@douglemov.bsky.social
Author: Teach Like a Champion (3.0!), Reading Reconsidered, Coach's Guide to Teaching, Reconnect.
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WHOLE BOOKS! I pop into this wonderful podcast episode from @douglemov.bsky.social via @knowledgematrs.bsky.social on the value of reading whole books knowledgematterscampaign.org/post/ep-4-li...
July 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
WHOLE BOOKS! I pop into this wonderful podcast episode from @douglemov.bsky.social via @knowledgematrs.bsky.social on the value of reading whole books knowledgematterscampaign.org/post/ep-4-li...
Episode 3 of the Knowledge Matters podcast on Literacy and the Science of Learning is out his AM. In it I discuss two critical and potentially overlooked issues in reading: attention and fluency.
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Ep. 3, Literacy and the Science of Learning: Doug Lemov on Fluency's Impact on Comprehension - Knowledge Matters Campaign
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July 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Episode 3 of the Knowledge Matters podcast on Literacy and the Science of Learning is out his AM. In it I discuss two critical and potentially overlooked issues in reading: attention and fluency.
knowledgematterscampaign.org/post/ep-3-li...
knowledgematterscampaign.org/post/ep-3-li...
If you're doing summer enrichment or remediation in reading, we humbly think our Reading Reconsidered book units are an ideal tool to get the most out of the opportunity. More here:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/summer-...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/summer-...
Summer Ready: Our Book-Based Curriculum is Primed to Support Students and Teachers this Summer, Teach Like a Champion
Summer is just around the corner and for both remedial and enrichment programs, we humbly think single book units from our Reading Reconsidered curriculum...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If you're doing summer enrichment or remediation in reading, we humbly think our Reading Reconsidered book units are an ideal tool to get the most out of the opportunity. More here:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/summer-...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/summer-...
"Research tells us that most people (including adults!) spend too much time reviewing information & too little time retrieving information. With this in mind, partner quizzing has become an important system in my classroom."
Ben Katcher reflects:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/ben-kat...
Ben Katcher reflects:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/ben-kat...
Ben Katcher: Exam Review & Partner Retrieval Practice, Teach Like a Champion
[caption id="attachment_19003" align="aligncenter" width="426"] Actually, please do try this at home.
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May 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Research tells us that most people (including adults!) spend too much time reviewing information & too little time retrieving information. With this in mind, partner quizzing has become an important system in my classroom."
Ben Katcher reflects:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/ben-kat...
Ben Katcher reflects:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/ben-kat...
Here's the latest episode of Sweat the Technique in which I discuss with medical educators Lindsay Dow and Bob Arnold ways they are using more intentional pedagogy to improve how they train doctors:
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Ep 57 | How Doctors Teach and Learn (with Lindsay Dow and Bob Arnold)
Podcast Episode · Sweat The Technique · 05/21/2025 · 48m
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May 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here's the latest episode of Sweat the Technique in which I discuss with medical educators Lindsay Dow and Bob Arnold ways they are using more intentional pedagogy to improve how they train doctors:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Here's a brand new video of students doing FASE Reading in Jessica Sliman's classroom in Whitefish, MT.
It's a beautiful example of shared reading bringing the text to live and providing lots of great fluency practice.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/a-beaut...
It's a beautiful example of shared reading bringing the text to live and providing lots of great fluency practice.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/a-beaut...
A Beautiful Example of FASE Reading from Jessica Sliman’s Classroom, Teach Like a Champion
[caption id="attachment_18980" align="aligncenter" width="401"] The joy of reading together.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Here's a brand new video of students doing FASE Reading in Jessica Sliman's classroom in Whitefish, MT.
It's a beautiful example of shared reading bringing the text to live and providing lots of great fluency practice.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/a-beaut...
It's a beautiful example of shared reading bringing the text to live and providing lots of great fluency practice.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/a-beaut...
There’s very little high-quality curriculum out there for high school English teachers that supports them with knowledge-rich and adaptable lessons to ensure deep study of important books.
We're trying to change that.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/coming-...
We're trying to change that.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/coming-...
Coming Soon: Knowledge-Rich, Book-Centered High School Reading Curriculum, Teach Like a Champion
As many readers probably know, we have written and published a middle school reading curriculum built around the science of reading.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There’s very little high-quality curriculum out there for high school English teachers that supports them with knowledge-rich and adaptable lessons to ensure deep study of important books.
We're trying to change that.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/coming-...
We're trying to change that.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/coming-...
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🎤 @teachlikeachamp.bsky.social’s classroom videos break down proven techniques like Cold Calling & Wait Times, showing their impact on students worldwide.
With @douglemov.bsky.social’s expert commentary, teachers can reflect, adapt, apply and explore the research behind them.
