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Brad Busch

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Apr 22, 2024

5 graphs that everyone should know about, based on tonight's Spotlight webinar with @PearceMrs.

A quick thread that gives a whistle stop tour on recent research about when to retrieve, how students under-value spacing and interleaving, as well as how to get students to cheat less...🧵

1. When you retrieve matters.

Retrieval induced forgetting is real. If retrieve soon after encoding (i.e. after 2 minutes), there is a cost as you will forget other things #tradeoff

2. Retrieval is beneficial for all students.

Good news. If students have either high or prior learning, it still looks like retrieval practice is beneficial. #memory

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Brad Busch

@BradleyKBusch

Apr 11, 2024

Thread on a very cool new study.

What happens if you put eye tracking software on students and teach them using different PowerPoint slides?

Implications and links to student attention, cognitive load and PowerPoint design 🧵

1. What difference does the amount of words at once have?

Compare slide 1 vs slide 2 and 3

By doing less words, more of them get read.

Having lots of info at once means most doesn’t get read, as students scan down not across, and appear to lose interest in the middle

2. What about text and diagrams?

It appears that if a diagram looks particularly complex, students tend to fix their attention on the upper half portion of the slide with text.

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Brad Busch

@BradleyKBusch

Feb 20, 2024

A thread on cold-calling, and why research suggests it might be one of the most inclusive means of participation, as well as one of the best for learning 🧵

What is cold-calling? It sits at the other end of the spectrum from self-selection, which is where students select themselves to answer a question, typically by putting up their hand. The agreed understanding is that if students don’t put up their hands, they won’t be called on

What’s the problem with self-selection? Unfortunately, it tends to be dominated by the loudest, quickest or most confident. Research suggests that those who get drowned out in this environment learn less, this is an issue worth considering link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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Brad Busch

@BradleyKBusch

Nov 16, 2023

📚 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT📚

@Inner_Drive 🤝 @RoutledgeEd

Very excited and proud to announce we at InnerDrive are partnering with Routledge to edit a book series called ‘The Teacher CPD Academy’ that we really hope will help make a positive dent in the education landscape.

The Teacher CPD Academy series is built on:

📚 Research from cognitive science + teaching & learning

🧠 On topics that matter

📝 Authors from a range of backgrounds: teachers, researchers, senior leaders, psychologists & trainers

📝 Several 1st time authors & established ones

Each book will be accompanied by a module on our Teacher CPD Academy site ()

The 1st set of books is going to explore how cog sci can inform:

🔎 Attention
🪜 Scaffolding
🙇‍♂️ Independent Learners
⚖️ Mentoring
🗣 Oracy
🔬 Understanding research
🪄 Creativityteachercpdacademy.com

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Brad Busch

@BradleyKBusch

Sep 21, 2023

Cognitive Load Theory and Classroom Displays. A 🧵 on some interesting studies…

First off a quick note on distractions. They are potentially everywhere.

According to recent research, students get distracted “more than 2,000 times per year and that these disruptions result in the loss of between 10-20 days of instructional time”.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

So, onto decorations. Are they distracting?

This study found that after 2 weeks, students who were taught in highly decorated classrooms (e.g. with lots of colour, posters, art) spent more time off task than students in minimally decorated classrooms journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

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Brad Busch

@BradleyKBusch

May 18, 2023

Who wants a twitter thread on about feedback? Some really interesting studies out there that covers what/when/how. So here is a thread 🧵 on 10 of my favourite studies...

Feedback is a double edged sword 🗡. This seminal study found that feedback is one of the best bets for accelerating learning. However, over a third of feedback interventions hindered progress. That is to say, students would have done better if left alone psycnet.apa.org/record/1999-10…

Timing ⏰ (part 1). Should feedback be immediate or delayed? It depends. This study found that in studies in a laboratory, delayed feedback was more helpful; however, in a real world setting, especially in classrooms, immediate feedback was more beneficial journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.310…

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