Rosenshine’s most influential points from his 2002 presentation on making instruction explicit. You can watch the full presentation here:
📼
Hope you find this useful! ⬇️
⚠️ NEW! This poster summarises Dylan Wiliam and Siobhán Leahy’s five essential FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT strategies from their book Embedding Formative Assessment (2015) that teachers can utilise to move learners forward.
👊 REPOST and download a FREE high-quality copy:
Made a simple digital lesson planner template that is useful for observations and easy to use for new teachers. Check out the help page to see how it works. 🎓
📣 **COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT** For new knowledge to be encoded in long-term memory, we must drive thinking and ensure that students are cognitively engaged throughout the lesson. This new poster summarises how you can push ALL students to “think hard”.
Featuring work from the
Made a visual map to support students with ‘exploding’ quotations. The process helps them to deconstruct language & ideas to deepen analysis.
@Team_English1
🏗️ Scaffolding classroom talk can help facilitate deep discussions, drive thinking from ALL students and help them to deliver meaningful peer feedback. These handy A4 sheets are designed to help them master the WHAT, WHY, and HOW of Think, Pair, Share and Peer Critique.
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