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What is curriculum & why does it matter? New research reveals that we have much to learn & fast bit.ly/sw-curriculum-… #curriculummatters

We’re excited to see our President & Exec. Director, @bdavidsonKMC, join @educationweek & @HMH this Friday (7/25, 11AM ET) to talk about where the Science of Reading goes next—including the role of AI in literacy. Learn more 👉 edweek.org/events/the-fut… #SOR #KnowledgeMatters

🥣🧂Students need 2 ingredients to make retrieval practice a meaningful learning opportunity: 💡Something to learn. 📝Challenging AND successful practice retrieving what was learned. @natwexler talks writing + retrieval practice w/ Purdue Researcher, Jeff Karpicke, in Ep. 5!🎯

✳️without knowledge there is no critical thinking✳️ Don’t fall for the fantasy that our learners no longer need content knowledge. They will have nothing to think critically about.

I’ve also highlighted Steubenville’s success—and sadly, the response is telling. For every one person who asks, “How can we learn from this?”, ten rush to discredit it or claim it’s not real. Why are we more eager to dismiss progress than to replicate it? Disappointing.

✍️Sentence structure in written language is almost always more complex than syntax in conversational language. ➕In Ep. 5 @natwexler discusses the benefits to READING when we teach complex syntax and vocabulary in WRITING. 🎧Listen here: tinyurl.com/ynnhd8jd

I’m fine with inspiration at edu conferences, but inspiration only goes so far in a profession that is full of hardworking people that only got into this to make a difference, but have been withheld the knowledge of how to design instruction based on the science of learning.

Co-sign!

Love this. I wish my students read more whole books in English class. In history class, I try to find short nonfiction narrative stories that serve a similar purpose. For example, devoting a class period to reading Robert Caro's description of the lynching of Emmet Till.

This quote immediately made me think of Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own!

I wish lit circles would go away. Whole class novel studies are superior in so many ways!

Just finished episode 4 of this season, highly recommend this whole series on reading and cognitive science.

Apuntes sobre la importancia no de la lectura como tal, sino de la lectura de libros en clase. No fragmentos; libros.

In this episode @natwexler applies research on cognitive load theory to writing in powerful and practical ways!

In history classrooms, students don’t just memorize. They wrestle with ideals and contradictions. With choices and consequences. With humanity. Read @levey_matt48204 thoughtful article here: tinyurl.com/438ku7ht @KnowledgeMatrs #HistoryMatters

Writing prompts that require elaboration can improve learning in the classroom. However, inexperienced writers can experience cognitive overload. Natalie Wexler explains how teachers can ease this burden and improve learning. One of my favorite episode of the series!

Like peer tutoring, it asks students to put an explanation in their own, clear, words. And as writers know, you really know it if you can put it down clearly so someone else can get it!

Werk in je rekenles een voorbeeld uit op het bord, laat het overnemen, bestuderen, in eigen woorden verklaren én stel er vragen over. @KnowledgeMatrs

@mcglynn3 @Standards_Work Thrilled to finally have someone from #knowledgematterscampaign in Cicero @D99Cicero

🚧The Worked Example Effect🚨 In Ep. 5 of the #KnowledgeMatters Podcast you’ll hear @natwexler and John Sweller discuss the findings of The Worked Example Effect! ✅Studying exemplars + worked examples produces BETTER problem solvers than ❌simply engaging in problem solving!🤯

Just listened to this, and I didn't want it to end. Looking forward to episode 6 next week.