Doug Lemov
@Doug_Lemov
Author: Teach Like a Champion (3.0!), Reading Reconsidered, Coach's Guide to Teaching, Reconnect. Most views borrowed from someone smarter.
I keep getting asked this question: "Well, what if we center student voices in this discussion?" Guess what? I don't much care what students think about this issue. The adults set the rules and expectations in a building, not children.
❝The student who has automated reading can focus on literary analysis. The mathematician who has automated algebraic manipulation can engage in proof construction.❞
Expertise isn't about having more working memory, it's about needing less of it. Experts automate many components in long-term memory and can recognise meaningful patterns instantly, bypassing the need to process individual elements. ⬇️ 🧵
Thrilled to finally have a copy of this. Flicked to a random page to find a video of the amazing @Jenbrimming - so I know it’ll be a fantastic read. @Doug_Lemov
In this episode @natwexler applies research on cognitive load theory to writing in powerful and practical ways!
✏️🪩Are you ready for it?!?📕⌨️ 🎉Episode 5 of the #KnowledgeMatters Podcast is LIVE! Host @natwexler discusses Memory and the Writing Effect with guests Jeff Karpicke from @Purdue and John Sweller, Developer of Cognitive Load Theory! 📝🧠 🎧Listen here: tinyurl.com/ynnhd8jd
✏️🪩Are you ready for it?!?📕⌨️ 🎉Episode 5 of the #KnowledgeMatters Podcast is LIVE! Host @natwexler discusses Memory and the Writing Effect with guests Jeff Karpicke from @Purdue and John Sweller, Developer of Cognitive Load Theory! 📝🧠 🎧Listen here: tinyurl.com/ynnhd8jd
Schools have finally (blessedly) gotten religion regarding the PURCHASE of phonics and the science of reading curricula But do they have the know-how and personnel to do it properly? Praise for @Doug_Lemov and his team for making sure this happens teachlikeachampion.org/workshopsreadi…
One reason why so many people despair is because we’ve removed beauty from public life. We could have beautiful stations, beautiful trains. We could make this world so lovely.
I hate how old train stations were cathedrals to prosperity and airports now are just the dingy bus stations of the sky
Really important insights in this episode--which, by coincidence, I listened to while attending an education conference near @AmarilloISD . I hope other districts (and schools within the district) are paying attention to what's happening at Eastridge Elementary!
What happens when classrooms read a novel together? @Doug_Lemov speaks w/ Lori Hughes, an educator in @AmarilloISD about the classroom improvements she noticed when students were reading + learning w/ whole books! Listen to the Knowledge Matters Podcast: tinyurl.com/ynnhd8jd
Join Team TLAC starting next week for an online workshop on building positive and productive school-wide culture. Especially useful for Deans of Students, Assistant Principals and Heads of Pastoral Details here: teachlikeachampion.org/schoolculturel…
📖Persistence in a challenging text is a gift in education! All students should have this opportunity!💙 🔋@Doug_Lemov discusses the POWER of whole BOOKS in Episode 4 of the #KnowledgeMatters Podcast. 🎧Listen here or on your favorite streaming service: tinyurl.com/ynnhd8jd
Physical textbooks > Digital textbooks This is particularly true for younger learners. It is true for all learners because the navigation system on digital textbooks is beyond atrocious.
Replacing textbooks with Chromebooks was a mistake
🎯 "To begin thinking at higher levels, we must first stop thinking about lower levels. ... Students who lack automated number sense struggle with algebra not because they can't understand abstract thinking, but because their working memory is consumed by basic arithmetic that…
Expertise isn't about having more working memory, it's about needing less of it. Experts automate many components in long-term memory and can recognise meaningful patterns instantly, bypassing the need to process individual elements. ⬇️ 🧵
Expertise isn't about having more working memory, it's about needing less of it. Experts automate many components in long-term memory and can recognise meaningful patterns instantly, bypassing the need to process individual elements. ⬇️ 🧵