Think, Pair, Share, Show Me: Science of Learning in Action

What are the learning myths we need to abandon? What does the neuroscience say? Today's guest, Ross McGill, author of The Teacher Toolkit Guide to the Science of Learning, shares his findings. If your students highlight every page and call it studying, or your school plans lessons around learning styles, you'll want to hear this. What does the science of learning say actually works? In this episode, you'll learn: The simple question about learning that many teachers can't answer What a student is really telling you when they say, "Miss, what did you say?" The myth Ross once had to plan his own lessons around What helped my son learn to read, and why it isn't a learning style The chapter Ross calls the most frightening in his book Why a student who "highlighted everything" may have wasted the evening The one step Ross added to think-pair-share, and why it matters with 30 students Guest: Ross Morrison McGill, founder of TeacherToolkit and a former deputy head teacher in London. Show notes, the full transcript, and links: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e1009