Dr Liz Pyne

‘Feedback is an act of love’ my.chartered.college/impact_article…

Success is not linear.

Teaching is about identifying where pupils need support. Cognitive science highlights 4 breakdowns: attention, processing, linking prior knowledge, retrieval. Attention and cognitive overload are the most common issues. Research into classroom practice - enquiries@impact.wales

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

This ⬇️ The crucial difference between differentiation and adaptive teaching, courtesy of @lamb_heart_tea. #rEDCrieff

NEW Five principles of effective feedback Feedback is powerful, but not always positive. There’s no right way to give feedback, but plenty of ways for it to go wrong. If it doesn’t change what students notice, understand and do next it’s probably not worth it open.substack.com/pub/daviddidau…

What a PLEASURE to make summary of @greg_ashman's EXCELLENT (and very short!) book on Cognitive Load Theory. What makes it stand out? Depth and nuance throughout ensuring the classroom suggestions reach back to the original research. Summary here: itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-su…

Cramming = feels productive Spacing = actually works Research shows spacing learning can improve results by 10–30%. Worth a read 👇 innerdrive.co.uk/blog/encourage…

The government’s focus on inclusion and oracy means that support for speech and language challenges will be a key focus for schools – and this free database on evidence-informed interventions can help, writes Megan Dixon tes.com/magazine/teach…

From @mcglynn3 and Chelsea Harned’s presentation on knowledge. I feel this slide in my bones. When I taught Latin, I saw kids with weak vocab & grammar skills who might be able to get through a passage but couldn’t remember what it was about. 1/

Excellent keynote @researchED_US NYC by @nsachdeva2019

Haz menos, pero por más tiempo: En lugar de cubrir mucho contenido rápido, enfócate en profundidad y repetición sostenida. Esto evita sobrecarga cognitiva y permite consolidar esquemas. Ir más lento acelera el aprendizaje duradero. @DavidDidau daviddidau.substack.com/p/the-problems…

When introducing a new word, is it better to use the Frayer Method, which has a definition, characteristics, examples, and non examples of the word, or use duel coding, which has the word, a definition, and a picture showing the word?

I spoke to @BBCNews about the importance of active revision. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… To really get into the concept, here is the blog post that the article is based on. historyiseverystory.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/the…

See, Think, Wonder is one of my go-to ways to open a lesson! Show kids an image, video, or text, and they share what they see, what they think, and what they wonder. It's simple, but it gets every kid leaning in. Watch: youtu.be/X-Z6BZMlg7g

@CatherineCook58 ... or I've got some 2 page summaries that are research-informed that they could read... 😊 You could probably read one over a cup of coffee...? I've never timed myself, but it's hard if you're written them! itsalearningcurve.education/cogsci-book-su…

Maybe we have all been thinking of feedback wrong? I have always thought of feedback being about the work. From @KateJones_teach quoting @dylanwiliam

Instead of "I do, we do, you do" @MrARobbins suggests using the verb check instead.

Feedback is only useful if it is usable. From @KateJones_teach

Really useful signs that signal we’re over-scaffolding and stealing the thinking and learning from our students. @Ready4rigor

Student Talk: It matters - not only to deepen learning but because it also just does. teacherhead.com/2026/04/02/stu… via @teacherhead