With @douglemov.bsky.social’s expert commentary, teachers can reflect, adapt, apply and explore the research behind them.
May 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🎤 @teachlikeachamp.bsky.social’s classroom videos break down proven techniques like Cold Calling & Wait Times, showing their impact on students worldwide.
With @douglemov.bsky.social’s expert commentary, teachers can reflect, adapt, apply and explore the research behind them.
With @douglemov.bsky.social’s expert commentary, teachers can reflect, adapt, apply and explore the research behind them.
I've spent time observing Eddie Jones with three different national teams.
In camp, he is unlike what you see in the media: upbeat & funny, very demanding for sure, but also always seeking to improve his own craft.
In camp, he is unlike what you see in the media: upbeat & funny, very demanding for sure, but also always seeking to improve his own craft.
Ep 56 | World Class Coaching (with Eddie Jones)
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May 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've spent time observing Eddie Jones with three different national teams.
In camp, he is unlike what you see in the media: upbeat & funny, very demanding for sure, but also always seeking to improve his own craft.
In camp, he is unlike what you see in the media: upbeat & funny, very demanding for sure, but also always seeking to improve his own craft.
Asked on twitter: if you could research any topic in edu what would be most valuable? Interesting. Answer: Middle & high school dysfluency rates (esp on grade level text). It’s rarely assessed post-primary but numbers likely massive...near 50 percent & much > in some places.
What's your answer?
What's your answer?
April 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Asked on twitter: if you could research any topic in edu what would be most valuable? Interesting. Answer: Middle & high school dysfluency rates (esp on grade level text). It’s rarely assessed post-primary but numbers likely massive...near 50 percent & much > in some places.
What's your answer?
What's your answer?
Hi, Everyone-
FYI, I'll be in London June 12 & 13 with members of the TLAC team presenting a brand new workshop on the science of learning.
On Day 1 we'll build a really clear & detailed mental model of learning in the classroom & on Day 2 we'll discuss...
FYI, I'll be in London June 12 & 13 with members of the TLAC team presenting a brand new workshop on the science of learning.
On Day 1 we'll build a really clear & detailed mental model of learning in the classroom & on Day 2 we'll discuss...
April 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hi, Everyone-
FYI, I'll be in London June 12 & 13 with members of the TLAC team presenting a brand new workshop on the science of learning.
On Day 1 we'll build a really clear & detailed mental model of learning in the classroom & on Day 2 we'll discuss...
FYI, I'll be in London June 12 & 13 with members of the TLAC team presenting a brand new workshop on the science of learning.
On Day 1 we'll build a really clear & detailed mental model of learning in the classroom & on Day 2 we'll discuss...
You might enjoy this New Yorker review/discussion of my sister Rebecca's new book on brainwashing, The Instability of Truth:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It’s Always the Other Side That’s Been Brainwashed
What talk of brainwashing helps us not to talk about.
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April 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
You might enjoy this New Yorker review/discussion of my sister Rebecca's new book on brainwashing, The Instability of Truth:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The story of how two of our TLAC Fellows who are medical doctors applied Cold Call in a clinical setting:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/fellows...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/fellows...
Fellows at Work: Using Cold Call to Develop Better Doctors, Teach Like a Champion
[caption id="attachment_18593" align="aligncenter" width="437"] It's not this. [/caption] Dr. Bob Arnold, Gerald J. and Dorothy R
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April 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The story of how two of our TLAC Fellows who are medical doctors applied Cold Call in a clinical setting:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/fellows...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/fellows...
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Finally, I met the legend that is @douglemov.bsky.social!
We spoke several times at the same conferences but never on the same day...
We spoke several times at the same conferences but never on the same day...
March 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Finally, I met the legend that is @douglemov.bsky.social!
We spoke several times at the same conferences but never on the same day...
We spoke several times at the same conferences but never on the same day...
Very pleased to announce that The Coach’s Guide to Teaching is now available in audiobook. Busy coaches, now you can listen in the car!
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The Coach’s Guide to Teaching
Amazon.com: The Coach’s Guide to Teaching (Audible Audio Edition): Doug Lemov, Doug Lemov, John Catt: Books
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March 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Very pleased to announce that The Coach’s Guide to Teaching is now available in audiobook. Busy coaches, now you can listen in the car!
www.amazon.com/The-Coachs-G...
www.amazon.com/The-Coachs-G...
Just dropped a new pod talking w History teacher
Ben Katcher about knowledge organizers. Those + Retrieval Practice caused kids passing AP US exam to increase nearly 5x!
He also shares learnings from helping other teachers use KOs.
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Ben Katcher about knowledge organizers. Those + Retrieval Practice caused kids passing AP US exam to increase nearly 5x!
He also shares learnings from helping other teachers use KOs.
open.spotify.com/episode/3UR7...
