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Nintil - On Bloom's two sigma problem: A systematic review of the effectiveness of mastery learning, tutoring, and direct instruction

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Keith DevlinDec 30, 2023
I still think this old blogpost from 2016 provides a great analogy to help understand why #DirectInstruction is a useful (hence important) TOOL in #mathed, but not an effective METHOD. #education #learning #math #cycling http://devlinsangle.blogspot.com/2016/12/you-can-find-secret-to-doing.html
You can find the secret to doing mathematics in a tubeless bicycle tire

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Didier VillersDec 14, 2023

RT @greg_ashman : Response to De Jong et al.’s (2023) paper “Let's talk evidence – The case for combining inquiry-based and #DirectInstruction ”
#education #investigation #EnseignementExplicite #EBE #EvidenceBasedEducation

https://twitter.com/greg_ashman/status/1735082158543511950

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Response to De Jong et al.’s (2023) paper “Let's talk evidence – The case for combining inquiry-based and direct instruction” - ScienceDirect https://t.co/RlB6mQgTj4

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Alex ~ VIC Maths NotesJul 3, 2023

#introduction time!

I'm Alex, creator of https://vicmathsnotes.weebly.com a website chock full of resources dedicated to helping students and teachers with their #MathsEducation all freely available and I'm one of the authors for the Oxford Maths 7–10 series (VIC, AUS, NSW editions).

I'm a #MathsTeacher and have been a #MathsTutor for 10 years. I'm always looking for more ways I can help other teachers improve by resource creation or delivering PD. DM or look here for more info: https://vicmathsnotes.weebly.com/workshops.html

If you're interested in #Engelmann and #DirectInstruction #DI feel free to reach out or use my summary of Theory of Instruction: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I_mMMo5Ufw715n-KY18I7P0XhByFARhk/view

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Show threadyishNov 28, 2022
Classic case: #directinstruction vs. #PBL
Show thread_MsChay_Nov 12, 2022
@rebeccatickell whoah- Amazing that Rosenshine’s principles have come up 4 times this week! We are working to embed these in our teaching by making things explicit, including teaching with slides that have icons to tell the students what our focus should be eg listening, reciting, discussing, checking for understanding, review etc. Exciting times 😁 #evidencebasedteaching #directinstruction #scienceoflearning