James Thorpe

A wonderful thread demonstrating why developing automaticity in key areas (often blasted as drill and kill) is so important long term.

🚨KOs are great for teachers too! I decided to take the knowledge organizer structure I use for students and use it to create KOs for my SoL/CogSci PLC book study this year. Our focus is on Rosenshine’s principles and we will read @teacherhead “Rosenshine’s Principles in Action.”

Aldous Huxley, so real

It's so hard to overstate the importance of students being secure in foundational knowledge before utilising AI. Without it, it would be so easy to perceive every AI output as good and useful. Let alone reliable, unbiased etc. AI is a tool. All tools require the operator to…

Maybe the coolest (and most surreal) part of Twitter is that it affords you the opportunity to chat with experts in whichever field you’re interested in for a couple hours on a Sunday morning.

Which use for AI would you say has the biggest potential for impact on th teaching profession: Lesson planning? Assessment? Admin Tasks? Let me know what you think! #edutwitter #edtech #edchat #Teachers

🕹Competition time!🕹 To celebrate the fact that I've finally got my hands on a copy of my book, I want to give away a copy. Please like, retweet, and perhaps give me a follow to be in with a chance to win. amzn.eu/d/2oVrwRD

Tried to mark a year 6 child's arithmetic paper using ChatGPT and Gemini yesterday. Here's how it went: I uploaded photographs of each question and asked it to calculate the answers and compare it to the answer written in the calculation box. This child's actual score was…

If there’s anything we’ve learned from these past few decades it’s that you can’t artificially build self-esteem, resilience, or “grit”. Students gain self-esteem and confidence as they successfully acquire knowledge and skills. They cultivate resilience as they persevere when…

Hot off the press! New Substack Post. @C_Hendrick @P_A_Kirschner @greg_ashman @rastokke @JimHewittOISE @researchEDCan @researchED1 scienceoflearning.substack.com/p/beyond-belie…

🔃 Retrieval practice ⬇️ Fluency ⬇️ Comprehension + Understanding ✅ 🎧In Ep. 2, listen to @MrZachG share techniques to improve student learning and get ready for @Doug_Lemov to host a new episode tomorrow!🎙️ 🗣️Spoiler: fluency depends on practice! 🔗 bit.ly/4ewFMbW

“I would give you your SATs results, but the Primary Assessment Gateway has crashed again!”

I totally support the National Year Of Reading. We desperately need a culture of reading for pleasure to replace the culture of constant tests in schools, backed by proper government funding. And we need STORYTIME to be part of the school day, every day! (Art @chrisriddell50)

This is so fascinating! Important longitudinal study on Key Stage 2 results and earnings. A MUST READ - Higher KS2 attainment is associated with higher lifetime earnings - Higher scores in Maths impact earnings more than English - Benefits from doing better in KS2 English…

🚀 IT’S THE WEEKEND —TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY! 🚀 I’m giving away hard copies of 📘 Python Machine Learning by Example (4th Edition) 🔍 Book Review: clcoding.com/2025/07/book-r… Want to WIN a copy? ✅ Like 🔁 Retweet 💬 Comment "ML" 👣 Follow me 🔥 Winners announced soon — don’t…

Boom! Stop right there. Here are 6 practices I’m implementing this upcoming school year that will radically change academic achievement for my students. 🧵 👇

Gosh. Had to check this myself.

I have two copies of The Visualiser Handbook to give away. This is for busy teachers who need concise clarity to make live modelling an effect part of their practice ASAP. To enter, follow, like and retweet this post and I will draw winners at random on the 18th July.

I once confronted what I thought was a monster behind my curtains... Turned out that someone else's cat had got the wrong house!