Craig Barton interviews guests from the wonderful world of education about their approaches to teaching, educational research and more. All show notes, resources and videos here: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/
Teacher, author and my arch-rival podcaster, Ollie Lovell, joins me from the land Down Under for the fifth of our monthly chats. We each share three things we have been thinking about from the world of education recently. In this episode, we discuss instructions, the Split-Attention Effect, backwards-faded worked examples, and the first lesson with a new class. For show notes, videos and links please visit this page: mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tools-and-tips-for-teachers-5/
Time-stamps:
- Front-loading instructions (09:09)
- Backwards fading for worked examples (12:51)
- Never write what you don't understand (28:36)
- Hands-up who thinks they know the answer (40:02)
- Do you really understand the Split-Attention Effect? (49:50)
- First lesson with a new class (58:36)
Episode details
Ollie Lovell is a maths and science teacher from Australia, an author, and my longtime, bitter podcasting rival. We have decided to get together once a month to share three things we have each learned and get the other’s take on it.
Time-stamps
- Front-loading instructions (09:09)
- Backwards fading for worked examples (12:51)
- Never write what you don’t understand (28:36)
- Hands-up who thinks they know the answer (40:02)
- Do you really understand the Split-Attention Effect? (49:50)
- First lesson with a new class (58:36)
Andrew Hubermann’s Foundation Fitness Protocal
Two weekly routines for gym exercises:
- Schedule A: ~4-8 repetitions (heavier weights) and 3-4 sets per exercise with 2-4 minutes rest between sets
- Schedule B: ~8-15 repetitions (moderate-lighter weights) and 2-3 sets per exercise with ~90 seconds rest between sets
Monday: Cardio
35 minutes moderate intensity
Tuesday: HITT
- 30 seconds sprint
- 10 seconds rest
- 10 rounds!
Wednesday: Arms & Abs
- Biceps:
- Bicep curl
- Dumbbell curl
- Triceps:
- Overhead extensions
- Triceps dips
- Abs
- Crunch
- Swings
Thursday: long endurance
60 minutes, Zone 2
Friday: Legs
- Quads:
- Leg extensions
- Hack squats
- Hamstrings:
- Leg curls
- Glute-ham raises
- Claves
- Standing raises
- Seated raises
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Torso
- Chest:
- Incline press
- Cable cross-over
- Back:
- Chin-up
- Seated row
- Shoulders
- Shoulder press
- Lateral raises
Ollie’s stuff
- Sign up for Ollie’s newsletter here: edthreads.ollielovell.com
- On Twitter, Ollie is @ollie_lovell
- Ollie’s website is ollielovell.com
- You can check out Ollie’s podcast, The Education Research Reading Room here
- Ollie’s first book, Cognitive Load Theory in Action, is available from Amazon
- Ollie’s second book, Tools for Teachers, is available from Amazon
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- You can help support the podcast (and get an interactive transcript of this episode) via my Patreon page at patreon.com/mrbartonmaths
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- My online courses are here: craigbarton.podia.com
- My books are “Tips for Teachers“, “Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain” and “How I wish I’d taught maths”