David Murray

Chief Academic Officer, Ferguson-Florissant School District

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@oliviajune82 @karenvaites Love it!

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@capitalweather Great sports analogy!

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@karenvaites So interesting!

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@SoLInTheWild Beautifully said sir

[SoL in the Wild @SoLInTheWild]

A student asked, “When am I ever going to use this?”

I gave my real answer, rooted in cognitive science and cultural literacy, not the fake “real-world examples” they see through.

They won’t use it directly. That’s not the point. Here’s why you need to tell them the truth.👇🔗

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@oliviajune82 So true, we need help.

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@karenvaites @burnsmk1 @EvidentlyR It works very well. We use it in math as well.

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

1) Explicitly teach new concept/skill
2) Ask students to practice concept/skill
3) Test students to see if they learned it
4) Re-teach or move on accordingly

This is teaching. This is how we learn. This is the essential cycle of a classroom

You cannot innovate past it

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@LobosFFDen Jennings or Vidal?

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@Beanie0597 Thank you both. Loved your book Zach!

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@Beanie0597 Largely agree with everything you said. Is the research a little more mixed on PBL though? I’ve seen some studies with decent effect sizes, and trying to make sense of it.

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

✨ Imagine being a new teacher and realizing everything you were taught about teaching math doesn’t work. 🤯 Where do you even start learning better techniques? That was the first question in my mailbag with Jonathan Regino. Link to episode below ⬇️

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

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@SciInTheMaking Masterful! Thanks for sharing

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@SoLInTheWild That was an excellent read, well done sir.

[Sean Morrisey @smorrisey]

This summer has been fun. I've been dreaming about vocabulary words every night. This is what is in store for 5th graders this year. You can't deny these are some beautiful words!

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@DrTeresaSanders Amazing!

[Alex Smith @ninja_maths]

One thing that concerns me about math education at the primary school level is the idea that every math concept, no matter how trivial, needs to be explored for days on end using countless models and manipulatives in order to provide students with a "deep understanding" of these ideas.

I'm all for kids at all levels developing a rich understanding of math, both conceptual and procedural.

However, if you apply the "let's explore this trivial idea to the nth degree" to every single math concept, what happens is that the really important stuff (automaticity with math facts, fluency with procedures) gets pushed to the back burner, resulting in kids that are have not achieved automaticity with their math facts or procedures, and are therefore unprepared to tackle algebra.

[Marc Porter Magee 🎓 @marcportermagee]

It’s worth spending some time with this chart. 📊

The connection between 8th grade test scores and college outcomes is very, very strong.

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@MLBONFOX Damn Nick Markakis