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Tip of the Day: When using Google Slides in the classroom, the ease with which students can understand the goal should always come before decoration. Anything on the slide that distracts students from the lesson goal should be removed. WHY? Heavily ornamented slides with moving…

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS LEARNING STYLES Stop, stop, stop, just stop with that pseudoscience

We wrote about why it's hard for teachers to let go of 'neuromyths' like learning styles. Just telling them 'you're wrong' can backfire. Instead, research suggests that self-reflection and scientific thinking can help them adapt as research evolves. nctq.org/research-insig…

There is no such thing as a "visual learner." While students may have learning style *preferences* (e.g., visual vs. verbal), they do not actually learn better when receiving information via their preferred learning style. This has been empirically tested over and over again.…

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS LEARNING STYLES Stop, stop, stop, just stop with that pseudoscience

I urge you to read the research on the worked example effect.

Start school with connection, not content. Relationships, routines, expectations, and consistency create the foundation for success all year long.

🎯 "[If] a lot of your brain power is going to decoding the words, you have less brain power to use to understand the meaning of the sentence." This applies to reading, math, everything really. As Hattie & Yates (2013) so eloquently put it: "You cannot comprehend a 'big…

University education colleges have the weakest pedagogical knowledge 🫩 You can’t make this up. 🤦‍♂️😓 (highest standard deviation though, implying there is some hope that there are some well-informed professors well placed to lead change)

Learning styles is the educational equivalent of leeching—debunked, disproven, and still somehow standard fare in teacher prep. Even when highlighting innovation, we get recycled myths dressed up as best practice.

It weirdly annoys folks when it’s suggested that explicit instruction tends to end with an application phase that looks a lot like the inquiry based learning they cherish. People want explicit instruction to be a boogeyman to further their science-free agenda.

*NEW POST* - The Enduring Persistence of Neuromyths in Education. A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers provides one of the most detailed snapshots to date of educational misconceptions in the field. Link in reply ⬇️

HOORAY FOR THIS We Started Grouping Students by Reading Ability vs. Grade. Here’s What Happened the74million.org/article/we-sta… @NAGCGIFTED @JonathanPlucker @ehanford @rpondiscio @MrDanielBuck

Relationship centered.

If you missed the free webinar I put on with Blake Harvard (@effortfuleduktr) about attention and teacher explanations, the recording is now available: educationrickshaw.com/2025/06/16/max…

Consider classroom displays, such as posters or student work positioned in student lines-of-sight. Are these a distraction? In short, yes... there is evidence that displays DO have a negative impact on student attention (and so learning).

There is no such thing as a "visual learner." While students may have learning style *preferences* (e.g., visual vs. verbal), they do not actually learn better when receiving information via their preferred learning style. This has been empirically tested over and over again.…

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS LEARNING STYLES Stop, stop, stop, just stop with that pseudoscience

THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS LEARNING STYLES Stop, stop, stop, just stop with that pseudoscience

Learning styles is the educational equivalent of leeching—debunked, disproven, and still somehow standard fare in teacher prep. Even when highlighting innovation, we get recycled myths dressed up as best practice.

Consider classroom displays, such as posters or student work positioned in student lines-of-sight. Are these a distraction? In short, yes... there is evidence that displays DO have a negative impact on student attention (and so learning).

I urge you to read the research on the worked example effect.

Does Explicit Instruction work for students with learning difficulties? A new study has some interesting findings⬇️🧵

It weirdly annoys folks when it’s suggested that explicit instruction tends to end with an application phase that looks a lot like the inquiry based learning they cherish. People want explicit instruction to be a boogeyman to further their science-free agenda.

Learning styles, ‘I’m not a math person,’ and being bad at tests—they’re all part of the same mythological family. Comforting. Intuitive. And wrong.

University education colleges have the weakest pedagogical knowledge 🫩 You can’t make this up. 🤦‍♂️😓 (highest standard deviation though, implying there is some hope that there are some well-informed professors well placed to lead change)

Relationship centered.

*NEW POST* - The Enduring Persistence of Neuromyths in Education. A new study surveying over 3,000 Spanish teachers provides one of the most detailed snapshots to date of educational misconceptions in the field. Link in reply ⬇️