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Fostering Powerful Use of Technology Through Instructional Coaching

Digital Promise

Throughout the project, we gathered data through surveys and conducted in-depth case studies to better understand the conditions necessary for classroom coaching to effectively foster more powerful use of technology for teaching and learning. To learn more about our findings, read the full report. 2 Kraft, M.

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The Key to Fixing the Gender Gap in Math and Science: Boost Women’s Confidence

Digital Promise

students who were 10th graders in 2002 and were followed through 2012 show that girls do better in school than boys do and are more likely to graduate from college. Contemporary data on U.S.

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1st Grade digital PBL: Does it work?

Neo LMS

1st Grade digital PBL: a case study. Zammit and Downes (2002) argued that: Literacy can no longer be seen as just a set of cognitive abilities or skills based on an identifiable technology, for example, alphabetic script on paper.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: Implementing the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund – Educational Technology State Grants Program (Review Copy) (American Institutes for Research, 2002) **Note: Despite the fact that the report was conducted under the direction of the U.S. 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies).

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Naviance Wields Much ‘Power and Influence’ in College Admissions, Harvard Researcher Finds

Edsurge

Naviance , a product launched in 2002 by parent company Hobsons , offers K-12 schools a suite of college planning tools , including detailed college profiles, a matching function that pairs students with institutions, and graphs that use schools’ historical data to help students evaluate their acceptance odds. “The

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When His Roster Outgrew His Classroom, This Prof Mastered Modular Online Curriculum

Edsurge

Right before the start of the Fall semester in 2002, Robertson learned that the 400-seat movie theater that held his Principles of Marketing class at San Francisco State University would no longer be available. Bruce Robertson to completely redesign a classroom course to fit an online/in-class hybrid format—in just two weeks.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”. In 2002, federal education law began requiring schools to spend federal dollars on research-based products only.

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