Olof Andersson

Driver skolutveckling!

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

SloppedIn

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Room to improve: addressing common challenges in classroom practice is the key to narrowing gaps https://t.co/1afL3MQ4wL via @teacherhead

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

Here's the question I think we should be asking about school improvement right now: What would be the impact on student achievement of giving every teacher 25 hours of professional learning on the science of learning? Without this, leaders cannot prioritize improvement efforts.

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

Another summary, the EXCELLENT How We Learn by @StanDehaene -well worth a read!

Especially at this point in time; an insight into brains/learning is SUPER informative & useful for teachers & parents.
His 4 pillars of learning - BRILLIANT.
Summaries here: https://t.co/O8uDMfRgaw

[Paul Kirschner @New_Old_Paul]

Seven Lethal Mutations of Self-Determination Theory
@ValentinaDevid and Samuel Derkse discuss 7 ‘lethal mutations’ of SDT that appear logical but hollow out the theory and undermine its workings.
https://t.co/nT8KkpBwyB

[Paul W Bennett @Educhatter]

Mathematics Reform: Yes, Math needs its "Science of Learning" Moment - and the seed is being planted by @researchEDCan Join us for #rEDCalgary26 ( May 9/26) with @rastokke and @johnmighton, our pied pipers #ABed #ABpoli #cdned

[Daniel Willingham @DTWillingham]

The main teachers' union in NY state took on the job of educating in-service teachers in the science of reading. They blew it. https://t.co/AXm8Ewdlsx

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

“Technology can be used well or badly.”

“Kids can use a tablet to study or to play games: the issue isn’t the tablet, it’s what they are doing on it.”

You hear this argument a lot but I think it's totally wrong. Technology changes the way we behave & think.

https://t.co/Z7SiQvGJLS

[Anand Sanwal @asanwal]

Wharton researchers gave nearly 1,000 high school math students access to ChatGPT during practice problems

Result: chatGPT is the perfect trap.

Look at the red bars.

Students with ChatGPT crushed their practice sessions.

The basic ChatGPT group solved more problems and those on the "tutor" version did even more.

Now look at the gray bars. That's the exam.

No AI allowed.

The ChatGPT group scored 17% worse than kids who practiced with zero technology.

And the fancy tutor version?
No better than working alone.

The researchers called AI a "crutch."

When they analyzed what students actually typed into ChatGPT, most of them just wrote - “What’s the answer?”

The kicker: students who used ChatGPT believed it hadn't hurt their learning.

They were confidently wrong.

This is the AI trap in education.

Outsourcing your thinking.

Of course, lots of half-baked AI literacy curricula being rolled out in schools now

Let’s of course ignore that basic literacy (the ability to read) is possible for <50% of 8th graders

Source: Bastani et al. (2025), "Generative AI Can Harm Learning," PNAS

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

This is absolutely brilliant. Everyone who wants to use the term "zone of proximal development" should read this first. And then, if they still want to use the term "zone of proximal development" they should read it again...

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Psychologists have posited hundreds of cognitive biases over the years. A fascinating paper argues that they all boil down to one of a handful of fundamental beliefs coupled with confirmation bias.

[Link below.]

[Steplab @Steplab_co]

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[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Systematic inclusion: Is literally everyone thinking, talking, practising, learning? How much does it matter to you? https://t.co/BxTyllMMBh

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Teaching some vs teaching all. This is where the action for improvement lies. https://t.co/mnWYPon7JU &gt; In most schools I visit, nailing this agenda could be THE agenda - nothing more needed. In fact anything more is a distraction from this.

[David Didau @DavidDidau]

Alfie Kohn’s takedown of Cognitive Load Theory has 37 footnotes. I read them all so you don’t have to.
Link in reply

[Filippa Mannerheim 📖📚✍️ @FMannerheim]

Isak, 19: "Det är enkelt att fuska på på prov i Digiexam".

- Man kan väldigt enkelt modifiera appen och lägga till extra verktyg, tex ChatGPT. Eller USB-minnen med svar som inklistras som säljs på TikTok.

-Jag fuskade på alla prov. Eller 95 %” av dem.
https://t.co/ObwAXGLslI

[Kate Jones @KateJones_teach]

Making Every Lesson Count by Shaun Allison &amp; Andy Tharby is without a doubt, a brilliant teaching &amp; learning book. It's one I revisit &amp; regularly recommend to others. Getting to the heart of expert teaching in every classroom! 👏

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

An analysis of the 2003 and 2007 @TIMSSandPIRLS mathematics surveys concludes "better achievement was associated with more teacher-led instruction, less connection to students’ daily lives, and—in particular—more memorizing of formulas and procedure":
https://t.co/2M2FdnIoIL

[Jane Considine @janeconsidine]

IT’S HERE! The Writing Framework has landed!

🚨 IT’S A BELTER! A powerful blend of explanation and practical advice for teaching writing, both transcription and composition.

“The best moments during writing are when pupils are so absorbed in their creations that they lose all sense of time, and when they read what they have written and experience the thrill of creating with words and language.”

Explicit instruction, direct deliberate teaching and knowledge pupils need to write with confidence and purpose.

It must be TAUGHT not CAUGHT!
Writing matters because it cements learning in long term memory.

A MUST, MUST read if you want to be a better teacher of writing.

A thread 🧵 https://t.co/c4sGqwgDrg

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

"Generative AI without guardrails can harm learning"
Peer reviewed version: https://t.co/77KXUh9u7O ($)
Preprint: https://t.co/CVbY5SzfPf
My slides: