David Dockterman

Very honored to be recognized by students. Dockterman Honored With 2024 Morningstar Family Teaching Award | Harvard Graduate School of Education gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/24/…

I’m very honored to receive this award.

Where did the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning style typology come from? apa.org/pubs/highlight… via @APA “not a case of initial studies providing support for the VAK-based methods…the VAK learning style typology had been conceptually problematic since its origins”

“You want the new knowledge for the lowest price you can get it,” good guidance from @AmyCEdmondson Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential - HBS Working Knowledge - via @HBSWK hbswk.hbs.edu/item/failing-w…

Valuable insights from @hgse colleague @E_Bonawitz This is how to nurture curiosity in children (and yourself) – psyche.co/ideas/this-is-… via @psyche_the_mag

It's a great day when #ScienceofReading is trending! For an afternoon of fun, check out Animal Antics, Photo Play, and Small Wonders - three research-based mobile apps that were developed, validated, and tested to promote pre-literacy skills.📚 bit.ly/3HDHnxJ

Yes, our students need our feedback, but our colleagues may want it too. Give More Feedback—Others Want It More Than You Think behavioralscientist.org/give-more-feed… via @behscientist

Perplexed? Embrace it! Confusion is a symptom of learning – psyche.co/ideas/perplexe… via @psyche_the_mag

"If there is something that most people agree about learning, it is the need to improve children’s reading comprehension — the million-dollar question of course is how to do it." Check out these insights from @ProfJimmyKim, featured by @UKnowHGSE. bit.ly/3UoWWhO

Spreading misinformation. Maybe as much, or more, about the system than the individual. And, in a viral world, a few can spread a lot. How Social Media Rewards Misinformation insights.som.yale.edu/insights/how-s…

Watch a teacher make roughly ~1,000 instructional decisions in about 45 seconds. Only a few of them are about the lesson but the lesson depends on ALL of them. This is one of the hardest things to explain about teaching to people who have never taught.

Great to see the work of @ProfJimmyKim and his team getting shared. We need to get it into widespread practice. New Study Suggests Standardized Reading Tests Miss A Lot Of Learning via @forbes forbes.com/sites/nataliew…

"As any caregiver or teacher knows, becoming a reader unlocks a world of possibility for a child and helps build confidence and motivation. That’s why our partner, Reach Every Reader, focuses on early literacy..." from the @czi Annual Letter. czi.co/AnnualLetter

Conversational back-and-forth between child and caregiver is good in any language. Widening the Reach for Early Literacy gse.harvard.edu/news/22/12/wid…

Read the thread. Thanks @DTWillingham

Worth a listen. Sub science of climate change for science of reading and you have another example of the mix of confirmation bias, business interests, politics, science, and the challenge of changing behavior.

A sense of progress can be motivating. Is this effect like the small wins at a slot machine that fuel the belief that the next try will be the jackpot? "If you think you can catch the bus, you will run for it?"

Can an ELA curriculum that integrates science & social studies help improve reading comprehension for K-4 students? Read more from James Kim & Zhongyu Wei of @hgse in a new #EdResearch4Recovery brief bit.ly/3A6VHM9

Waiting to fail exacerbates the problem. Diagnose early to prevent later, bigger issues.

Psychological safety doesn't mean silence for fear of offending. It means trusting to allow open conversations.