Helen Reynolds MBE

Award winning physics teacher, author Activate/Oxford Revise&more
Ballroom dancer. Loves cogsci, joined up curriculum, summaries.
Owns It's A Learning Curve LLC

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

Super excited to announce that I am now a company! My days teaching in a school are at an end.

My new venture is tutoring + providing professional development + outreach in physics and cogsci.

Here's the site - if you find anything amiss let me know! 😊
https://t.co/3J8IhyTLCV

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

As of 2024, the Imagination Library free book program reached 1 in 7 American children under five.

It gifted 332 million books globally since 1995.

Imagination Library distributes more than 3.5 million books per month across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, and Australia.

I'm seeing a lot of coverage with stories about Dolly's work, but few that really convey its magnitude.

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

FABULOUS analysis of the recent data about the impact of AI.
Thanks @benjaminjriley

If you're of a mind to contintue to encourage Ss to use AI can you explain why? There is NO upside. What do you know that I don't? Please... tell me.

https://t.co/ncYA5GyEYC?

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

A reminder that galaxies don't have to be horizontal.

[David J. Gunkel @David_Gunkel]

As long as ghostwriting was a privilege only afforded the rich and famous, it was tolerated as SOP. But as soon as this capability is democratized by the #LLM and made widely available to anyone with an internet connection, it becomes inauthentic SLOP.

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@AmmarMerhbi @New_Old_Paul Ha!!

But it's not you!

[Carissa Véliz @CarissaVeliz]

Luckily…. #AIEthics

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@MrRodgersAHT @adamboxer1 There is SO much that is generally useful... and he writes so well !
There's the Do This version of the summary with a blank column for your notes! Definitely worth it.

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

Another summary!! If you teach science this EXCELLENT book is a MUST!

@adamboxer1 has translated cogsci principles for science covering everything from retrieval practice to practical work/demos.

The Slow Practical is GENIUS. Thank you.
Summary here:
https://t.co/8c4yvp55d6

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@kareem_carr Maybe not... it can't elicit mechanisms, underlying or fundamental principles.

It's hoping that correlation overwhelms causation by shear number of correlations it can generate.

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@IanYorston Um... if they didn't do anything wrong, why do they need to make changes? 🤔

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@amypento @adamboxer1 Oh yay!! Yes, I think the translation is helpful to any teacher!

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@adamboxer1 It has been fun. Lots of very interesting discussion, and cross-fertilization of UK/US ideas/issues (which makes it interesting to me).

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@SoLInTheWild @naini_basu Yes, indeed.

And lots of folks do something that looks like this, but just move on without permitting it to become formative assessment by adjusting their teaching accordingly. THAT is the difference.

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

US science teachers... have you seen this? AWESOME advice for translating Science of Learning to the lab!

Try the Slow Practical - it REALLY works!

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

Another summary!! If you teach science this EXCELLENT book is a MUST!

@adamboxer1 has translated cogsci principles for science covering everything from retrieval practice to practical work/demos.

The Slow Practical is GENIUS. Thank you.
Summary here:
https://t.co/8c4yvp55d6

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

The Ivies are surprisingly leading the push to bring back the SAT and ACT.

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@LearnLead_ I bet it was excellent... alas, didn't see it (lost my receipt!), hoping there'll be access to the recording?

In the meantime, here's the summary...
https://t.co/JrmqnpnBMR

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@AmmarMerhbi Nice!

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@_Felton @tetheredtoed1 @Mr_Raichura I've tried.

It worked when I managed to keep the same kiddos over several years.

The crux is that if their GPA relies on a grade from a test the teacher sets on the work they've done over a short time period what need have they for getting stuff into their long-term memory?