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While it might not be possible to completely quash students’ fear of public speaking, these 3 activities help normalize nervousness and celebrate student efforts along the way!
#EduSky
In observance of #BrainAwarenessWeek I'm reposting the public lecture my friend @phdcomics.com and I gave last year at Harvard. We covered a lot of topics, and it was a ton of fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVcZ... #neuroskyence #BrainWeek
New #CRAEresearchSummary
@brianirvine.bsky.social considers the role of framing and reframing in Specialist Autism Mentoring at UK Universities
When #GenAI leads 150 students to submit the same ‘creative’ work, something is afoot in arts and humanities education. Leah Henrickson and Luke Zaphir turn insights from cognitive science into ways to use AI to boost students’ creativity: https://ow.ly/k4eF50XjRAV #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
The Birth of the Transgenic Alzheimer's Model #neuroskyence #Alzheimer
Check out this new collection of essays looking back at education policy in England since 2010
Includes a chapter from CEPEO’s Jake Anders
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Another example of blinkered scientism… unfortunately too common.
This essay is disappointing on multiple levels. Science is not "largely apolitical", as the author claims, and the separation of science from humanities will only lead to more scientists ignoring their responsibilities to society and the sociopolitical implications of their work.
#AcademicSky 🧪
"Now if you are a novice... you may be puzzled and not know what is so wrong about that [AI] ‘definition’ in the screenshot above. This is the crux. For experts it is obvious!"
THIS. This is why AI in schools is a MAJOR problem!
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #SchoolLibrary #AIIsTheProblem
I have also made a longer LinkedIn post with additional insights and reflections on the study www.linkedin.com/posts/astrid...
Delighted to announce that one of the original research studies from my PhD project is now available as a preprint! Anyone interested in bridging the research-practice gap would be interested in my findings on how educational intervention developers use evidence in their work: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Super interesting new publication with systemic implications for early education.
Pinheiro and Bates 'Mixed-Effects Models in S and S-Plus', Springer, 2000. Yellow cover.
Ok so this Pinheiro and Bates book - physical copy on my shelf having survived multiple international moves and downsizings - has been my bible on mixed effects models. But it's 25 years old, is there a modern (#rstats) equivalent i should upgrade to?
This is an interesting conversation. I think that when knowledge is surface level it manifests as fad chasing. Knowledge without understanding. Science of learning needs to become properly embedded in the philosophy and support structures of teaching in the U.K. - it’s on its way but not there yet 🌅
Congratulations Claire!!
Two children and two educators sit at a table doing crafts. Mat Wright for UCL.
How can the government create better access to early education for disadvantaged children?
Remove barriers to take-up, including those related to the working families entitlement – writes Claire Crawford on the IOE Blog: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/0...
@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
An older violinist stands in silhouette, while her younger self plays within, symbolizing how lifelong musical training preserves youth-like brain function. Just as melodies transcend time, playing music holds back age-related neural upregulation, supporting better speech perception in older musicians. Credit: Mohan Yuan (myuan@research.baycrest.org), CC-BY 4.0
Long-term #MusicalTraining can provide neural resources to help cope with effects of #aging, but how? @leicogsci.bsky.social &co show that cognitive reserve acquired via music training holds back age-related neural recruitment during speech-in-noise perception @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44NIkxZ
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I know what you mean, with such a small effect size you never know though. Let me know if you find an alternative interpretation, I’d love to hear if there’s another explanation :)
Bayesian basically asks “what is the likelihood of this result/model given the data”; if I were you I’d do a full power calculation (lack of alignment between the results suggests power is likely to be your issue using the traditional method) and then just report everything.
Newborn brains already show individual patterns of functional organization. 🧠✨
Using #fMRI for precision mapping, researchers at @washumedicine.bsky.social found that each baby's brain has a unique layout—already present just after birth.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #MRI 🧪
A shot of my poster at #QMiP2025 last week - this paper on educational intervention company leaders’ use of research is currently under review. QMiP was such a great experience and left me feeling up-skilled, can’t wait for the next one #edusky #academicsky
Staring at a blank page? 🧠✍️
Freewriting might be the cure. No pressure, no editing—just a timer and your thoughts. This TCEA blog dives into how a few minutes of messy writing can unlock creativity, speed, and student voice. Bonus: It’s easy to start tomorrow. ⬇️
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#edusky #writing
tell me how to make a kid hate reading without telling me how to make a kid hate reading....
The jury is out. Just because a model can predict or mimic human responses in psych experiments doesn't mean that the model explains how people think. Cognitive psychologists have been grappling with model mimicry - that qualitatively different models can predict the same human data - for decades.
I agree with you, this doesn’t seem right to me and the original sources should definitely be cited as in any summary of work done on a topic
Ignoring different patterns of risk for brain-based conditions among males and females does us all a disservice, writes @bogglerapture.bsky.social. Part of our series on sex differences in the brain.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
The brilliant @rastokke.bsky.social showing how shoddy evidence can spread like wildfire and how this has serious consequences #rEDTO25
"What psychology needs is methodological pluralism guided by theoretical sophistication."