Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

10.05.17 Ulrich Boser: Why Learning Less Sometimes Means Learning More

Ulrich Boser’s new book Learn Better is a kind of Yin to Teach Like a Champion’s Yang.  Like TLAC it attempts to study what goes right when learning is successful. And like a lot of the writing my team and I do on this blog, it draws on the findings of cognitive science.  But Learn Better…


10.23.13 Post-Workshop Meditation on Getting Better

Reflecting this afternoon on a great workshop Monday on Close Reading and Embedding Non-fiction with ELA teachers at Bethlehem Central School District, one of the top performing districts in Upstate New York.  Despite their track record and reputation and despite their having every justification for being a bit skeptical of me and my co-presenter Colleen Driggs–we…