
Ms. Sam
@SciInTheMaking
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10th Year High School Science Teacher | Applying Cognitive Science š§ to Science Learning š§Ŗ | Scientists in the Making Blog | All opinions are my own
Los Angeles, CA
Joined August 2024
When you combine explicit instruction with high expectations and classroom rules. Don't take it from me. Take it from the kids. š
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RT @oliviajune82: Thank you so much @GTavernetti for inviting me to do the thing that's most fun, talking about education and curriculum! Tā¦.
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I read this tweet and decided to generate high frequency questions during my conference period. I plan to use them in an upcoming unit and see how it goes next week. Thanks @Mr_Raichura !.
This September, if you are looking to improve your classroom practice, one of the highest-leverage but underused strategies to try is HIGH-FREQUENCY questioning. Not note-taking, not copying definitions, not retrieval starters. What do I mean? 1/.
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RT @justinskycak: Memory is the raw material of understanding, and we use it to build magnificent information structures in our brains. Buā¦.
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RT @RuthJoy96960173: One of the most interesting parts of the interview comes at the end. Kids don't know how to do computer basics becauseā¦.
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RT @Freedom_in_Ed: Schools are banning phonesābut replacing them with 1:1 devices. š±ā”ļøš».Kids with 2+ hrs of screen time face 1.7Ć more emotā¦.
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RT @effortfuleduktr: The Taylor/Travis news broke at the beginning of 3rd block. No students mentioned it the entire block. And thatās howā¦.
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RT @S_Oberle: They donāt need to be on a device in the classroom. *Especially* the little ones.
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RT @beckylaswell: "If they were to just do that on paper, that would have been done in seconds.". I have thought of that so many times whilā¦.
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RT @TSHamiltonAstro: @SciInTheMaking Right. Memorization is a prerequisite for putting together facts and drawing conclusions. If you canā¦.
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RT @JenniferBumby: @SciInTheMaking Memorization is a first step. We teach tiny kids to "memorize" their ABC's and disguise it as play throuā¦.
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RT @rpondiscio: A brief thread on the knowledge you need to have retrieved from your memory in order to type the sentence, āMemorization iā¦.
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I think experts carry knowledge in their long-term memory for so long that recalling it feels automatic. Because of this automaticity, they don't recognize it as something theyāve memorized. And then they tell people that memorization is not important for learning.
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RT @Jonharper70bd: Contrary to what some think, direct instruction isn't lecturing. It's one of the most interactive ways to teach. Whiteboā¦.
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Jon Harper with Beanie Geoghegan, Laura Stam,Ā Zach Groshell, and Kim Lockhart
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RT @MrARobbins: @justinskycak @SciInTheMaking You guys might find this useful. Cancelling copying: How to optimise the teaching of declaratā¦.
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This blog is going to be all about the nitty gritty of teaching a collection of simple facts. Iām going to give an example of what is common practice first and then how some simple tweaks could rapā¦
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I had the chance to talk with Education Week about moving away from Chromebooks in the classroom. Excited to share my experience and I hope it sparks ideas for others who are thinking about making a change too.
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Chemistry teacher Marcie Samayoa went back to paper-and-pencil lessons this school year. It's led to deeper engagement.
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RT @MrMac_Math: Today was the first day back with my new classes. I tried a radically new approach to setting a culture of focus and attenā¦.
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RT @MegVertebrae: Read about how one of our upcoming @researchED_US presenters, @SciInTheMaking, ditched Chromebooks.
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