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Elizabeth Mountstevens

@drmountstevens.bsky.social

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Lifelong learner and Science teacher educator. Interested in the links between cognitive science, metacognition and the extended mind. Champion of research-informed teaching. Views all my own. Blogs at catalysinglearning.wordpress.com

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I definitely didn’t plan an entire summer holiday around visiting a famous chemistry site…

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Last but definitely not least Ankita Sengupta looking at Oracy strategies. She had some really interesting results for an in-class intervention involving using key vocabulary, sentence stems and all leading on to written work to make it purposeful.

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

After lunch, Richard Branch walked us through some evidence from Ofsted research reviews about the cognitive science prciniples that have been less well adapted by schools.

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Leading up to lunch we have @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social imparting the wisdom of a SENCO. Lots of tips for supporting students with SEND in the classroom to overcome micro barriers.

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Next up Natasha Taylor and Dan Norris talking about their approach to teaching lower attaining students at Ark Soane. The Ark Soane approach is very distinctive so it was interesting to hear their rationale. I liked how embedded turn and talk is in the classrooms.

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Really interesting insights on scaffolding from Jess Wood. I like the emphasis on scaffolding learning rather than performance and using the scaffolds to reflect how experts approach the problem.

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

First up @adamboxereducation.bsky.social with a retrospective: Five things he has learned since starting teaching. He finishes with a challenge for the day: identify two or three things to implement in our teaching. Challenge accepted.

Five things that Adam Boxer has learned since starting teaching: 1) Discovery and inquiry don’t work due to CLT, 2) you can’t teach students to think like a scientist, 3) short term performance doesn’t necessarily mean long term learning, 4) retrieval and 5) good CPD is about changing classroom practice.

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I'll start the ball rolling with an example of mine from a few years ago.

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

How the SCARF model helps us in the classroom: www.azimuth.org.uk/its-not-magi... I found this a novel and useful way to look at motivation and behaviour in the classroom.

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Competency as a powerful motivator confirmed by @teachertapp.bsky.social. We mustn’t forget it takes more than saying well done. It needs careful change management, support with classroom challenges and relevant CPD.

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

At #CogSciSci Surrey I'm looking forward to talking about how cognitive science can help us scaffold learning in Science. Tell me, in the replies below, which topics or tasks students find most challenging in Science and I'll try and add some solutions to my talk. See you there!

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Elizabeth Mountstevens @drmountstevens.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Mine was a present for @mrmountstevens.bsky.social in 2001 which, according to the website, is only just dispatching now!

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