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Everything we've been told about teaching is wrong, and what to do about it!

Mar 09, 2014 | Category: myths

It was great to be back at the IOE for Pedagoo London 2014, and many thanks must go to @hgaldinoshea & @kevbartle for organising such a wonderful (and free!) event. As ever there's never enough time t...

#Dylan Wiliam #John Hattie #Robert Bjork #David Mcraney #Christopher Chabris #Daniel Simons #Katherine Schultz #PedagooLondon14

Why AfL might be wrong, and what to do about it

Mar 12, 2014 | Category: myths

Some cows are so sacred that any criticism of them is fraught with the risk of bumping up against entrenched cognitive bias. We are fantastically bad at recognizing that our beliefs are often not base...

#AfL #Dylan Wiliam #Graham Nuthall #Robert Coe

Old Hat(tie)? Some things you ought to know about effect sizes

Jan 24, 2014 | Category: myths

Ever since Hattie published Visible Learning back in 2009 the Effect Size has been king. For those of you who don't know, an effect size is a mechanism for comparing the relative merits of different i...

#Dylan Wiliam #John Hattie #effect sizes #Ollie Orange

Six silly hats (When is it OK to mock stuff you think is daft?)

Sep 19, 2013 | Category: myths

Who doesn't love wearing silly hats? Christmas dinner just wouldn't be the same without popping on a paper hat and looking like a complete buffoon for the duration. But does this kind of behaviour hav...

#Harry Webb #David Walliams #Edward de Bono #Monty Python #Thinking Hats

The Learning Pyramid

Oct 08, 2011 | Category: myths

Consider this little gem that periodically does the rounds in education circles:[caption id="attachment_68110" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] (This is just one of the very many variations on the Le...

#James Atherton #Learning pyramid #National Training Laboratories #Will Thalheimer

Challenging Bloom's Taxonomy

Aug 24, 2011 | Category: myths

Have had a few thought provoking debates recently about the validity of Bloom's Taxonomy. Yes, that's right, a challenge to the orthodoxy! I've read through a selection of articles which all point to...

#bloom's taxonomy #SOLO taxonomy