Why ChatGPT for Teachers Might Make Things Worse I've spent the morning with the this new product and I have concerns... carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-chatgp...

ChatGPT for teachers has launched. A landing page has a series of suggested tasks such as curriculum planning, reviewing work with a rubric. I'd like to see a robust study on the the following: chatgpt.com/use-cases/hi...

Such important lenses to apply when planning. So many useful points that I could see apply to physics teaching. Thanks @carlhendrick.substack.com #iteachphysics carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-does-t...

"genAI is a great tool for learners that are actually seeking to learn, but it is also a great tool for students who just want to pass without too much learning" Words of @hruizmartin.bsky.social last Friday at #researchED_Madrid Motivation is key too.

I've got emerging ideas about how we can learn from AI processes in education and @carlhendrick.substack.com keeps posting things that make them emerge more. I'll write something on it all once I've got Sofonisba Anguissola out of my head.

Thinking about problem solving, it's unavoidable that it feels hard. If it's not hard, it might not be a problem at all. This theory, then, aligns with the idea of problem solving being naturally frustrating. The brain is trying to avoid doing something that has to be done, that's frustrating.

A new paper argues that current generative AI tools offer little benefit for genuine learning unless students already have substantial prior knowledge. genAI gives probabilistic summaries, not the kind of support that builds expertise.

Why does the brain avoid the very work that helps it most? A new theory of effort suggests thinking feels hard because the brain often can’t see what it’s gaining.

New study on motivation: classrooms where mastery goals are normal seem to produce students whose perseverance grows instead of fading. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

✍️ Metacognition: 5 key changes in the new EEF report 🧠 @theeef.bsky.social recently updated their popular metacognition report. 🤔 But what are the key changes, and the new tools and resources for schools? 📖 READ NOW: buff.ly/ToCxriX

Short form video use such as TikTok, Reels and Shorts is reliably linked with poorer attention and worse mental health, although most evidence is correlational rather than causal (but 70 large studies all point the same way). psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

I keep seeing spacing being discussed as if it's a strategy. It's not a strategy it's scheduling. The important thing about spaced practice is not the spacing, it's what is being spaced out.

Why a generation of kids are learning to read everything except books. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-defence...

Being a reader in the world not just “doing” reading. Love this by @carlhendrick.substack.com

Against reading instruction that produces adults who can read but never do.

An excellent long-form response to this Shanahan blog by @carlhendrick.substack.com. open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

Why a generation of kids are learning to read everything except books. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/in-defence...

Teacher/Admin friends: important thoughts about learning, education, and "AI"/Large Language models from @carlhendrick.substack.com ! carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori... #AI #Edusky #TeachLearnsky

If you're triggered by Neuro-bullshit then brace yourself www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpdV...

When everything becomes a literacy, the word stops meaning anything. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/does-ai-li...

Sehr interessanter Artikel von @carlhendrick.substack.com über AI unterstützten Unterricht in der Schule (looongread)! Wünschte unser Bildungsminister nähme sich Zeit das zu lesen und darüber nachzudenken... open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

Worth reading. Some nice reflections here.

Are we approaching a Turing Test for Teaching? A deep dive into the evidence on AI tutoring. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...

It's a sad state of affairs that this is the first year where my wife, a military brat whose father was a Colonel, and myself, former foreign correspondent, have felt emotionally uncomfortable attending a Remembrance Day service. All because of extreme nationalism of those who've weaponised the flag

Latest post looks at the complicated picture emerging on AI tutoring: when AI tutors work astonishingly well and when they quietly make students worse. ⬇️

This throws up some really interesting questions. One of those ones where I've got so many connecting thoughts that it's pub-chat stuff. Loved this line:

Carl Hendrix writes an insightful summary of the best research into using AI for education to date & poses some interesting questions. By far, the best article on AI in education I've read so far: carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...

Easily the most thoughtful take on AI in education I’ve read

#UkEd #Edubloguk #Edusky This is a marvellous piece from Carl. A long read that is well worth the time. Thanks @carlhendrick.substack.com 😍

But maybe it will all get overtaken by AI developments? Yet another thought-provoking blog from @carlhendrick.substack.com - this one a bit disconcerting. LLMs on their own hinder students but with tweaking could they actually turbocharge learning? substack.com/inbox/post/1...

When students compare their performance with others, (with their past selves, or across subjects), their confidence in their academic ability shifts, rising after favourable comparisons and falling after unfavourable ones. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ‘Feedback: A message in a bottle’ “Feedback is not a clear, simple exchange. It is a difficult, contingent, emotional, belief-laden effort. Teachers pose messages that can be easily lost, or can hit home very directly.” alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-a-m...

I don't like The Traitors.

We re-analyzed our previous results about teacher misconceptions using Signal Detection Theory to explore metacognitive efficiency. @carlhendrick.substack.com @mavadillo.bsky.social @jwfirth.bsky.social

Are we approaching a Turing Test for Teaching? A deep dive into the evidence on AI tutoring. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...

More evidence that student evaluations are biased against women. Female teachers may face structural disadvantages unrelated to their performance. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3... Nice analysis here by @thebandb theeconomyofmeaning.com/2025/11/05/a...

Esta será la mejor noticia que leas hoy, muy probablemente.

Really pleased that the Spanish version of 'How Learning Happens' is finally coming out. @paulkirschner.bsky.social @olicav.bsky.social @akaleditor.bsky.social akal.com/libro/como-s...

Teachers leave (or plan to leave) the profession primarily because of unsustainable workloads, poor administrative support, limited autonomy, and inadequate pay. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I will be back with the #Saturday3 later but I really recommend @carlhendrick.substack.com's monthly round-up of interesting research in learning. Always something thought-provoking there! The Research Brief: What's New in Learning Science - November 2025 open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

Fortnightly 194: @inotenews.bsky.social '25 | AI in schools | CPD with @clanavtra.bsky.social: 'Macbeth', @carlhendrick.substack.com & the science of learning, | Anne Enright interviewed by Martin Doyle | @oldfortunatus.bsky.social on Hamlet. And more. juliangirdham.substack.com/p/194-begin-...

This is such a rich piece of half term reading from @carlhendrick.substack.com. Scaffolding is more complex than it might first appear. The contingency rule is hopelessly reductive, and instead tutors must make "uncertain judgements" about support #edpsychs carlhendrick.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

🚀 Teachers! Ready to transform your teaching in 2026? Join our 3-part Science of Learning webinar series with Dr. Carl Hendrick – turn cognitive science into classroom impact! 🗓 Jan 7, 14 & 21 🕖 7–8:30 PM | 💻 Live on Zoom 🔥 Limited places – book now! 👉 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

January isn’t looking as dark and foreboding as usual - a brilliant learning opportunity for Irish teachers. Great to see @carlhendrick.substack.com engage with Irish education centres. Well done @clanavtra.bsky.social.

Always happy to hear @carlhendrick.substack.com on a podcast. A very brief/quick reference to how inane the concept of the "hero teacher" is. The best teachers do their job really well every day. That's it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZUo...

What's new in the science of learning? New research on reading instruction, retrieval practice, feedback, fluency, and the limits of social-emotional learning. ▶️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...

"Education #research suffers from a certain kind of evidential laxity: a tendency to accept claims on the basis of face validity, theoretical elegance, or ideological appeal rather than rigorous empirical testing." via @carlhendrick.substack.com #education open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

I know he was in last week as well but this might be the most important read of the week. An iconic piece of research on scaffolding just failed replication and @carlhendrick.substack.com has all the details and what it might mean here. open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...