Daniel Ansari
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Human Development, Education, Numeracy, Early Math, Cognitive Neuroscience. @arsenal @westernu @numcoglab
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Guys, please stop bragging about your academic productivity during this time. Many are juggling: kids at home, family abroad who are at risk, lonely at home, member of a high-risk group, worried about the future etc. Have some freaking compassion. This ain't a writing retreat!
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Today I became a citizen of Canada! Feeling excited and grateful 🇨🇦
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I can report that although we are doing this for the 3rd time around, homeschooling with both parents working full time is still completely unsustainable, exhausting and demoralizing in so many different ways.
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You are more than the sum of your grant dollars
You are more than the impact factor of your last publication
You are more than what Reviewer 2 thinks of your article
You are your ideas past, present & future
You are your passion & enthusiasm
You are the way you treat people
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State of academic affairs today:
Professor:spends 30+ hours/week discussing how many hours graduate student should work.
Graduate student:when will my PI finally give me comments on the paper I sent them back in October? I need to graduate so that I can start twitter debates.
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My take home from all the working memory , mindset, grit etc. training literature: there are no shortcuts to content knowledge. If you want to learn something, then study it. Don’t hope that practicing unrelated skills will help.
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It is hard to put in words what it feels like to see a parent again, and witness a grandchild hugging Opa again after 2 years. Feeling so very, very grateful today for Science and all involved in making this possible. Don't delay, get your vaccine today!
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Trying to submit your manuscripts b4 the holidays? Remember that journal editors & reviewers want/need to take time off too. So finish your papers if that makes your feel happy, but don't expect to get 'under review' status until after the holidays & be tolerant of review delays.
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Fellow Professors: please do not ask your undergraduate students to conduct interviews with other professors as part of your assignments! Not cool.
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Neuroscience can't suggest what is and what isn't ”effective pedagogy”. It can and does function as a supporting level of explanation, but not as a a direct informant of pedagogical choice
What's the best way to teach children to read? Neuroscience suggests that phonics is the more effective pedagogy – here's why, writes
@JCHorvath
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The argument that kids are 'resilient' is only uttered by those that are privileged. The idea that young brains are resilient to a repeated disruption of their education, friendships, safe places, food etc, flies in the face of everything we know from Developmental Science.
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I found getting outside really helpful today. Social distancing does not mean you have to be inside all day. Fresh air and being in nature can alleviate anxiety and put things in perspective.
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If you need/want an online guest lecturer in Developmental Psychology/Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, so you can go get other things done, let me know. Am on sabbatical & in 14-day self-isolation - lots of time on my hands! Send e-mail to firstname.lastname
@gmail
.com
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We just had an fMRI null result accepted for publication in a good journal. I think even 5 years ago this would not have been possible.
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Excited to have finally submitted my application to become a Canadian Citizen today! 🇨🇦
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My sabbatical ends tomorrow. What did I achieve? Not much to be honest. I didn't write a book, I did no go on a silent retreat or achieve 'self-actualization' of any kind. I also flunked homeschooling and did not learn how to bake sourdough. Next time I will do it all guaranteed!
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Hello
@eqao
- Learning Styles theory has been repeatedly debunked- it would be great if you would refrain from using your influential platform to spread education myths and instead helped to spread evidence-informed approaches to Ed
EQAO asked students across Ontario what they want next year’s teacher to know about them.
Here's what they said!
#StudentVoice
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Another week in which I hear about white, male senior faculty members argue that prioritizing equity-seeking groups during hiring is “reverse racism” is another week in which I want to get the hell off the sinking ship that academia often feels like these days
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I have such great admiration for
@jkwan_md
and
@Billius27
. Their public service has been incredible 🙏.Some other twitter biostatisticians have used this platform to troll, pass harsh judgement on other professionals, including accusing them of lying. Not cool.
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Based on N=1, I hereby conclude that age 5 is ‘peak childhood’: cognitive control is winning the battle against loud tantrums; communication has superseded whining; and vegetables are eaten rather than eliciting immediate fight & flight responses. And love is still unconditional
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Just received news of that our
@SSHRC_CRSH
Partnership engage grant application to facilitate a collaboration between
@NumCogLab
@tuebang
and
@myoralvillage
entitled:"The Zero Counts: Testing Numeracy Skills and Learning Strategies in Rural Sierra Leone" has been funded!
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Q: What do Professors really do?
A:Answer e-mails, fill in ridiculous forms & complete endless doodle polls
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Every working day is so full of meetings that the actual work (grading student work & editing papers) is relegated to the evening time. Sometimes I feel that our current model of academic work is simply unsustainable unless we cut down on the number of meetings and committees.
