The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Ask the average high school administrator about their biggest worries, and it’s likely they’ll cite serious concerns about learning loss during the Covid-19 pandemic. In their own words: “I’ve been learning the same things I have always learned. It’s time to fix what is actually not working. They find school boring.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 20, 2023

Technology has been part of math education for decades, mostly as rote drills and a replacement for worksheets, often to assist in memorizing tables. Engages students Interactive lessons can make learning math more exciting for students. How to use technology to learn math 1.

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SplashLearn

JANUARY 10, 2023

All kids, at some point in their leaning period, use rote memorization to pass a test or exam. But they also forget what they learn within a month. Learning things by repetition, also referred to as rote learning, is widely used in primary and secondary schools in most countries around the world.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

One reason is because we rarely seem to ask the important question of First Attempt In Learning What? First attempt in learning some rote memorization task? First attempt in learning something we put on a digital worksheet? First attempt in learning some procedure that we’ll likely never use again?

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2023

What role do chatbots play in creating more accessible educational tools for students with diverse needs? Here are five things to ponder as tools such as ChatGPT become more prominent in learning: 1. Chatbots raise specific concerns in education–will students use them to cheat? Where is the line between research and plagiarism?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

It is totally unfair what we are doing to these kids.” Citing 115 research studies to back up their views, Powell and her co-authors attacked what they described as common misconceptions about teaching math. Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Over the course of my career, I’ve learned what makes a good ESL program (and a bad one). When Rote Memorization Rules the Day When I started my first tutoring job, I was hardly concerned with the caliber of the content I was teaching. (The I learned quickly what the recruiter meant. Popcorn is fun to eat.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Do teachers still use rote learning today, or is it an obsolete and no longer an effective learning method? Rote learning is a learning process based-on repetition. Examples of rote learning are memorizing basic concepts like numbers, the alphabet, or multiplication tables.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 14, 2021

They were unprepared for the vast impact the virus would have on how students learn and education settings operate. They need to be aware of the options and solutions available to them to ensure teaching and learning can continue as seamlessly as possible, whatever the future holds. It adds more flexibility to the learning experience.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2022

So, what does gamification involve? And what are the challenges of implementing a gamification strategy? Traditionally, schools have employed such gaming elements as flash cards, scavenger hunts, and vocabulary games to liven up the learning process.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 24, 2018

In China, there are tens of millions of parents who want their children to learn English. The usual way of teaching still encourages rote memorization, a lack of creative practice, and a strong focus on standardized tests. as well as Canada-all through online based learning. And, many teachers from the U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Traditionally, assessments have often been used as an indicator of what students know, understand, and can do, after the learning has been completed. More recently, educators have implemented formative assessments, allowing students to receive ongoing feedback about their learning during the learning process.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 23, 2023

Through research-backed insights, this post will unpack the multifaceted world of sight words, demystifying their role in early literacy development and providing practical, effective strategies to enhance learning outcomes. So, what exactly are sight words? Contrary to popular belief, sight words aren’t just learned by sight.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

For learning content to be most effective, the student must be able to interact with it. Much has been made of artificial intelligence’s potential to revolutionize education. AI is making it increasingly possible to break down barriers so that no student is ever left behind. For a typical user in most cases, this is fine.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 18, 2020

The whole reason we are even talking about remote learning is because science tells us the way we stay safe is to stay home. Sure the word of the year in education has been "remote learning." Sure the word of the year in education has been "remote learning." This is what leaders do. But it's more than that.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

What are active study strategies? These strategies empower students to take an active role in their learning, enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and academic success. These strategies empower students to take an active role in their learning, enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and academic success.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

But with so many people seeing the schools KILL THE LOVE OF LEARNING so we can help kids memorize rote facts for a TEST — why isn’t more happening to CHANGE THINGS? Essential Questions: Uncommon Learning: Creating Schools that Work for Kids. What DOESN’T work in education? Focus on learning!

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User Generated Education

JULY 31, 2023

I want students to learn about one another in a personal way. I want to learn about my individual students so my instructional strategies can be more personalized and tailored to their needs and interests. You will be expected to engage in the learning activities during class time. You will be an active learner.

