"Some of the most widely shared ‘facts’ about the brain are not actually true." The myth that each student has a specific learning style could be steering teachers away from evidence-based lesson plans, says @evaamsen.com. #EdChat boldscience.org/why-is-the-l...

Why is the learning styles myth so popular?

This neuromyth could be steering teachers away from evidence-based lesson plans

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Making use of #feedback is *tough*. But with the right knowledge, skills & tools, learners are empowered to get more value from the feedback they get. So we created www.feedbackempowertools.com, with free resources for educators and learners. Check it out & share! @kieranballoo.bsky.social #edusky

Making use of #feedback is *tough*. But with the right knowledge, skills & tools, learners are empowered to get more value from the feedback they get. So we created www.feedbackempowertools.com, with free resources for educators and learners. Check it out & share! @kieranballoo.bsky.social #edusky

Could AI feedback in education damage teacher-student relationships? Our interview study suggests that teachers’ & students’ concerns about AI go way beyond its perceived reliability. Find out more here: doi.org/10.1007/s107... With @drrobnash.bsky.social, Viktoria Jakcsiova, and Ellen Turner.

‘They want You to Read Their Work’: Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives on the Use of AI for School Feedback - Technology, Knowledge and Learning

Providing feedback is time-consuming for teachers, but new Artificial Intelligence tools aim to reduce this burden and improve feedback quality. We asked teachers (N = 12) to trial an AI tool for prov...

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Fewer graduates regret going to university than is widely assumed and the public have a more favourable view of universities than people imagine, according to new research. @helenpacker.bsky.social reports #academicsky #edusky

Public vastly overestimate level of ‘graduate regret’, poll finds

New research highlights misconceptions about higher education, with people more positive about universities than is commonly realised

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Thanks so much for a fabulous #sarmac2025, @ciaragreene.bsky.social @gillian-murphy.bsky.social! Many details made it such a joyess Irish-tinted celebration of the sarmac community. You're legends & we're immensely grateful ❤️ And I'm wildly proud of this lot too! (Thxs for putting up with me x)

The Teaching About Research in Memory & Cognition #sarmac2025 @officialsarmac.bsky.social was full of good examples of how to get students to engage E-portfolios puzzle boxes, using mobile phone tech learning to learn, to public science communication. Thanks for organising @drrobnash.bsky.social‬

Good reporting on this aspect of the attacks on science — how the Trump administration is cutting research on mis and disinformation. Shout out to @lkfazio.bsky.social for taking a public stand (and being the lead photo). 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation

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New book written by teachers for teachers (who happen to also be cognitive experts in learning)! My chapter interleaving is probably one of my favorite things that I've written. I'm so excited about this book. The chapters are all digestible and concrete without sacrificing deeper understanding.

Pooja K. Agarwal@retrievelearn.bsky.social · 2y ago

The book features scientists @lkfazio.bsky.social @drcindynebel.bsky.social @stevencpan.bsky.social @veronicayan.bsky.social. They're teachers, too! It isn't science-y at all. AND it's short: 10 chapters, only 10 pages each #EduSky Support your local bookstore: bookshop.org/a/112360/979...

Psychology and education-minded people in the UK! We're hiring a Research Fellow to join my team at the NIoT. Looking for PhD grads with strong quant skills 📈, and an appetite for doing research with real impact for schools, teachers, and children 📚🧑🏽‍🏫. Deadline April 20. niot.org.uk/careers/rese...

Research Fellow, National Institute of Teaching

In this role you will work in the NIoT’s research team making a tangible and immediate impact on teaching practices.

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Psychology and education-minded people in the UK! We're hiring a Research Fellow to join my team at the NIoT. Looking for PhD grads with strong quant skills 📈, and an appetite for doing research with real impact for schools, teachers, and children 📚🧑🏽‍🏫. Deadline April 20. niot.org.uk/careers/rese...

