Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD

ResearchED Toronto 2026, tickets now available! shorturl.at/NDMIX @researchEDCan @researchED1 @tombennett71 @Educhatter @JimHewittOISE @researchED_US @KJWinEducation @Ready4rigor @NickGibbUK @JamieMetsala @PNeerja @NicoleJConrad @JimRChristopher @rastokke @johnmighton

@adamboxer1 @New_Old_Paul 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@nsachdeva2019 @New_Old_Paul i certainly will!

If you teach and use mini-white borads and want to get better at it, attend this. If you teach and don't use mini-white boards, attend this. If you teach, attend this!!! I HIGHLY recommend @adamboxer1 's work to all educators out there. Listen, join, learn!!!

@adamboxer1 Just honest! You don't know this (yet) but our upcoming book "becoming an expert teacher" mentions you and your work various times. @New_Old_Paul Hope you'll read it. 🙏🏾

@nsachdeva2019 thanks Nidhi, you are very kind 🙏

@PCSnow1604 @JimHewittOISE Thanks Pam.

What a fabulous asset for classroom teachers: an accessible evidence-tracking tool: pepper.oise.utoronto.ca/ai/TheEvidence… Thanks @nsachdeva2019 and @JimHewittOISE 👏

@learnwithmrlee @CatherineCook58 Love the picture and the analogy.

@CatherineCook58 The photo is very fitting because one of the things that Kent has written about is how for many students without fluency, it's like climbing a mountain with a bag of bricks on their back.

I caught up on podcasts on the way back from reED Calgary. The instructional hierarchy is implemented successfully at Morningside. Explicit instruction & fluency before generalization and adaptation. It's not one or the other, it's a sequence. Mount Robson

@rastokke 🙏🏾

@nsachdeva2019 Thanks! Back at you!

I am honoured to be giving the keynote address at researchED Melbourne on August 8, 2026. I'm looking forward to connecting with passionate Australian educators there. Register here👉events.humanitix.com/researched-mel…

*New post on Substack* with an evidence tracker tool. Check it out! @JimHewittOISE scienceoflearning.substack.com/p/teachers-des…

@eileenduffy edopportunity.org/trends/

Reading scores, 3rd graders to 8th graders, 2015 to 2025. This is a national tragedy.

AI seems to be giving learning styles a revival, the comeback we don't need. I'm currently reading, 'Open to Work.' The tag line states: How to get ahead in the age of AI. It's a topical, modern & cutting edge book and then ... I read how AI can be used to adapt to the individual learning style of the user. How long ago was learning styles debunked? Yes people have preferences but it doesn't mean their way is the most effective & efficient way to learn, it means it's the most comfortable. I understand the appeal of learning styles but early in my career when this was promoted I felt uncomfortable with it. I thought, really? Then we have the teacher workload issue. I've written about learning styles before, in 2024 I wrote that it was the learning myth that lingers. 2026 it seems to be back in the spotlight because of AI. The irony of this modern technology promoting an outdated teaching & learning approach! You can read my article here evidencebased.education/resource/the-l…

Great news! I just recorded TWO Chalk & Talk mailbag episodes with the amazing @JRED530 🎙️ We had so many thoughtful questions come in from teachers and parents that we'll be splitting it into two episodes. Coming soon on Chalk & Talk! 🎧

🎉THIS SOUNDS GREAT 🎉👍 open.substack.com/pub/scienceofl…

What Counts as Evidence? Beware of things like position statements or opinion pieces. They are not evidence. 🚩📄 Also, vague terms like "number sense" can’t be clearly measured. 🔗 Link below

👉 Watch the full episode @ youtu.be/6T6cDtFIfVA

Math Therapy

RAISING OUR SiGHTS: University of Winnipeg Math professor Dr Anna Stokke packed the auditorium at #rEDCalgary26. Teachers hung on every word and took notes all through her session. It was #Chalk&Talk LIVE on stage in Calgary. Ty Anna for expanding our tent!

You have accomplished much and leave quite a legacy. Thank you for collaborating with us.

BEAMING ON CONFERENCE DAY: Spotted in the researchED Calgary auditorium - BC educator Catherine Cook, featured speaker at Cross-Canada researchED November 4, 2023. TY Catherine for being our biggest booster in all of BC. #BCed #cdned