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Why are there so many quote retweets making it appear as if this new research is obvious, redundant etc? It is not! While this may seem obvious to you, I can assure you that there are many people out there who hold the false belief that boys are better at math than girls.
New research finds that young girls and boys have "indistinguishable" math abilities — contradicting the idea that men largely dominate STEM fields because their brains are wired that way.
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Western University
@WesternU
creates the first Science of Learning Centre in Canada to allow for pressing issues in education to be informed by the latest evidence on how we learn:
@westernuEdu
@BMI_WesternU
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The introduction of full-day kindergarten was evidence-informed. The current move to make online learning permanent in Ontario is not. How is this proposed move going to benefit the future of students in our province?
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Not pretending again that I can simultaneously work a full time job and supervise online learning
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Hate to disagree with this giant, but IMO this is a false dichotomy. Facts and knowledge are the motors of understanding, thinking, doubting and questioning
Instead of making them memorize the facts, schools should teach the students how to understand, think, doubt, and question.
They should be made open to imagination and creativity. 🧠
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We just got reviews back on a Stage 1 Registered Reports manuscript. Such helpful, constructive & detailed suggestions that will immensely improve the quality of our planned experiment BEFORE we run it. So much better than being criticized for work that has already been completed
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I just have to accept and be ok with "being behind" and "right up against the deadline". It just is what it is. Going to try to do my best and work hard not to freak out and let it affect my quality of life. It's hard. But after 20+ years in the business, there is no other way.
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Told our son that he can't go to school tomorrow due to a close COVID +ve contact. Lots of tears - he wanted so much to say goodbye to his principal, who is moving on, and to his supply teacher, who won't be there again in January. Schools matter so much, all off this is so hard
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'Mind, Brain & Education' course updated for the fall semester. Looking forward to teaching this for the first time since 2017. Current class schedule & reading list looks like this. Any suggestions for additions most welcome!
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My son's laughter and his cheeky games have lifted me out of many dark moments over the past 6 weeks.
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Just received the invite to take the 🇨🇦 citizenship test! Lots of studying over the holidays
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New Paper 🚨Disentangling the Individual and Contextual Effects of Math Anxiety: A global perspective": by
@NathanLau16
,
@ZackHawes8
,
@paulftremblay
and
@NumCog
just published in
@PNASNews
. Here is an overview🧵1/13
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Excited: I just booked the first flight in over 15 months! It's for my dad to come over from Germany in July now that the 3-day mandatory hotel quarantine has been lifted effective July 5th!
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It's ok to use the University Zoom account to organize a virtual happy hour, right?
#askingforafriend
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Just landed at Heathrow - first transatlantic trip since March 2020!!
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Brilliant presentation by
@greg_ashman
about the “Myth of Differentiation” - making the key point that instructional principles that work for children with difficulties will also work for those in the normal range - it is just high quality instruction
#DSFConf
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Rolling up my sleeve to get me some AZ in 2.5 hours!
Roll up your sleeves! AstraZeneca is now available for adults 40+ at pharmacy locations in
#Middlesex
-
#LdnOnt
. When you’re eligible, get the shot that’s offered to you first! All
#COVID19
vaccines available in Ontario are safe, effective & approved by Health Canada.
#VaccinesWork
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We need to talk to our children about what Canada actually is - both the dark and the light. We need to talk and educate. Education is our most powerful weapon against terrorism.
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Excited to announce that Developmental Science will accept Registered Reports submissions from January 2018: - launched with lots of help from
@chrisdc77
. Will be co-edited by Judit Gervain & I.
@WileyPsychology
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Hearing from students that you taught or had as research assistants years ago and learning what they have been up meanwhile and where they want to go has to be one of the most rewarding perks of being an educator at any level
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My son saw a picture (left) of a numeracy learning carpet activity in a slide deck I am preparing. Next thing you know we are busy making one ourselves on our living room floor (picture on right) with the help of Polka Dot cards! Note the mirrored 6,7 and 9 :)
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The only thing that differentiates weekdays from weekends right now is the frequency of Zoom meetings/day
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I sublimated my rage about this tweet by cooking butter chicken and vegetable korma tonight served alongside basmati rice and naan bread. I feel better now.
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Whenever we get out of this, I hope that our research culture will become more compassionate and kind -less competition & bragging. Surely, we will not be left with any choice but to work together more closely with severely limited resources. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
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Once 2nd grader goes back to school (when??), I will miss him standing to "O Canada", do push-ups on my office floor during virtual gym, unmute to say "I got 26" during math class and generally be a delight to have around. I do look forward to getting work done again though...
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Our new animated video explainer ‘Embracing Numbers’ How do children develop early numeracy skills? What obstacles do they face as they develop their mathematical brains?
