Nathan Holbert on Mythryl: “This thread inspired by reading posts on direct instruction while…”

This thread inspired by reading posts on direct instruction while writing recommendation letters for my students who are doing genuinely innovative work that spans dance, engineering, AI, and play. The arrogance to suggest "cognitive science" proves none of that matters for learning boggles my mind!

Nathan Holbert@snowdaylearninglab.org

"Science of learning" proponents often claim their proposals are more likely to be sound because they are grounded in the cognitive sciences. The truth is that they are committed to a very narrow set of cognitive theories, of which there are in fact many!

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