Hilary Coleman

The six stages of #lockdown: 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance 6. Re-creating likenesses of your favourite scientists* *involving wine #WomenInSTEM #AcademicChatter #chemtwitter #AcademicTwitter #NobelPrize #COVID19Aus

@JamesAFurey I made this video for my students. It starts by asking them to think about a topic that makes them buzz with enthusiasm, that they could talk for hours about. Then it asks how they'd feel doing a test on it... youtu.be/1e2vibTQKas?si…

We should really stop telling kids the reason they don't do well on tests is because of anxiety (excepting extreme cases where this might be true), and attribute blame where it belongs: lack of preparation, lack of understanding, didn't ask questions in class, talked through explanations, didn't do any of the homework, etc. "Test anxiety" excuses all of the above and puts the onus on the teacher to figure out how to modify and accommodate.

Your novel is grand, @susie_dent. The lines "What if Alex and her readers had never found each other? How long would she have stayed hopeful, optimistic enough to plant geraniums, without back-up.?" is masterful. May we all be strong enough to plant geraniums without back up.

Today I met #science and #maths teachers across the ACT and presented on school outreach and assessment in the age of genAI from a. @UCSciTech perspective @seaact's conference at the @BiologyANU. Such a good conversation about the need for learning validation.

@gaulicsmith Into the Wild. I once taught at an all boys' school where it was being celebrated as a "coming of age" story, as opposed to the quite sad (and psychologically illuminating) cautionary it is.

What are some books that one-shot people into terrible beliefs and change their entire worldview but in a bad way

Every flipped classroom lesson: "OK did you all watch the video?" *Crickets* "Okay, let me just teach it again anyway."

This is brilliant.

In every language, the most frequent word occurs twice as often as the 2nd-most-frequent word, and that occurs twice as often as the 3rd-most-frequent word, and so on. This pattern is called Zipf’s Law, and because it applies to every natural language, scholars can even use it on undeciphered texts to determine whether the writing system is a real language. This is how we know that the mysterious Voynich manuscript, for example, likely contains a real language. Constructed languages often deviate from Zipf’s Law. Linguists are still uncertain why Zipf’s Law holds, however. The most prevalent idea is that it helps us be as efficient as possible in our communication.

"Without clear standards and appropriate consequences, students cannot identify weaknesses, learn from mistakes, or develop the resilience needed to improve. Efforts to minimize discomfort in the short term create long-term deficits in knowledge, behavior, and life skills."

Today @UCSciTech @UniCanberra and @RACInational hosted 90 #school #Chemistry students for a #murdermystery. To access a casefile they cracked a locker code. The final clue was this: 7, 10, 11, 28, 41, ___ what is next is the number? Can you solve it? #onlyconnect @VictoriaCoren

Final session of #ACSME2024 before Discipline Day - an important panel conversation about how the feeling of belonging improves success and wellbeing for students. @UniCanberra @ourANU Thanks also to all our online delegates who have been so engaged throughout - you belong too!

Dear @UCSciTech students, some of your conveners are running #ACSME2024 where @ALeighMP is speaking of the importance of data literacy in the era of misinformation, and it's use to enhance wellbeing. We're so glad you're with us @UniCanberra on your #science and #maths journeys.

#acsme2024 keynote #2 Louise Ainscough (UQ) discussing the journey of education-focussed #academics. Discussing how we can value all staff equally in #HigherEd so we all belong. @UCSciTech @UQ_News

@PazicniLabCER We are looking forward to meeting and learning from you, Sam!

Off to Australia to visit universities in Sydney and Melbourne, and attend #ACSME2024 in Canberra! Looking forward to many awesome #ChemEd #CER discussions down under!

@UniCanberra @UCSciTech organising committee getting ready for the Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education #ACSME2024. #Physicist & #mathematician: "We object to these #labcoats". Two #Chemists: 🥳 Welcome everyone! #iteachscience #iteachmath #HigherEd #SciEd

@RogersHistory 100% agree. I've worked fulltime teaching in school and tertiary and I asked just last week why academics present PD to school teachers on content but it's never considered the other way round on pedagogy.

Stephanie asks a good question…

@JamesTheo I agree, James. I listed this as my least liked education fad (in case your audience thinks the opposite!).

Actually, we know that the opposite is true.

@oldandrewuk Tests are harmful to most students.

What's your least favourite education fad?

On thinking time: ↓

@stats_feed 2075.

What has a 0% chance of happening in the next 50 years?

@NiallHarbison Niall, you're the best. Thank you for everything you do.

They’ll continue their recovery for another few weeks and then we’ll find them a forever home together. Two little fun loving angels who deserve every moment together on the beach 🙏🥰 (7/7)

This photo came in to me on the 9th June asking for help with 2 dogs in cages. I had to squint twice to even recognize it as a dog. Luckily we’ve had great success in the last 16 days and today they even had their first beach day… (1/7) 🧵