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@AT_Autism @tombennett71 I think your question is too shallow for the research. I see the point you are trying to make but you aren't seeing that my point can walk alongside your point. It isn't against you. Maybe read the articles I suggested for you, and then we can continue the conversation.

@DendriteDealer @tombennett71 Are you are saying all children learn in the same way?

The idea that novice learners learn best- or at all- from inquiry is one of the most ubiquitous and damaging ideas in education. It’s astonishing how a sector that literally specialises in teaching and learning can get it so dramatically wrong when it comes to the instruction of… itself.

@AT_Autism @tombennett71 No, the research isn't mixed. I haven't encountered any research that supports intelligence types or learning styles. However, there is research supporting multimodality teaching methods. I don't think we are arguing towards the same point here.

@DendriteDealer @tombennett71 The evidence is mixed. Many neurodivergent children and young people fail as a result of rigid one-size-fits-all teaching and assumptions about learning styles.

@AT_Autism @tombennett71 There are many! So many that if you Google "learning styles neuromyth" it will link you to lots of peer-reviewed studies! I'll also provide some: researchgate.net/publication/24… uweb.cas.usf.edu/~drohrer/pdfs/… frontiersin.org/journals/educa… nature.com/articles/s4153…

@DendriteDealer @tombennett71 Very interesting - do you have a reference or references for this?

@AT_Autism @tombennett71 Actually, yes. "Learning styles" has been disproven and is a neuromyth.

@tombennett71 So decades of research into learning styles are wrong? Any 'one size fits all' approach will not be effective.

One of my students emailed @Cmdr_Hadfield to tell him her teacher is "obsessed with him". He sent a personalized signed photo to me for my birthday!! Kids are fearless, resourceful, hopeful, action-oriented and RULE THIS WORLD (if we are lucky).

@howie_hua .... The ORIGIN of Lil Nas Y

How cool is my job? Kids are the best part of this world. As you can see by this student's photo, Ursa Major is still mostly in her winter position. She'll twirl into spring soon! Can't wait!

Double digit subtraction algorithm, and they still LOVE math 😍

It's #hotcrossbuns season!

Oof. #edchat #cognitiveload #workingmemory #discoverylearning #pbl #Sweller

5th grade students are developing these DEEP understandings of character and what drives identity. #chatgbt #dalle #chatgbt4 This one is a #swifty /🧵

I'm leveraging #AI in my classroom, and you should too! Students are thinking deeply about character development and inputting their human design into #chatgbt #dalle to bring them to life. It's wild! And MOTIVATING!!! /🧵

My class was busy calculating area, perimeter, volume, and surface area. Our Principal loves a good challenge, so he joined the attempts to calculate the area of an octagon!

What do you think the most important element of @pgliljedahl's #BuildingThinkinhClassrooms is?

@aledaklassen @pgliljedahl How would you like me to cite your work? I m including it in a project I'm doing!

Here are 4 sketchnotes of the 4 toolkits from @pgliljedahl's #thinkingclassroom. These versions now have a better citation of the book. I hope they inspire discussion about how to make learning more accessible to more students! drive.google.com/drive/folders/… #onted #destreaming

And finally, the importance of the Theory of Practice is often overlooked when folks are implementing BTC in their classroom. According to educational neuroscience, #CheckForUnderstanding, and #Consolidation are ESSENTIAL to the encoding of knowledge & conceptual understanding.

For true fidelity the discernments of #VariationTheory in the thinly-sliced unravelling of tasks, and the framework's foundation of #SocioculturalTheory must be implicitly understood by educators before (and during) implementation. Otherwise it's just "problems on a #wipebook"

My final project for my @UCalgaryEduc Grad Diploma has me extracting the learning theories & discourses from @pgliljedahl's #buildingthinkingclassrooms and physically mapping them to their alignments on learningdiscourses.com

Interesting/Frustrating to think about the #shiftingbaseline in #education.