Research Fellow, National Institute of Teaching

In this role you will work in the NIoT’s research team making a tangible and immediate impact on teaching practices.

niot.org.uk

The Truth by Repetition Effect New research finds the repetition of statements makes them more believable, *but only for certain people.* Preprint: osf.io/aeukr_v1 With BSky author: @bwiernik.bsky.social

Latest applications data shows that teacher training recruitment in England has not improved much since last year, although there are very tentative signs it may be picking up a little Headlines so far this cycle: - secondary up 9% - primary down 2% A thread with some top lines 👇

Looking forward to chairing this teaching symposium at @sarmac2025.bsky.social - hope to receive lots of interesting applications! #PsychSciSky #CogPsy

Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC)@officialsarmac.bsky.social · 2y ago

Do you have an innovative, engaging and effective teaching method that you use for teaching applied aspects of cognitive psychology? Apply below to present at the inaugural TARMAC symposium at SARMAC 2025 in Ireland @sarmac2025.bsky.social #sarmac2025 #cognition #education

Students whose universities demand quicker feedback-turnaround by staff are barely (if any) more satisfied with their feedback. Who would guess it? My new paper 🙃 doi.org/10.1080/0260...

Universities’ policies on feedback speed do not meaningfully predict students’ satisfaction with assessment and feedback

It is widely believed that an essential property of feedback’s effectiveness is its timeliness, and students frequently report untimely feedback as a significant source of dissatisfaction in their ...

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Michael Seery@mkseery.bsky.social · 2y ago

Policies on turnaround time do not predict NSS. This definitely emphasises my own experience that NSS improvements are best achieved by hyper-local considerations rather than pan-University ones www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Looking forward to chairing this teaching symposium at @sarmac2025.bsky.social - hope to receive lots of interesting applications! #PsychSciSky #CogPsy

Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC)@officialsarmac.bsky.social · 2y ago

Do you have an innovative, engaging and effective teaching method that you use for teaching applied aspects of cognitive psychology? Apply below to present at the inaugural TARMAC symposium at SARMAC 2025 in Ireland @sarmac2025.bsky.social #sarmac2025 #cognition #education

Teachers who want to be truly ‘evidence-informed’ need to treat all research equally, avoiding bias in favour of the studies that they like, says @cbokhove.bsky.social

Are your biases getting in the way of engaging with education research?

Many describe themselves as evidence-informed educators, says Christian Bokhove, but apply different standards to the findings they actually like

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🚨Out in Applied Cognitive Psychology🚨 The False Balance Effect: Exploring Partition Dependence as a Potential Explanation. A new empirical study by Tianshuang Han, Dr. Brent Snook, & Dr. Martin V. Day examined a psychological mechanism underlying "bothsidesism". (1/n) doi.org/10.1002/acp....

How do we continue to make feedback effective as students increasingly move away from studying on campus, with fewer opportunities for dialogue with lecturers (& other students)? @drrobnash.bsky.social & I ponder this question @timeshighered.bsky.social: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/stude...

As students become more ‘distant’, can feedback still hit the mark?

Whether they are behind a computer screen or behind bars, all students need support with making effective use of feedback – whether or not the process is a two-way street

timeshighereducation.com

schoolsweek.co.uk/what-schools...

Education must not adopt a 'startup mentality'

But the sector can move faster from idea to implementation with due care

schoolsweek.co.uk

There are so many barriers to ethnic diversity and representation in teaching, and we need to tackle them all. I’m so proud to have played a role in securing the funding for this exciting new collaboration, and really looking forward to the positive impact it will create niot.org.uk/news-events/...

Diversity in Education Fund Launch: Mission 44 announces first two grants to increase diversity in teaching

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Now that my Twitter profile is happily and irrevocably deleted, I keep thinking that some day I should actually say something here. That day is not today. But as a placeholder here’s an elderly cat under the Xmas tree 🌲 Hi everyone 😊👍

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your abstract to SARMAC. Don't miss it! www.sarmac2025.org/submissions

Did you know the Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association has a (free!) podcast where yours truly interviews authors about their fantastic articles & ideas? It's true! Check out all the episodes here & on your favorite podcast app: apadiv15.org/podcast-seri...

Podcast Series

Visit the post for more.

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Interested in memory and applied cognition? Want to visit Ireland? ☘️You’re in luck! Abstract submissions for SARMAC 2025 are open until 1 December! www.sarmac2025.org #psychscisky

I have written a guide for how to use AI to write multiple choice questions that follows best practices. sway.cloud.microsoft/lZANk0W69G9j... Feedback welcome! #AcademicSky

Writing MCQs with AI

This document will guide you to use Gen AI tools to assist in writing multiple-choice questions. To follow all steps in this guide you will need access to a premium version of ChatGPT or Copilot.

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Ta-da!! So happy to announce that my book, Psychology in Everyday Life, enabling students to develop their #PsychologicalLiteracy, is available for pre-order, out on 28th Feb 2025! global.oup.com/ukhe/product...