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Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

Here’s how teaching students to think like a detective, examine source materials, and think critically moves history lessons from memorization to critical thinking and exploration—skills that will serve them well even beyond history class. What Is Historical Thinking? It’s all too easy to fall into that trap, especially for children.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2022

He suggested that instead of changing traditional school systems, guidelines and practices, I should be working toward helping students learn how to be successful within the current school environment. John ended with the recommendation that I provide assignments and tests focused on rote learning and memorization.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

While curriculums vary across different regions and educational systems, in most cases a heavy emphasis on grades and standardized test scores prioritizes rote memorization over developing students’ capacity to analyze, synthesize and evaluate information critically and independently. They should be. The recent announcement by the U.S.

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More Verbs

MAY 4, 2016

.” But content or curriculum is the “what” of what you want students to learn. They are the learning targets. To me, digital content is a PDF of the Common Core, the Maine Learning Results, or your state’s standards. as “digital learning resources.”

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Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2017

For those of you not familiar with the term, surface learners are those students that are accepting new facts and ideas that are unconnected in their minds, with the sole purpose of memorizing and storing them as isolated items. In other words, they don’t care about learning new things, they just care about getting a passing grade.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. In Maggie Waldner’s elementary school classroom in downtown Denver, math lessons rarely focus on rote memorization.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 23, 2017

more student discussion and group activity), while failing to get at the heart of the matter: What does it truly mean to teach and learn mathematics? Students in these kinds of lessons are learning to follow a rote process to arrive at a solution. They sometimes make changes that are more cosmetic than substantive (e.g.,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2018

What did bother me, however, was how many of these technologies were only adding a digital component to the same learning practices teachers used when I was a student there just a few years ago. As a technologist by trade, I can sympathize with Silicon Valley’s underestimating the importance of good pedagogy.

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Veative

AUGUST 5, 2018

Understanding how a student learns is perhaps one of the most important tasks a teacher will perform. Some students might learn by audio or visual means, and others by using pictures, speech, writing and spatial understanding. What is Rote Learning and is it Effective? . VR encourages the Learning Process.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

and How to learn more efficiently? Thanks to the mass education, everyone has the right to learn and has access to knowledge so they can prepare themselves for the challenges they meet in their personal and professional lives. Students are individual human beings who think differently and learn differently.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

These consisted of sound classroom management, listing the learning objectives, and developing a lesson plan. Technology, the pursuit of innovation, and advancements in research have fundamentally changed the learning culture in many schools for the better. What will I be able to do when I've finished this lesson?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Purpose Driven Learning (or PDL) is a concept coined by Michael Matera and Adam Moreno to summarize the philosophy that each learner’s inner strengths can be unlocked by focusing with purpose and drive. In a phrase: … the goal of Purpose Driven Learning is NOT about a curriculum that lasts a year. The Goal of PDL.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 8, 2016

E-learning, for some, can be boring if they just stick to the “rules”. You know like, not expanding the already-existing e-learning concepts and techniques instructors and educators already know. That alone can further enhance the learning experience both for instructors and students. They’re virtually ubiquitous.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2022

Yet, too often, educators don’t ask students what they need or want from their schools. Cause when those needs are being met, [students’] ability—their bandwidth—for learning exponentially increases. The students on the panel were asked what they would change about education if they had Cardona’s job.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Remembering directions, where you saved the document you were just typing, or what you said you’d pick up from the store are all tasks that require effective working memory. First, in language acquisition while kids are learning to read and write, rote memorization of spelling and grammar rely on memory.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Math used to be a tedious memorization of facts and formulas. Then that too changed when rote drills and worksheets were replaced with cerebral challenges and dynamic exercises. There is also a section with math games for those who learn best by challenging themselves. Interactivate.

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Evelyn Learning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In the boundless expanse of the digital age, an array of tools and resources have emerged, offering both an augmentation of the learning process and potential avenues to bypass it. Assignments emphasizing experiential learning, real-world problem-solving, and creativity can be more effective.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The digital tools we have available to us for both teaching and learning is (and will continue to have) dramatic effects on both. And there is a shift (albeit small) in professional learning as well. You are no longer bound by the learning prescribed to you by your district. Learning is social. Unlocking Passions.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 27, 2021

Beyond ‘Drill And Kill’: How IXL Can Help Students Learn More. Its premise is that learning objectives are not always equal: memorization of facts may not always be as important as the ability to analyze and evaluate concepts. IXL goes beyond rote skill practice by offering built-in differentiation.

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