Mike Sullivan @mikesully97.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Really? I always slow down when I see a cop. Hard to believe I’m the only one. 000
Mike Sullivan @mikesully97.bsky.social · 22/04/2025 “Understanding” is like life insurance. You could always have more but at some point, you have enough for all practical purposes and should direct your remaining limited resources elsewhere… 110
Reposted by Mike SullivanBarry Garelick @bg987.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Pi day: A day where Ss participate in contests to recite as many of the digits of pi as possible -- promoted by those who believe memorization of number facts is bad. Any contests that test Ss "conceptual understanding" of pi? @mayak46.bsky.social @katharinebeals.bsky.social @mrzachg.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Mike SullivanThe Imperfect Buddha Podcast @imperfectbuddha.bsky.social · 01/02/2025“Bad ideas rarely evolve into better ones. Instead they mutate, and reproduce themselves in new guises.” John Gray 092
Reposted by Mike SullivanEvidence Based Education @evidencebased.education · 27/01/2025Senior Associate for Teaching & Learning at Evidence Based Education Kate Jones was involved in a round table discussion focusing on Cognitive Load Theory alongside John Sweller, Dylan Wiliam and David Geary. You can listen here buff.ly/4gi5VKZ #EduSky #UKEdbuff.lyRoundtable on Biologically Primary and Secondary Knowledge, and on Cognitive Load Theory with John Sweller, David Geary, Dylan Wiliam and Kate JonesFröjd’s toolbox · Episode 071
Mike Sullivan @mikesully97.bsky.social · 10/01/2025media.tenor.coma woman in a purple sweater is sitting on a chairALT: a woman in a purple sweater is sitting on a chair 030
Reposted by Mike SullivanBarry Garelick @bg987.bsky.social · 02/01/2025By focusing on "concepts" and calling learning procedures "mimicking" and "not thinking", we hold Ss back from cementing in the foundations they need to build upon to learn math. @rastokke.bsky.social @katharinebeals.bsky.social @embracethesor.bsky.social @mikesully97.bsky.social 031
Mike Sullivan @mikesully97.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Sorry man, but that sounds like the sort of conveniently unquantifiable jargon you’d hear in an ed class. 200
Mike Sullivan @mikesully97.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I’ve shared this article w/numerous admins who think saying, “Knowledge isn’t as important as understanding” sounds profound. Uh, more like knowledge enables understanding. 120
