five from five

Bridging the gap between research and practice in effective reading instruction as a community initiative of The Academy for the Science of Instruction.

[five from five @FIVEfromFIVE]

Why 'rote learning' is what kept me in teaching.

The approach being blamed for driving teachers out of the profession is the one that kept me in it.

By CAITI WADE

https://t.co/YKJy0uiLG0

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

Somehow we've reached a point in education where:
- teaching kids explicitly is controversial
- academic rigour is treated as a threat to student wellbeing
- memorizing math facts is discouraged or considered unnecessary
- practice is dismissed as "drill and kill"
Low expectations are not kindness, and nothing hurts someone's confidence more than falling further behind every year.

[five from five @FIVEfromFIVE]

An excellent opportunity for the right teachers to work with @DrLSHammond 🌟🌟🌟

[Professor Lorraine Hammond AM @DrLSHammond]

I'm getting ready for 2027 and looking for experienced teachers to take on part time sessional academic work with my Notre Dame students in Sydney. Expressions of interest to [email protected]

[Pamela Snow @PCSnow1604]

The term “oracy” won’t float everyone’s boat, but there’s no doubt that oral language abilities need to be developed (a) in their own right and (b) to support reading and writing skills across the curriculum and across year levels. Oral language is not “set and forget”. I’ve written about this in a number of open access publications, including this one:

https://t.co/0ZFRjFobkK

[Pamela Snow @PCSnow1604]

Students’ instructional time is not ours to waste 💪 🚀

[Pamela Snow @PCSnow1604]

History catches up with the education establishment in this important Season 2 of Sold a Story. Meaningful education advances could have been made in the last 50 years, as has occurred in other fields, where evidence is weighed more carefully and objectively. But they weren’t, and socioeconomic status continues to drive education outcomes, where classroom instruction should have the upper hand on this.

[five from five @FIVEfromFIVE]

@PCSnow1604 gives a brilliant explanation of why so many educational fads have taken off in education and how we can aim to do better.

https://t.co/buHjBsOj62

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

"To ask or expect [novices] to mimic the intellectual habits of experts is the [a] cargo-cult mistake ... confusing the visible behaviors of expertise with the accumulated knowledge that makes those behaviors productive."

Outstanding @rpondiscio discussion of the relationship between knowledge and reading.

https://t.co/mp5ysDETgu

[five from five @FIVEfromFIVE]

As with reading, there are some useful conceptual models associated with writing.
Juel et al. (1986) suggested that there were parallels to be drawn between the SVoR & the processes involved in writing. Read more at @FIVEfromFIVE writing

https://t.co/xa7NRAiyUZ

[Jennifer Buckingham @buckingham_j]

💻 The NSW government has developed recommended maximum screen use guidelines for NSW public schools and preschools informed by evidence and advice from education and health research and practitioners, and consultation with principals and teachers. 📖 ✍️ Plus at least an hour a day is to be spent reading and writing on paper.

More info from @NSWEducation below

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

One of the biggest mistakes in math education has been the move away from practice and memorization. We're told memorization works against understanding. It's usually the opposite.

The more foundational knowledge students can retrieve automatically, the more working memory they have available to think about complex mathematics.

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

💡 Rosenshine's Principles are a great place to start if you're interested in learning about evidence-based teaching strategies!

📺 Check out my math education myth-busting episode on YouTube below
Or listen on your favourite podcast platform!

[five from five @FIVEfromFIVE]

@greg_ashman @latrobe @ACUeduandarts Congratulations!

[five from five @FIVEfromFIVE]

Read how tailoring teaching approaches can make a huge difference in student learning. A balance between clear, structured instruction & being responsive to your students needs highlighting how prof judgement plays a crucial role in creating effective lessons.

[𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 @NathanielRSwain]

New article in teacher magazine - check it out ! https://t.co/zNKUqUH4K5

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

In 2013, I wrote a book called 7 Myths about Education.

Myth No.5 was about transferable skills.

I've updated my argument for a new @researchED1 project.

All the evidence, historical & scientific, on why you can't teach transferable skills.

https://t.co/ma5P96crDL

[Pamela Snow @PCSnow1604]

“"When we track closely what's happening, as we do in other fields like road safety & health, then we identify areas of strong performance that we can use to model from, & areas of weak performance where we can provide additional support." Yours truly 👇 https://t.co/gQbtH7OrLV

[five from five @FIVEfromFIVE]

Whether you are a new to mini whiteboards or an experienced user, there is something in this issue of DistillEd for everyone.

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

◽️MINI-WHITEBOARDS! This week in ⚗️DistillED, I’m revisiting one of the highest-leverage tools… MWBs push participation to 100%, turn every check into a retrieval event, and give you a whole-class snapshot of understanding in seconds.

https://t.co/GLskT8D1Aa

[Pamela Snow @PCSnow1604]

Great to see some empirical evaluation of fidget toys in classrooms. And I’m all for allied health professionals being called out on recommending non evidence-based interventions too. A rising tide lifts all boats.

[Pamela Snow @PCSnow1604]

So-called “Learning Styles” were someone’s idea that got into the education water before the due diligence of scientific validation occurred - like so many others, such as notions of left-brain, right brain learners, multiple intelligences, growth mindset, “we only use 10% of our brains” and so on. Education won’t be a true profession until it hooks its wagon to scientific rigour and the accountability social contract attached to that.

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

"If a medical school knowingly taught future physicians treatments that had been disproven decades ago, we would not call it academic freedom. We would call it malpractice. Yet in teacher preparation, programs can continue teaching methods that contradict the best available evidence"
This excellent article by @HeatherPeske focusses on reading, but the same is happening (maybe even worse) in math education. https://t.co/AnCWGDVfhm