Dylan Wiliam
@dylanwiliam
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Teacher, researcher, writer, mostly interested in the power of education to transform lives and how to do it better.
Starke (FL)
Joined January 2009
Integrated Math is how most of the rest of the world teaches high school math, including some of the highest-performing countries such as Singapore, Japan, and Switzerland. Integrated pathways are vastly superior to the "traditional" US pathway (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra II,
my first year of university was pretty hard cause my high school taught this weird form of math called integrated math, and I graduated without really knowing any algebra despite being otherwise pretty smart, and my parents didn't have the wherewithal to notice or care.
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The first time I heard this fact, I didn't believe it. It sounded utterly bizarre. But the reason is actually pretty intuitive. Suppose we want to rearrange this sequence so that it converges to a particular number. Let's say S = 2. First, we add up all the *positive* terms
Fun fact. The terms of this series can be arranged to sum to any real number.
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pbj 5! BUY MY SAMPLE PACK and you get a taste of my power and my personal sounds :D only 50 copies left at $29.99 message me for the direct link
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Today marks the release of Book 8 in my 16-part Tips for Teachers guide to... series. This one is on one of my favourite topics: Diagnostic Questions. I hope you find it useful.
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For the past year, we at @HelloEedi have been working with Google to investigate the role AI can play in supporting one-to-one tutoring. Today, the report has been released. Read the report here: https://t.co/7TCeqbrRA2 And our write-up here: https://t.co/w0lt0IAMRs
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Nice point
@Emma_Turner75 @dylanwiliam @adamboxer1 I think @dylanwiliam raises a great point and I think it’s actually an opportunity. I teach a class, you see the technique, strategy, etc modelled agnostic of context. We talk about it afterwards, I ask you ‘how does your greater contextual knowledge’ affect how you’ll implement?
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Your Life can be TRANSFORMED! The picture of a caterpillar's transformation into a butterfly is actually exactly what can happen in your life when you begin to let the Word of God renew your mind and transform your life.
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It’s 30C right now in northern Florida. Tomorrow night, it’s going to be below 0.
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"The idea that teaching reading with excerpts harms kids or limits their learning in any significant manner is a claim made without evidence – you know, an opinion. Not only do we lack research showing that books do a better job of increasing reading ability, we have no evidence
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Said it for years and I mean it: teaching is the easiest job in the world to do badly. And the hardest job in the world to do well.
I’ve worked in the private sector most of my adult life; spent five years full-time in the classroom. Hardest job I’ve ever had *by far* and the highest stakes. The idea that you “only” work 182 days is nonsense. Done well and conscientiously, it’s all-consuming. And ass-kicking.
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Are we approaching a Turing Test for Teaching? A deep dive into the evidence on AI tutoring. Link in reply ⬇️
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No doubt this will be brilliant for any fellow Cambridgeshire educators! :)
I will be presenting at this event, Evidence Bites for teachers in Cambridgeshire. The focus will be on five formative assessment strategies, based on the brilliant work of Dylan Wiliam and Siobhan Leahy. More information and tickets here https://t.co/PsWvVsG9eQ
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The future of autonomy thinks outside the cabin. 🧠 Tensor's Agentic AI uses four P1-grade MiniLED Tensor AI Signal Screens to signal intent, ensuring pedestrians & cyclists can anticipate movements.
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One of my classes today had a test. I displayed my test rules as usual. But this time, there was an extra line saying how many minutes were left to the end of the test and counting down. I can't run Macros on my laptop, so had to do this a slow way. For the 75 minute test...
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NEW CURIOS In the free preview, I unpack the unscholarly folly of comparing English apples with Dutch oranges. Link 👇
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🚨New episode in video & audio!🚨 What happens when a mathematician becomes Education Minister? Nuno Crato @CratoNuno led an education turnaround in Portugal. The result? Portugal went from near the bottom to outperforming Finland on PISA/TIMSS. How? Episode link below 👇
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In education, you can have intellectual rigor, popular demand, and accountability. Pick two.
Back when i was a professor, early on I used to get bad reviews occasionally. My institution was extremely critical of this. So, what did I discover was the easy solution? I watered down my course and made everything easier. Magically, I started to get near perfect evaluations in
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Getting questions about what we do here at SlumberLights. We light the night in a way that will not trigger the waking response. Side table drink, bedpost, doorway, we act as a lighthouse for you.
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Nice work by @helenrey . It wasn’t easy! @timsurma @JNijlunsing @MichielWils @ProfDanielMuijs @CratoNuno
Delighted to share another summary- a profoundly thought-provoking book. A must-read for those interested in the the bigger picture of transforming learning. Thanks to @P_A_Kirschner for his help with the summary. Download summary and book here: https://t.co/O8uDMfRgaw
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It’s amazing how much more successful my students are with concept mapping now that I explicitly teach them key knowledge and model how to make connections. It used to be such a struggle, but now they’re building rich, connected webs of understanding instead of scattered facts.👇
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What's new in the science of learning? New research on reading instruction, retrieval practice, feedback, fluency, and the limits of social-emotional learning. Link in reply⬇️
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