Teacher Ollie's Takeaways is a weekly summary of many of the fascinating and inspiring things that Ollie's discovered in the world of education. Often in the form of a twitter digest, it can also sometimes include book or conference notes. Find all past Teacher Ollie's Takeaways here,
Fantastic guide to Siegfriend Engelmann's theory of instruction
Well structured (with quizzes!) overview of Siegfried Engelmann's theory of instruction https://t.co/ihKCSeW5G0 pic.twitter.com/jllBjMPbI7
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) December 20, 2017
Success and self-esteem, the perennial chicken and the egg, or is it? Here's the answer that Project Follow Through suggests… pic.twitter.com/iXuvlp3KM0
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) December 20, 2017
A key goal for me this year. Creating a ‘culture of error', via @Doug_Lemov
A fantastic technique in TLAC 2.0 by @Doug_Lemov 'culture of error'. https://t.co/gOwthfZQoS pic.twitter.com/6QBQdiYn85
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) December 21, 2017
Why it's fallacious to think of a brain like a computer, via @DrREpstein
Apparently this is in the running for award of the most important blog post that Dylan Wiliam has read all year… https://t.co/iPwCgODj2U
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) December 22, 2017
OMG, 2 pager summary of TLAC. Quality! via @Doug_Lemov
TLAC 2 page summary. Love it! https://t.co/VrzRNivV9X
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) January 9, 2018
A website dedicated to retrieval practice! via @RetrieveLearn
Ooh, a whole website dedicated to retrieval practice. That's fun! https://t.co/kleEXDFqCI
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) January 9, 2018
Notes from my reading of Engelmann's ‘Theory of Instruction
Starting Engelmann's 'Theory of Instruction' the learner and the environment are variables…Interesting stuff! pic.twitter.com/hsP5oHZe0L
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) December 21, 2017
Here's how to design an instructional sequence/interaction, according to Engelmann. pic.twitter.com/BQwVzp9AGA
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) December 21, 2017
Engelmann takeaway. Ensure that there's only one possible conclusion that can be drawn from your examples pic.twitter.com/a8jUCaYbTH
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) December 21, 2017
Engelmann's five conditions for a communication to be faultless. I'm finding it really fascinating to read about a 'theory of instruction' in contrast to a 'theory of learning', which is what we look at most of the time. pic.twitter.com/0vQ6Lzzgam
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) December 21, 2017
Turns out Engelmann was on about 'visible learning' all the way back in 1982! pic.twitter.com/xiNdjAeEB3
— Oliver Lovell (@ollie_lovell) December 26, 2017