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“Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous.” Hyman G. Rickover - Speech to US Naval Post Graduate School, March 16, 1954 In this post I picked up on a rather odd comment made by Professor Hattie at a recent conference: …tests don't tell kids about how much they've learnt. Kids are very, very good at predicting how well

“Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous.” Hyman G. Rickover - Speech to US Naval Post Graduate School, March 16, 1954 In this post I picked up on a rather odd comment made by Professor Hattie at a recent conference: …tests don't tell kids about how much they've learnt. Kids are very, very good at predicting how well

John Hattie, the author of the much quoted Visible Learning was recently appointed by the Federal Government to the Chairmanship of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.  In …

John Hattie, the author of the much quoted Visible Learning was recently appointed by the Federal Government to the Chairmanship of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.  In …

. but for many policymakers he comes close. John Hattie, possibly the world's most influential education academic, has the ear of governments everywhere. Darren Evans speaks to the notoriously frank professor about the work some call the `holy grail'

. but for many policymakers he comes close. John Hattie, possibly the world's most influential education academic, has the ear of governments everywhere. Darren Evans speaks to the notoriously frank professor about the work some call the `holy grail'

A critique of Hattie

videoscribe on John Hattie's Visible Learning

There are some nice, short videos here on different theories on teaching and learning. This links to the one on Hattie's effect sizes