David
@davidweldridge
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Love learning and co-operating, working alongside people and sharing ideas.
North Yorkshire, England
Joined November 2010
The 12 days of Pascal's triangular Christmas http://t.co/kbDdSRHL6S via @ConversationEDU
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Good UK Early Years blogs http://t.co/U2pg5wa6T4
#kinderchat @hechternacht Plenty of ideas and interest here. Best wishes everyone.
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You cannot "teach" grit per se. The same way you cannot "teach" creativity. You create a *context* for them to flourish. @andyvasily
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I had parent-teacher interviews tonight. I didn't need @PowerSchoolApps or anything from @pearson cuz we talked about children & learning
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"Sir, I'm stuck". "Brilliant" (& walk away). Provide times for creativity & mild genuine, struggle rather than solving it for them.
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In my show today children contributed the names of three fossils: ammonite, belemnite and marmite.
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Does anyone know of any # for INTERESTING maths children aged 4-12? #edublogs #maths #kinderchat # edchat
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How many triangles can be made from 9 sticks? http://t.co/Knc9mmZ5se Play that can lead to Pascal and use of formulae or just fun #edublogs
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Tribal Children in Tamil Nadu, South India. #kinderchat We started this school over 25 years ago. http://t.co/lSUtswgzCY
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If we had yearly exams for MPs would it improve their attainment? #poorskills
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The loss of solitude in our culture and schools - too much group work stifles good ideas http://t.co/tB0nEmb3Ea via @C_Hendrick #edchat
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What happened to quiet reflection? Teacher Diana Senechal talks to Holly Welham about how too much group work and teaching to exams crushes intellectual thought
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"Writing your success criteria for every lesson is nonsense." An invitation to reflection on research by @cijane02
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Kohn's Law: The value of any parenting or classrm mgmt resource is inversely proportional to the # of times it contains the word βbehaviorβ
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Finding the Beauty in Math http://t.co/x5QXyKgfYO
#edchat #math #mathchat #stem
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#edublogs So nice that children get more than kill and drill in maths http://bit.ly/1yi0oNW A balance btw traditional and innovative is good
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