Education Research Reading Room

03/06/2020

Most recent podcast out now. Oliver Caviglioli on information design. A wide-ranging and deep conversation on the relationship between ideas and objects! I hope you enjoy

Ollie Lovell · ERRR #042. Oliver Caviglioli on Information Design Ollie Lovell · ERRR #041. Aaron Peeters on Why students…

01/06/2019

ERRR episode number 30 now out! In which I talk to about 'Interthinking', the role of talk in learning, and how to make talk work in the classroom https://buff.ly/2HNVp0Q. Read about me trying the 'Thinking Together' approach here https://buff.ly/2HNVr8Y

01/02/2019

After a down-under summer break, I just sent out a new weekly email to subscribers. This week it included 2 new podcasts, a book summary, and Teacher Ollie's Takeaways #75. You can check it out here:

You can sign up to this weekly email here. Unsubscribe any time.Hello ollielovell.com subscribers! I hope that the last few weeks, what for us down under was the Australian summer holidays, have been treating you well. In this email we have two exciting new podcasts, the most recent roundup of edu...

21/12/2018

My weekly email just went out to subscribers, the last one for the year. Over this year the mailing list for this email has grown tenfold, from 95 to 950! Thanks to all who continue to read and engage. Merry Christmas, and I hope you enjoy this week's email too!

The engagement with these weekly takeaways has grown and grown, from 95 email subscribers to TOT last December to 950 now (if you haven’t signed up yet you can do so here, or please forward this email to a friend or colleague whom you think would also enjoy it), and it’s been wonderful to hav...

14/12/2018

My weekly email just went out to subscribers. This week it covers how to help your students be motivated, attend, relate, generate, and evaluate in the classroom; more in implementation intentions; combining teaching techniques to maximise success; planning scaffold, and much more! Check it at: https://buff.ly/2RYLWH1

07/12/2018

My weekly email just went out to subscribers. This week it includes a blog post on trying to find time to read edu-research, a podcast with Dr. Lorraine Hammond on literacy instruction, plus a heap of Twitter takeaways. Check it out at

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30/11/2018

Weekly email just went out to subscribers. This week it covers things that schools should stop doing to reduce teacher workload, creating lightbulb moments, limitations of the testing effect, and much more. You can check it out at https://buff.ly/2BH1R6M

23/11/2018

My weekly email just went out to subscribers. This week it touches upon teacher workload, happiness, expertise, and much more. You can check it out, and sign up, at If you've been enjoying Teacher Ollie's Takeaways, please consider becoming a supporter by donating as little as $1 per month to support the newsletter. Sign up here.

16/11/2018

My weekly email just went out to subscribers. This week it covers 'Implementation Intentions and Action Triggers', a post about trying to increase homework completion rates, visual representations of maths, the psychology of when, plus heaps more. Check it out at https://buff.ly/2QHnJEs

14/09/2018

My weekly email just went out to subscribers. This week it features high quality feedback from a baseball coach, research on teacher recruitment, development, and retention, a critique of how pupil funding is used (and suggestions of how it could be used better), and much more! Check it out here: https://buff.ly/2xcjbgP

07/09/2018

My weekly email just went out to subscribers. This week it includes my interview with on Understanding by Design, as well links to a podcast on starting out with a new class, 10 tips for new teachers, and the impact of learning students names!

In this ERRR episode we’re speaking to Jay McTighe. Jay brings to our discussion a wealth of experience developed during a rich and varied career in education. He’s served as a teacher, the director of a state collaboration of school districts, a school improvement expert, and an educational con...

31/08/2018

My weekly email just went out to subscribers. This week it includes an article on the impact of classroom displays on student learning, plus a whole host of invaluable resources, especially from and . Check it here:

This week I thoroughly enjoyed reading the following paper.  ‘Visual environment, attention allocation, and learning in young children: When too much of a good thing may be bad’