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Esra Smerdon retweeted
16 Mar 2023
Students who set their own goals and get regular feedback on progress have higher levels of achievement in general, beyond only the goals they set (Hattie, 2009; Henderlong, et al., 2007). Here is a student goal setting sheet. Feel free to use. #LeadInclusion #education #edchat
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23 Sep 2022
And that’s a wrap for Term 3 with ice-cream for everyone. Our younger design and engineers successfully made ice-cream. There was lots of shacking, but most got there in the end. #inquiry #STEM #engineering #designthinking
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7 Oct 2022
**shaking! 🤦♀️nothing like an end of term tired teacher…ready to rock and roll Term 4 @ArousiagMoussa
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21 Sep 2022
Critical & creative thinking on overdrive. Ss working collaboratively to communicate and solve an authentic & meaningful problem. Makes my 💙🖤 🎤 🎶…proud moments leading to the end of the term. Bring on Friday🍦 #inquiry #engineering #designthinking #STEM
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9 Sep 2022
Exploring Ss wonderment & curiosity before designing & engineering for our STEM Inquiry. How does salt affect ice & supercooling. #STEM #inquirylearning #IBL #curiosity #wonderment #studentvoice
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Esra Smerdon retweeted
7 Sep 2022
TEACHERS: beautiful new resource @NSWEducation @AISNSWPrimary @tgnsw @STANSW_YS @stansw @TrishR99 @es_learning @tonialgray this useful resource aligns with syllabus content in various disciplines #sustainability #STEM #waterstories #mappingedges #aussieED
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories…
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Esra Smerdon retweeted
28 Aug 2022
Come join us on Monday Sept 19th at 6.30pm @SydneyTheatreCo for "Chalkface" and the conversation that follows, Drama Theatre @SydOperaHouse sydneytheatre.com.au/educati… @stringer_andrea @SusanWystt @sophiepoisel @AGavrielatos @SCUonline
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29 Jul 2022
A sneak peak at Ss (David Attenborough in the making) using @Doink to film their documentary about Australian and local animals whose environment is being impacted by recent weather change. @TriciaFuglestad #inquiry #STEM
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Esra Smerdon retweeted
24 Jun 2022
Another one-pager gem from @MrGoodwin23. And here's the original post: Five Ways to Scaffold Classroom Dialogue teacherhead.com/2021/12/01/f…
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Esra Smerdon retweeted
6 Jun 2022
Mapped out the structure of an explicit lesson based on my reading of Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes. Highly recommend.
📙 explicitinstruction.org
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30 May 2022
Yay, my copy has arrived. Cannot wait to get into! #inquiry #foreveraninquiryteacher #meaningfulteachingandlearning
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Esra Smerdon retweeted
28 May 2022
NEW! One-pager summarising feedback to help move learners forward. Featuring work & ideas from the excellent: @dylanwiliam @KateJones_teach @RonBergerEL @teacherhead @m_chiles @AlexJQuigley @olicav
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7 May 2022
Another misconception…but what about explicit teaching in inquiry learning ‘There is no secret teacher business in inquiry’ #gettingpersonalwithinquiry @kjinquiry
7 May 2022
Misconceptions of inquiry - inquiry is organised and not ‘shambolic’. Inquiry is enhanced with others and not isolation! So powerful to understand this. I cannot wait to get Getting Personal with Inquiry Learning @kjinquiry
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7 May 2022
Do we want compliant students responding to questions or do we want Ss to be asking the questions - great questions to ask yourself!#kathgettingpersonalwithinquirylearning @kjinquiry
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7 May 2022
Music to my ears…creating a culture of competent inquirers in our schools & reflecting on readiness. #gettingpersonalwithinquirylearning @kjinquiry @trev_mackenzie @inquiryfive
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Esra Smerdon retweeted
1 Mar 2022
According to research, homework does not increase academic performance; in fact, it may worsen it. Homework instills a bad attitude toward school and education in pupils, making them dread coming to class.
medium.datadriveninvestor.co…
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23 Nov 2021
STEM inquiry with Kindy. *WOW* Ss using their knowledge of materials & their properties to design & engineer a house for the 2 little pigs that the wolf cannot blowdown. I saw Ss critical & creative thinking, reflecting, solving problems, working as a team. #STEM @GalungaraPS
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Esra Smerdon retweeted
16 Oct 2021
"Growth mindset intervention delivered by teachers boosts achievement in early adolescence" particuarly for lower-achieving students: bit.ly/3j7SN0h. Important, since many earlier studies have shown that teacher-delivered interventions were unsuccessful.
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Esra Smerdon retweeted
15 Sep 2021
#TNBPC Our free Learning Circle tonight at 7pm( AEST) is a genius invention for #STEM #executive #reasoning #spatial #STEAM @KylieBurrett To sign up please go to @TheNewBrewPC
thenewbrewpc.com/whats-on
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