Die Schule ist, wie so vieles in unserem Leben, keine "natürliche Umgebung" und Lernen in Schulen ist kein "natürliches Lernen". Dafür gibt es gute Gründe, von denen @carlhendrick.substack.com hier einige wichtige zusammengestellt hat. 👇 #Lernen #BlueLZ #Schule

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Are natural learning environments really the best way learn? New post on Herbert Simon and why effective instructional design needs to be artificial. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-praise-...

Die Grundlage für die Diskussion um den Unterschied von Festigkeit, Verständnis und Transfer; Simon war eine meiner zentralen Anregungen, wenn’s darum ging, über Simulationen #Games zu schreiben / zu entwickeln. Oder um Lernfeld/Handlungsorientierung in beiden immanenten Grenzen aufzuzeigen. #BleuLz

Thanks to @clanavtra.bsky.social for hosting this webinar series with @carlhendrick.substack.com. Thoroughly enjoyed the first two sessions.

Are natural learning environments really the best way learn? New post on Herbert Simon and why effective instructional design needs to be artificial. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-praise-...

Thanks to Dr. Carl Hendrick for another fascinating webinar tonight on the Science of Learning. @carlhendrick.substack.com

100 pages into 'Flesh' by David Szalay and finding it deeply annoying. Worth continuing?

Reminds me of Francisco Varela's enactivist arguments back in 90s. Cognitivism strayed too far into deliberate reasoning and neglected "immediate coping", which is actually the vast majority of our cognition. #EduSky #UKEd

Latest post on thinking, creativity and intuition:

The Trouble with Thinking Fast and Slow: Why the standard dual process story undersells intuition carlhendrick.substack.com/p/rethinking...

Despite daily use of high quality comprehension curricula across four leading US districts, two thirds of observed lessons facilitated only surface level understanding of texts rather than the robust comprehension these materials were designed to support. sri.com/publication/...

Sincere thanks Carl Hendrick for a hugely beneficial evening. We had attendees from Mexico, Cape Town, Brazil, New Zealand, Chicago, Canada, India, Poland, Switzerland! and of course Ireland😊All looking forward to part 2. @carlhendrick.substack.com

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Make United Great Again

ICYMI - Here's a link to my webinar for teachers focusing on Questioning in the classroom. Feel free to share with your colleagues & repost. I hope it's useful! youtu.be/GRS09MgUbTs?...

Loved this interview with @carlhendrick.substack.com ! Thanks @learnwithmrlee.bsky.social ! www.learnwithlee.net/kft-carlhend... #edusky #teachlearnsky

Are funny teachers more effective? This is an interesting study because most studies on this are correlational, this uses randomised controlled experiments.

FIFA awarded him a peace prize 3 weeks ago

Your tolerances not your values set your culture. On norms, status and why what we permit matters more than what we proclaim 👇 open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Every month I do a round-up of important studies to know in the science of learning. Sign up for regular updates: carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-monthl...

Why do students keep using study strategies that don't work? (even when they know they don't.) A big takeaway from this study for me is the claim that if classrooms cue weak strategies, students will keep using them. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Teachers/administrators: this is a great read about reading from @carlhendrick.substack.com "Ultra-Processed Minds: The End of Deep Reading and What It Costs Us" carlhendrick.substack.com/p/ultra-proc... #AI #teachlearnsky #edusky

I started a Substack in February and have been surprised and humbled in equal measure at the response. Here are the most read posts this year. Thank you to everyone who has shown an interest. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-learni...

Deeply moved by this story. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Feeling full to bursting, then someone cracks out the Lindor

Joy to the world ❤️

Joy to the world!

Super blog from @scientistsinthemaking.com on retrieval practice from a US science teachers's perspective, building on @carlhendrick.substack.com's excellent recent post on lethal mutations. scientistsinthemaking.substack.com/p/the-dos-an...

“Selecting an answer from a multiple-choice array is a pale shadow of producing that answer from memory.” And other gems on how (not) to build an education app from @carlhendrick.substack.com

A common problem with learning, whether through apps or other methods, is the emphasis on completing tasks rather than providing ongoing formative feedback.

"We definitely don't think students should be using ChatGPT to outsource work". Says the company who are obviously delighted that more and more students are using their product to outsource work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why Most Education Apps Fail carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-most-e...

As usual, @carlhendrick.substack.com provides valuable insights on learning &, in this case, that are particularly relevant to popular language learning apps: Read the article: carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-most-e...

Excellent post from Mary. As @counsellc.bsky.social says, "You cannot Rosenshine your way into a curriculum, and nor can you Rosenshine your way into mediating content in subject sensitive ways."

I don’t think as much attention has been paid to implementing the curriculum as it has to the pedagogy to teach it. It’s a bit like going into a restaurant where all the effort has gone in to making it look amazing... open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...

Why Most Education Apps Fail carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-most-e...

Thanks for this essay, D. James and @carlhendrick.substack.com thecritic.co.uk/ai-will-make... #Edusky #teachlearnsky #AI

Short clip of me talking about memory and retrieval for the Victorian dept of education in Australia earlier this year. Part of the VTLM 2.0 Evidence to action series. arc.educationapps.vic.gov.au/learning/sit...

utterly incapable of grace

In 1849, Dostoyevsky was sentenced to death and lined up to be shot. At the very last second, his sentence was commuted. He went back to his cell and wrote a letter to his brother that's one of the most powerful things I've ever read. A powerful reminder to stop sleepwalking through life.

Shocking but not shocking at all. This is precisely why education cannot rely on compelling anecdotes or elegant narratives. We need robust evidence; randomised controlled trials, replication, falsifiable hypotheses, converging findings etc, not memorable stories. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Latest post on retrieval practice and what happens when good science becomes bad practice. ⬇️

"A lethal mutation is an idea or a practice that is prompted by sound scientific evidence, but is implemented in a way that reduces, or even completely negates, its effectiveness. Wiliam, D., Jones, K. (2022)"

Retrieval practice is a powerful tool but it's often used in ways that are not supported by the evidence. Here are five principles to think about when trying to avoid lethal mutations and apply it more effectively. open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

The Illusion of Performance is now in American Educator @carlhendrick.substack.com Jim Heal @lisahansel.bsky.social For a 15% discount on the book visit go.aft.org/u2x and use the code InstructionalIllusions15 by March 31, 2026.https://www.aft.org/ae/winter2025-2026/kirschner_hendrick_heal

Interessante Studien, u.a. zu Effekten von "retrieval" auf Transfer, einem Vergleich direkter Instruktion mit "problem solving first", Lernen mit KI-Zusammenfassungen, ... 👇 #BlueLZ

The Research Brief: What's New in Learning Science - December 2025 open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

Cognitive automation for teachers poses the very same problems that cognitive automation poses for students. Astute observations here on how the cult of efficiency runs counter to just about everything we know about learning.

What do teachers lose in terms of subject and pedagogical knowledge when they don't plan curriculum and lessons themselves? One of many great questions posed by @carlhendrick.substack.com in this super review of the not-so-super offering from ChatGPT.