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Of course the mind is not a computer: no one seriously thinks it is
Why the Computational Theory of Mind is misunderstood and continues to be so important
Jul 26
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David Didau
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Of course the mind is not a computer: no one seriously thinks it is
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Of course the mind is not a computer: no one seriously thinks it is
Why the Computational Theory of Mind is misunderstood and continues to be so important
Jul 26
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David Didau
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Of course the mind is not a computer: no one seriously thinks it is
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Repost: What approaches work best with children with special educational needs?
Why what works best for the most vulnerable benefits all children
Jul 24
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David Didau
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Repost: What approaches work best with children with special educational needs?
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Repost: It's always better to know
The risks and rewards of checking students understand what's been taught
Jul 21
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David Didau
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Repost: It's always better to know
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Occam's Razor: to cut or not to cut?
On the elegance - and the temptations - of simple explanations
Jul 19
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David Didau
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Occam's Razor: to cut or not to cut?
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The economics of effort: why we don't like thinking hard
How recent research debunks the myth of mental depletion, and what teachers can do to make effort feel worth the price.
Jul 16
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David Didau
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The economics of effort: why we don't like thinking hard
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Monthly round-up #4
15th June - 13th July 2025
Jul 15
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David Didau
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Monthly round-up #4
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Is there an "engagement crisis" in schools?
Why chasing 'fun' and 'relevance' could kill learning
Jul 13
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David Didau
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Martin Robinson
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Is there an "engagement crisis" in schools?
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Why good people get poor results: the systems that sabotage our best intentions
And the psychology behind our obsession with individuals
Jul 12
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David Didau
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Why good people get poor results: the systems that sabotage our best intentions
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Cognitive load, conceptual fog: when ideology masquerades as evidence
Alfie Kohn’s critique of explicit instruction and Cognitive Load Theory reveals more about his educational philosophy than about how learning actually…
Jul 10
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David Didau
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Cognitive load, conceptual fog: when ideology masquerades as evidence
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In defence of Cognitive Load Theory
Alfie Kohn misreads both the science and the spirit of Cognitive Load Theory: what he sees as dogma is, in fact, a model of intellectual humility and…
Jul 7
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David Didau
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In defence of Cognitive Load Theory
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Stop misjudging people: the hard truth about how bias works
How the Fundamental Attribution Error makes fools of us all
Jul 6
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David Didau
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Stop misjudging people: the hard truth about how bias works
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