Delighted to share @drkellyallen.bsky.social's paper reformulating the Integrative Framework of Belonging through interviews of other esteemed belonging researchers! This open-access paper does a deep dive on the theory––a must read for anyone using the framework! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This eBook will not extend into every detail of learning and cognition; instead, it does offer an introduction that every teacher can use as a starting point. What’s a memorable ‘aha moment’ you’ve witnessed when a student truly grasped a concept? Download this free eBook 👉 buff.ly/wy8dEyy

Children's prior ideas about kinetic theory and particles. Absolute gold from Osborne and Freeman #PhysicsEd #iTeachPhysics #Science 🧪

Great insights from @cmooreanderson.bsky.social. Identifying variables is something students find very challenging and will often learn by rote. This method would help understanding and I will definitely be trying it.

Despite best intentions and significant investment, England’s SEND system is failing too many students and their families. To fix it, we need to understand why. Mega-thread summary of my presentation at #FestivalOfEducation today: ↓

Are ChatGPT and other AI tools going to lead to a ‘cognitive collapse’ in schools, colleges and elsewhere? My new @smfthinktank.bsky.social report explores the research evidence on the risks posed by AI in our education system. Read / download the report: bit.ly/4g7EKUR

Can you predict what happens to the current when battery resistance or wire #resistivity is changed? Explore the relationship between #voltage, #current, and #resistance in our #Circuit Construction Kit: DC. phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/circuit-construction-kit-dc/ #chatphysics #physics

If you or anyone you know is new to teaching Physics, I highly recommend this amazing resource from Richard Brock. Links to hundreds of super useful stuff 🙂 #PhysicsEd #iTeachPhysics #Science docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Not all wrong answers are equal. I used to think students just needed the right information to fix misconceptions but then I read the work of Michelene Chi🧵⬇️

My book summaries are now in one place! Yay! Together with the cogsci reading list of 63 books! And which books, or series, would it be useful to do next? itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-... #iteachphysics #cogscisci

This paper by Pietro Sarcassani is a nice illustration of the importance of subject knowledge to teacher effectiveness. In this study of Science teaching he finds that holding a subject degree in the relevant taught science (e.g. Biology, Physics...). sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Useful modern context when teaching corrosion to at GCSE.

Come to Bluesky for the educational discourse, stay for the Mountstevens’ train journeys!

How the SCARF model helps us in the classroom: www.azimuth.org.uk/its-not-magi... I found this a novel and useful way to look at motivation and behaviour in the classroom.

Although originally written as advice for SLT, I found it useful when thinking about supporting trainees and ECTs. Activities such as identifying curriculum connections and misconceptions, creating exemplars and identifying potential pitfalls are all very useful activities.

How do you explain practice to your students? We know that retrieval practice makes students feel they are learning less than reading their notes. Analogies are a great way to overcome this barrier.

This is a really useful collection of resources for anyone who wants to find out more about adaptive teaching. alexquigley.co.uk/the-adaptive... Thanks @alexjquigley.bsky.social!

New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays. Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

Competency as a powerful motivator confirmed by @teachertapp.bsky.social. We mustn’t forget it takes more than saying well done. It needs careful change management, support with classroom challenges and relevant CPD.

Interesting background for teaching benzene at A Level.

Useful context for teaching colour and transition metals at A Level.

Interesting study on students’ study choices in university chemistry, showing they often choose strategies linked to assessments. This agrees with my experience of A Level students trying to learn mark schemes and neglecting deeper understanding.

Fabulous demonstration of magnetic fields, I’ll be sharing with our Physics teachers next week.

Powerful blog from @mikehobbiss.bsky.social on the importance of directing student attention. We should all be asking ourselves “are the tools and routines I am using to do this sufficient?”

The previous #ChemEd #Chemistry #ChemSky summaries provided the background to org rcts (except the acid/base 1 which is THE most important org rct). Here are curly arrows, the last thing I need before starting reactions! It's a summary, more details elsewhere www.makingmolecules.com/blog/curlyar...