Thanks
@blog_bold
@Foundation_JF
@Kurz_Gesagt
for the opportunity to collaborate:
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New paper in HBM in which we report NO evidence for differences in brain activation (measured by fMRI) between children with and without Developmental Dyscalculia for basic number processing, visuospatial working memory and arithmetic:
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Bedtime reading represents an opportunity to explore new concepts. Tonight we read about a cow giving birth. 5-year old realized with much joy & amazement that cows have babies too. Such moments are the best: witnessing the acquisition of knowledge in real time.
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Interested in a post-doc with me at Western University? My lab () works on early number development (broadly defined), math anxiety, dyscalculia, screening, ed-tech etc. If you are, get in touch and we can apply for one of these:
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Right, our government learnt nothing in March, did nothing, ignored the science and pursued a narrow-minded economic agenda. We are back to square one. I am exhausted. I cannot neglect my child to do my job. This is is not a choice. This is unsustainable.
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Spending the weekend at Victoria Hospital after 9-year old broke his arm and dislocated another bone after falling while jumping off a swing. Waiting for surgery now. He has been a real trooper about it all.
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Best Practices for Math Teaching
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Just finished my first class back in person.
Impressions:
The kids are alright
It’s great to be back teaching & learning in person again
I am exhausted but happy - this is what we are meant to do at University
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Growing up in Germany we were taught about the holocaust from Grades 4/5 onwards. We read books about the holocaust in German literature & history classes.We were continually confronted by, and taught to reflect on, our history by our teachers. May that never seize to be the case
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Some days the uncertainty around when it will be possible to see elderly family overseas again is just overwhelming
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Fellow academics: how many days have you taken off work since March 2020?
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Just signed up 7-year old for full in-person learning for the next school year. Hopefully it will be a year without the constant back and forth the kids and their teachers have had to endure.
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Today I had an encounter with a raging motorist while cycling. It left me feeling a combination of shaken, angry and sad. So, this is what happened: 1/11
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Why development counts in explaining genotype-phenotype relationships - my favourite slide from
@WiringTheBrain
‘s spellbinding talk this morning
#aps19dc
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Parents who are also Developmental Psychologists: Piaget formulated the vast majority of his hypotheses by observing his children. We have an edge on our non-dev colleagues in generating new hypotheses from observational data during
#Covid_19
times :)
#tryingtobeoptimistic
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A 'desk-reject' is so much easier to handle when it comes with a clear rationale and constructive comments that show the editors read your paper
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Just heard that my sabbatical leave application for 2019-2020 has been approved!
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Given so much recent discussion regarding the efficacy, or lack thereof, of educational interventions, I am re-positing a paper
@hm_sokolowski
wrote on this topic last year :
#openaccess
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Since July I have submitted over 130 reference letters (incl. duplicates to multiple institutions for same individual). I much enjoy writing them, but the lack of standardization across institutions & funding agencies is both a massive time sink and is bound to create inequities.
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Never use number of publications when comparing candidates from different disciplines. Timelines of productivity differ massively as a function of populations studied, specific methods used etc. Look at quality of work not the quantity of output.
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20 years ago this July I started my first tenure-track position. How time flies.... Curious and excited about the what the next 20 will bring.
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Today I was presenting at South Africa's 'Basic Education Lekgotla' in Johannesburg. Midway through my talk I was suddenly asked to stop presenting because the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, was arriving to address the conference! Here he is next to my nerdy slide!
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Are specific learning disorders truly specific, and are they disorders?
@lienpeters5
and I address these questions and more in an Opinion piece just published:
#openaccess
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My dad is now fully vaccinated in Germany. I understand that decisions around travel for fully vaccinated individuals are difficult and that we likely need more data. Still, I hope it will be possible for him to come to Canada soon.
#summerdream
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There is no reopening plan for childhood in Ontario. That’s where we are at in our society
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Early academic Christmas gift - paper by
@NathanLau16
@ZackHawes8
@paulftremblay
and yours truly accepted for publication in PNAS! More on that soon!
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Join us for RISE - a new online, free speakers series focussed on translating evidence into practice in reading instruction put on by
@scilearnUWO
. Scan the code below to register.
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Congratulations to
@EricDWilkey
for being named 'Postdoctoral Scholar of the Year'
@WesternU
!
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Why are we so concerned with broad interventions that are designed to transfer to all aspects of learning? Are our resources not better spent on looking for effects on learning within specific domains of learning (math, reading, arts etc.) to refine the subject-specific pedagogy?
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Happy Friday everyone! It's been another long week, but I marvel at the resilience and strength of everyone during these times of uncertainty and doom. We will get through this, there will be better days ahead. For now, let's enjoy the weekend.
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