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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

Smart Classrooms have the potential to eliminate problems caused by these conflicting student learning styles through the use of interactive technologies that promote universal student engagement.

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Improving Social-Emotional and Reading Skills

edWeb.net

While definitions of SEL can vary, key elements include self-awareness and social awareness, relationship skills, self-management, and responsible decision making. And, the goals for students engaged in this type of learning include self-esteem, empathy, motivation, and commitment.

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The ultimate guide to Bloom’s Taxonomy

Linways Technologies

In 2001 the Bloom’s taxonomy was revised by putting together a series of more dynamic concepts for the classification system by a team of. of Krathwohl’s and former student of Bloom’s. spending too much time on the higher levels, spend a definite amount of. time on each of them so that your students have sufficient proficiency.

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Homework: Good or Bad? Here Is What Research Says

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

According to Cooper (1989), homework is defined as "tasks assigned to students by school teachers that are meant to be carried out during non-school hours". There is way more to homework than what these general definitions outline. Homework can drive students to develop negative attitudes towards school and learning. Warton, P.

Study 145
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Does alternative grading make cheating more likely?

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

There are two major axes on which we can think about how students approach an academic task: Their motivations, which range between mastery (the desire to do well on or learn a task) and performance (the desire to perform well relative to others); and their direction of approach, either approaching success or avoiding failure.

Course 111
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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s the invisible thread that weaves together student engagement, academic success, and the overall harmony of the classroom environment. Salient Classroom Management Skills: Finding the Most Effective Skills to Increase Student Engagement and Decrease Disruptions. Gage, Ph.D., and Ashley S. MacSuga-Gage, Ph.D.,

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NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

The Hechinger Report

Passed in 2001, the No Child Left Behind Act was the centerpiece of President George W. It gave states a deadline of the 2013-14 academic year to have 100 percent of their students demonstrating proficiency in reading, writing and math — a noble, if statistically improbable, goal. Bush’s education reform policy. Did NCLB work?”