Celebrating 10 years of blogging, here's a daily countdown to the 10th birthday of teacherhead.com with the 10 most-read posts. In at 10, from November 2012 with 93K views, Making Feedback Count: "Close the Gap" based on a visit to @tweetswchsteacherhead.com/2012/11/10/mak…
#10yearsofblogging In at No. 9... From February 2014 with 99.6K views, Meeting OfSTED: The Game has Changed - an account of a crazy meeting and total clarification that lessons should not be graded. teacherhead.com/2014/02/20/mee…
#10yearsofblogging. Counting down the top 10.. at 8 , from March 2020, with 100.5K views, Rosenshine Masterclass Captured. A post with links to all my Rosenshine related stuff including videos and slides. teacherhead.com/2020/03/16/ros…
No 6 in my #10yearofblogging countdown... From June 2017 with 125.6K views, Teaching and Learning Research Summaries: A collection for easy access. teacherhead.com/2017/06/03/tea… > updated fairly often, it's basically a compilation of links to excellent Ed-research summaries.
At 4 in the #10yearsofblogging countdown... From January 2019 with 138.5K views, Revisiting Dylan Wiliam's Five Brilliant Formative Assessment Strategies. > 100s of readers every day for this. teacherhead.com/2019/01/10/rev…
Top 3... At 3 in the #10yearsofblogging countdown, from June 2018, with 153K views, Exploring Barak Rosenshine's seminal Principles of Instruction: Why it is THE must-read for all teachers... featuring video of the man himself teacherhead.com/2018/06/10/exp…
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
Five most-read posts in 2021, excluding the new ones (top 5 posted yesterday). 1. Revisiting Dylan Wiliam's Five Brilliant Formative Assessment Strategies. teacherhead.com/2019/01/10/rev… > 51K views this year! 1/5
2. 7 Significant and Common Challenges in Teaching. teacherhead.com/2019/12/10/7-d… > 45K views, mainly since this was put on an Australian university reading list. 2/5
3. 10 Techniques for Retrieval Practice teacherhead.com/2019/03/03/10-… > nearly 3 years old but people keep coming back. 38K views. 3/5
Top 5 most-read new posts in 2021.
No 1: Cold Calling: The #1 strategy for inclusive classrooms - remote and in person. teacherhead.com/2021/02/07/col… 1/5
Variables between/within schools:
Reading:
From extensive reading across subjects, quality texts, established reading routines/norms; high daily volume
To: Reading volume thin, class reading rare outside English except question papers and worksheets. Textbooks rare ...1/n
To: Hands up /calling out dominate; possible to be left out/silent all lesson/day. Opps for individual/choral oral rehearsal are rare.
Expecations.
From: insistence on high exps for writing/presentation, extended verbal answers using formal terminology; rigour/quality in all tasks; depth and fluency of recall
To: Tolerance of mediocrity, monosyllabic responses, shabby books, letting details go.