Tom Krawczewicz

High school literature and computer science teacher | DeMatha Catholic High School | Director of Academic Resources | High school swim team coach

[Tom Krawczewicz @tkraz]

Give him the $1.776 billion.

[Tyler McBrien @TylerMcBrien]

NEW: A federal judge in Tennessee has GRANTED Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to DISMISS for vindictive prosecution.

(h/t Lawfare's Peter Beck)

[Tom Krawczewicz @tkraz]

Welp, I guess they did find some fraud.

DOGE team's "wall of receipts" shows errors in tallying billions in savings. https://t.co/uVSY4AzgEs

[FOX Sports: NFL @NFLonFOX]

One percent of all active duty Navy members are Navy SEALs.

Tom Rinaldi shares the story of Steve Clagett Jr. and his journey becoming a SEAL, and how his path eventually led him to the Baltimore @Ravens organization. 🇺🇸

[Tom Krawczewicz @tkraz]

@EBJunkies Out Calebed Caleb.

It’s nice to be on this side of it this time.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Really important new study: what learning strategies do successful students use? Key points:
▶️ Techniques backed by cognitive research, like elaborative study and retrieval practice, are positively correlated with student achievement.
▶️ Despite the effectiveness of techniques like retrieval practice, they are among the least used. Rote learning remains common, possibly due to its effectiveness for short-term success in examinations.
▶️ Higher use of effective study strategies correlates with positive beliefs, such as self-efficacy and growth mindset.

[Tom Krawczewicz @tkraz]

@MatRyanELATeach I do agree with you on this.

If you want to cause a little chaos, start to change the pie slice sizes by what you consider more or less important. Things will get real fun!

[Tom Krawczewicz @tkraz]

@MatRyanELATeach I’m not sure how to read a pie chart on education. Can you put it in pyramid form? @effortfuleduktr

[Greg Ashman @greg_ashman]

A letter about motivation I sent to our parents today

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

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[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

There is an important difference between a learning *style* and a learning *preference.*

Learning style: a mode of learning (e.g. visual, audial, kinaesthetic, writing notes) that is actually the best way for you to learn, and worse for someone else who doesn't have that learning style.

Learning preference: how you *like* to learn things, regardless of if it's the best way for you to learn. E.g. you might *like* to write notes or to have things presented visually/kinaesthetically as opposed to any pther way, but that might not be the best way for you to actually learn.

Learning styles do not exist. They are not backed by evidence. Broadly, everyone learns in the same way. All information is best presented in one way or another, but that would be the best way for 95%+ of the population.

Learning preferences do exist, but they aren't necessarily a good reason to make decisions. People can, and often are, mistaken about how they think they learn best.

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

"Independence is our goal but the only way to get there is, well, dependence."

John Holmes of @TGResearchSch explores supporting independent learning beyond classrooms.

Read more: https://t.co/Q0ZJkw08C3

[Richard Culatta @RCulatta]

It’s interesting how much people suddenly care about cheating in school. Research from @StanfordEd shows that the level of cheating in US high schools hasn't changed with the intro of generative AI tools.

Moral of story: cheating is a cultural issue not a technological one.

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

🧠 Rachael Cattrall, our cognitive science specialist, introduces a new resource to help teachers to avoid extraneous load.

Read more: https://t.co/Cff7msAuhj

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

New study: "Student-oriented instruction methods lead to lower exam performances for students compared to the teacher directed instruction methods."

This is particularly damning: "These results contradict the teaching recommendations provided by the OECD and suggest that increased utilization of teacher-directed instructional methods could potentially improve U.S. math performance."

Really interesting research from @biggsag

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Incredible: "The advantage of teacher-directed instruction over student-organized instruction exists across the entire spectrum of question difficulty."

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

Lots of questions interrupts the loss of attention
Great stuff from @Mr_Raichura #COGSCISCI24

[Sarah Cottinghatt @SCottinghatt]

This episode is brilliant with ⁦@isaacmoore7⁩ and ⁦@PearceMrs⁩ explaining desirable difficulties so clearly! ⁦@teacherhead⁩ and ⁦@Emma_Turner75⁩ always do a great job hosting and the analogies are 👌 https://t.co/wUfdPSoYfC

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

A masterclass in how to read educational research.
Nuanced, how to examine claims...
https://t.co/enFWloKXER

And I'd encourage you to read 'The Goldilocks Map' by @AndrewWatsonTTB ... the author of this blog.

It's brilliant.

[Tom Krawczewicz @tkraz]

@MatRyanELATeach @erickalenze That’s fair. Give them a little room for error so they don’t stress out to be perfect.