Scaffold learning and put collision theory and rates of reaction in context for your 14–16 students 👇 edu.rsc.org/cpd/how-to-t... #iteachchem

Visual support for tricky topics 👀 Decision trees help students navigate tough chemistry concepts, from identifying bonding types (14– 16) to solving acid-base problems (16– 18). Use these downloadable resources in your lessons: edu.rsc.org/ideas/scaffo... #uked #chemed

The same visuals can be used in the encoding & retrieval stages of the learning process. This is known as the 'Encoding Specificity Principle' (Tulving & Thompson 1973!), a retrieval cue can provide a prompt to support initial retrieval success, especially if students have seen the cue before! 👏

Cognitive offloading can help scaffold students learning by overcoming some of the limits of working memory.

If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind. Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!

As we head into End of Year exams season, it's worth revisiting a helpful technique: annotating exam questions. There's a growing body of evidence supporting its effectiveness. Here are some ways I use annotating along with some recent evidence. /🧵

This might be of interest to anyone who was at @nikika.bsky.social’s #CogSciSci talk.

With this year's conference wrapped we begin work on the next one! We are looking for a host school for the Friday of the may half term. We have been around London the last few years so would really like to go to the midlands or North next time. Let us know by DM or email 🙏#sciteachUK

Any more examples of challenging topics or tasks in Biology or Physics?

Students using AI to help with their learning can produce better outcomes in the short term, but does this come at the expense of their learning in the long term? "Whoever does the thinking gets the learning". Take a look at this paper to learn more: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Little demonstration of Brownian motion : a larger and heavier tracer particle moves through a fluid. At about halfway, the smaller particles are faded out, leaving only the tracer particle visible.

NEW POST: A new study shows that silent thinking boosts learning, but only under specific circumstances. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/does-think...

At #CogSciSci Surrey I'm looking forward to talking about how cognitive science can help us scaffold learning in Science. Tell me, in the replies below, which topics or tasks students find most challenging in Science and I'll try and add some solutions to my talk. See you there!

🔥 15 hottest edu-research papers from the last 15 weeks: (all open source 🔓) ↓

The CogSciSci line up this year looks amazing, I'm looking forward to lots of new ideas! There are still tickets available if you haven't got yours yet.

You told us that low literacy is a challenge – and we listened. Our comprehensive packages cover the language your learners need to understand, with key terms glossaries, reading, writing and listening activities. #ChemSky Download for free: buff.ly/UU9ac7h

SCHEDULE RELEASED #edusky Cogscisci Surrey is a month away! Here are the amazing talks we have to offer featuring: @adamboxereducation.bsky.social @drgarethbates.bsky.social @carlhendrick.substack.com @lambhearttea.bsky.social @hugheshaili.bsky.social @mrlockyer.bsky.social @mbdscience.bsky.social

I love this paper so much I'll even forgive the bar charts. Nudging students who don't attend improves attendance. Reminder that answer to engagement issues is rarely to go punitive but rather remind students why it matters and if they don't turn up, someone will at least notice. #AcademicSky

@kirstenmould.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social's senior associate for content and engagement introduces a new scaffolding framework which aims to demonstrate how scaffolds can be used to gradually increase pupils’ independence over time. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/what-go...

In the latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics by @compoundchem.com, we examine the subatomic origins of magnetism and compare the compositions, strengths and costs of the four types of permanent magnets: cen.acs.org/materials/Pe... #chemsky🧪

This is a nice tool for showing how students can secure marks on describing graphs. I would only add that for the cases on the right in our board you can get marks for stating the trend is non-linear #PhysicsEd #iTeachPhysics #SciTeachUK

What if we’re asking the wrong question about ChatGPT in education? wp.me/p2nWPo-4Kv

👀We have an ethically approved survey for Year 11s who are revising for GCSEs doing the rounds.👀 If you have a Year 11 or would like to share with your revision class please pass the link on. The early results are already quite staggering. Retweets 🙏 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

How do we manage to process and retain complex or lengthy information—such as sentences, problem-solving steps, or visual configurations—when our WM capacity is so limited? Simple: We use cognitive schemas and chunking! #EduSky www.kirschnered.nl/2025/04/11/s...

Alcohol-free beer chemistry is also available! www.compoundchem.com/2022/08/24/a...