Jake
@JakeCowling
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Teaching 👨‍🏫 Golf 🏌️‍♂️. My opinions are my own.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Joined September 2013
Soft launching my vocabulary instruction site: resources are still in progress, but it’s live for anyone curious to follow along as it grows. Link below 👇🏻.
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RT @ChrisYoules: 🕹Competition time!🕹. To celebrate the fact that I've finally got my hands on a copy of my book, I want to give away a copy….
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RT @Doug_Lemov: “The root cause [of grade inflation] was…the lack of safeguards. Everyone benefitted: pupils were doing better, teachers we….
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RT @DavidDidau: *NEW* We don’t see causes. We see effects — and then we make up stories to explain them. That’s how we end up blaming peopl….
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I’ve read this the past two summers. And yes, I will read over this again this summer. Primary english leads and teachers, this has absolutely everything.
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RT @Beanie0597: Parents, you are your child’s first and best teacher. You don’t need a college degree, an expensive program, or (heaven for….
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RT @Smithre5: @DaveMorkunas The ones we are most excited about are the teacher versions - oversized and non reflective surface so you can u….
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Thought I’d announce to X as well that I’ve happily accepted a new position as Literacy Coach for 2024/25 academic year at @GEMS_GNS. Very excited is an understatement!.
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End-of-term party happened in my class today. The ability to laser-focus on a movie with zombie-like intensity while chaos unfolds around them must be a superpower exclusive to children.
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I saw some educators share their 2024/25 book list since it’s nearly the end of the academic year, so here’s mine I’m chipping away at still!
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RT @dylanwiliam: @greeborunner @teacherhead @JohnCattEd @CrownHousePub Absolutely: as Michel Foucault said:
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RT @DrChrisWB: I am always fascinated by the things we can learn from outside of education. I wonder if we as leaders are more in the hospi….
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RT @MrNickHart: What's new in #LeadershipHandbook 6.0?. Quality assurance methodology examples. Knowing sooner | Mapping the complex realit….
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Solid solid list .Out of it I’ve read:.EDI.TLAC.TWR 2.0.Just tell them… @MrZachG im thinking you may need to join the list of edu acronyms .JTT.
A teacher just posted this picture of her “summer reading list” in a Facebook group dedicated to the Science of Learning. Now, I know that colleges of education are still steeped in ideology and lacking in real content, but something is definitely happening on the ground in
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RT @DonaldClark: @JakeCowling It's mostly bad design, and misleading for learners, as it turns questions into logical conundrums.
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If the goal of an MCQ is to check understanding, then the question should get out of the way and let the thinking do the work. Negative stems often do the opposite. Thoughts? Counterexamples? Always keen to see them.
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Exceptions? Sure. but be intentional. Sometimes you do need students to identify the odd one out or contrast a concept. Just don’t default to negative phrasing. And if you do use it, signal it clearly, and keep everything else as clean as possible.
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