Ep 55 | The Knowledge Organizer (with Ben Katcher)
Sweat The Technique · Episode
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March 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Just dropped a new pod talking w History teacher
Ben Katcher about knowledge organizers. Those + Retrieval Practice caused kids passing AP US exam to increase nearly 5x!
He also shares learnings from helping other teachers use KOs.
open.spotify.com/episode/3UR7...
Ben Katcher about knowledge organizers. Those + Retrieval Practice caused kids passing AP US exam to increase nearly 5x!
He also shares learnings from helping other teachers use KOs.
open.spotify.com/episode/3UR7...
Here's a great example of Retrieval Practice from Kerrie Tinson's classroom at Windsor High School in Halesowen, England. Students start their lesson on Macbeth by recalling--in writing--key ideas from the previous lesson.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/a-great...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/a-great...
A Great Example of Retrieval Practice from Kerrie Tinson’s classroom, Teach Like a Champion
We love to share examples of great teaching on the TLAC blog--especially great teaching that demonstrates core principles of cognitive psychology in...
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March 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Here's a great example of Retrieval Practice from Kerrie Tinson's classroom at Windsor High School in Halesowen, England. Students start their lesson on Macbeth by recalling--in writing--key ideas from the previous lesson.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/a-great...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/a-great...
Reading aloud to and with students from real books--the whole book!--is one of the most valuable things teachers can do. Here's a great example:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/reading...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/reading...
Reading Aloud From Real Books To Build Fluency, Attention and Meaning, Teach Like a Champion
[caption id="attachment_18477" align="aligncenter" width="468"] Engaged, attentive students learning to read productively[/caption] In our...
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March 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Reading aloud to and with students from real books--the whole book!--is one of the most valuable things teachers can do. Here's a great example:
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/reading...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/reading...
Here's my interview with science teacher extraordinaire, @priteshraichura.bsky.social in which we discuss the what, when and why of his teaching methods.
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Ep 52 | Lessons on Excellent Teaching (with Pritesh Raichura)
Sweat The Technique · Episode
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February 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Here's my interview with science teacher extraordinaire, @priteshraichura.bsky.social in which we discuss the what, when and why of his teaching methods.
open.spotify.com/episode/68kn...
open.spotify.com/episode/68kn...
NEW: We'll be talking Read Aloud (among other topics) at our Denver workshop. Check out this beautiful clip of various teachers reading aloud to their class and bring text to life!
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/the-pow...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/the-pow...
The Power of Read Aloud & Come See Us in Denver - Teach Like a Champion
In mid-March we’ll be in Denver leading a workshop on reading. The workshop will incorporate content for our new book, The Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading. One of the themes of t...
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February 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
NEW: We'll be talking Read Aloud (among other topics) at our Denver workshop. Check out this beautiful clip of various teachers reading aloud to their class and bring text to life!
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/the-pow...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/the-pow...
Happy to say you can now pre-order the Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading.
www.amazon.com/Teach-Champi...
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The Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading: Translating Research to Reignite Joy and Meaning in the Classroom
Amazon.com: The Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading: Translating Research to Reignite Joy and Meaning in the Classroom: 9781394305995: Lemov, Doug, Driggs, Colleen, Woolway, Erica: Books
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February 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Happy to say you can now pre-order the Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading.
www.amazon.com/Teach-Champi...
www.amazon.com/Teach-Champi...
Love this example of coaches prioritizing a player's long-term development over what allows him (and them!) to win in the short run:
Kevin Danso is back in the Premier League to save Tottenham's season
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February 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Love this example of coaches prioritizing a player's long-term development over what allows him (and them!) to win in the short run:
In this blog post, I discuss how Gwinnett County math teacher Doug Doblar uses Cold Call to address some of the challenges and problems of group work. Plus there's video of Doug using the moves he describes.
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teachlikeachampion.org/blog/how-dou...
How Doug Doblar Uses Cold Call to Solve the "Endemic Problems" of Group Work - Teach Like a Champion
I’m pretty cautious about “group work.” It can be beneficial but the “can be” should be in italics because it has endemic problems that are often over-looked. One of which is the fact that it can be r...
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February 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In this blog post, I discuss how Gwinnett County math teacher Doug Doblar uses Cold Call to address some of the challenges and problems of group work. Plus there's video of Doug using the moves he describes.
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/how-dou...
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/how-dou...
Steplab Videos | Watch Great Teaching, Unpacked
Browse videos produced by the Steplab team.
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February 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Coming soon! Well, coming in June... but for a preview join us in Denver in March!
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January 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Coming soon! Well, coming in June... but for a preview join us in Denver in March!
teachlikeachampion.org/readingrecon...
teachlikeachampion.org/readingrecon...