Peps
@pepsmccrea.bsky.social
Keeping you (teachers) informed // Director of Education, Steplab // Author of Evidence Snacks, a weekly 5-min email read by 25k+ teachers → https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com 🎓
“How can I know what I think till I see what I say?” — Graham Wallas How to harness the 'Generation Effect' by externalising thinking... ↓
Tailor to lesson content, not student preferences. An alternative to the learning styles myth: ↓
Student behaviour is a big deal. It's best taught (rather than told): ↓
🔥 16 hottest education related research papers from the last 8 weeks: (all open source 🔓) ↓
Composite Planning (vs solo planning). Leveraging specialisation & scale for better education: ↓
Despite best intentions and significant investment, England’s SEND system is failing too many students and their families. To fix it, we need to understand why. Mega-thread summary of my presentation at #FestivalOfEducation today: ↓
A large part of being an expert planner is about having specific knowledge in 3 areas: ↓
As teachers, getting planning right is paramount. It not only makes a big difference to student learning, but also to teacher workload: ↓
Distractions eat attention and their appetite is BIG (over 33% of lesson time). BUT... our efforts to tackle them should be in proportion to their effect: ↓
Mindblowingly advanced thinking on attention & learning from @mikehobbiss.bsky.social hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/m... Someone knight this guy asap
Pretty much everyone knows the origin story of Steplab by now. But for those who don’t, I cornered Josh and made a quick video: 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfWz...
What is Steplab?
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Distractions consume more learning time than we tend to think. Here's the lowdown: ↓
Why AI hype about personalised learning is (likely) overblown. A thread: ↓
🚨🚨NEW PAPER ON INCLUSIVE TEACHING ...that I've been working (pretty intensely) on for the last few months. Details below: ↓
🔥 15 hottest edu-research papers from the last 15 weeks: (all open source 🔓) ↓
The most important idea when it comes to AI & education: WHOEVER DOES THE THINKING GETS THE LEARNING More: ↓
Procrastination can be a major threat to independent study. Despite having the desire and the strategies, many students (and adults) struggle to get started. We can help reduce this risk by pre-empting procrastination. ↓
Many students recognise the power of spacing their study. However, few manage to make it work consistently in practice. @examstudyexpert suggests that spacing rituals can help students overcome this knowing-doing gap. ↓
One of the most effective ways to drive effective inclusion is to make our teaching ‘accessible by default’. Let's dig into what that means: ↓
*Diagnostic overshadowing* can thwart inclusive teaching. What's useful for teachers to know: ↓
Few events coming up: 1/ Science of Teacher Expertise, with Carl Hendrick et al → 11JUN in Birmingham, UK 2/ Instructional Coaching, with Josh Goodrich et al → Various dates in May in Charlotte, New York, and Philadelphia, US Full details below ⬇️
Two core ideas underpin effective inclusive teaching: 1. Cognitive similarity 2. Instructional sensitivity Let’s dig into both… ↓
📣 We're excited to be partnering with Carl Hendrick to bring you a day of professional learning on the science of teacher expertise Join Carl Hendrick @pepsmccrea.bsky.social @scottinghatt.bsky.social and @joshpd.bsky.social for an unmissable day of edu-nerdiness 🎟️ Book now 👉 bit.ly/3DtPuOu
