Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

Research around the way humans learn is booming these days. But studying how the brain learns doesn’t necessarily mean memorizing proteins and brain chemistry. But studying how the brain learns doesn’t necessarily mean memorizing proteins and brain chemistry. I don't use the term brain-based learning.

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Neo LMS

MAY 28, 2019

In 2000 the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) released its first PISA results (Program for International Student Assessment), and Finland has never been the same again. There are at least two key factors: A culture of learning and equality. As such PISA plans to reevaluate their evaluations. Infographic].

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Terms of the deal were not publicly disclosed, but EdSurge has learned that the transaction was around $140 million. Discovery Education was formed in 2003 as a division of its then-parent company Discovery Communications, known for its broadcast television programs. This past July, it purchased Spiral, a formative assessment platform.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) draws its inspiration from the broader concept of Universal Design (UD), initially pioneered in architecture. 2003), and Universal Instructional Design (UID; Silver et al., Our focus in this post is on Universal Design for Learning, popularly known by the acronym UDL.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 18, 2024

I am reminded of a common refrain I hear from parents at my kids’ school; “Why don’t they teach math the way I learned it?” Students will often ask, “why do we have to learn this?” 2004) , invent algorithms (Hiebert, 2003) , and translate them to everyday situations ( Baroody et al.,

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Battelle for Kids

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Gallagher, 2003, p. 3) It is common knowledge among secondary English teachers that many students don't read assigned texts, often relying on SparkNotes to successfully complete assignments and prepare for assessments. Why is this happening?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

.” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2003 $700,500,000. FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000).

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Every single child who enters our buildings deserves the right to learn and have the opportunity to succeed. In Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices (2003), Belinda Williams identified four needs of students. Provide a Rigorous Learning Environment. Provide a Personalized Learning Environment.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

That’s the case with the most recent results from a key global education test, the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA. math scores recorded in the history of the PISA math test, which began in 2003. Education officials visited from around the world to learn about its progressive approaches.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

But surprisingly, static test scores did not correlate at all with overall learning rates. Then, we’ll brainstorm a few ways you can use this research to improve learning rates for all students in your district. Learning rates indicate how a student’s test scores improve over time. After all, they do not measure growth.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 11, 2019

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. in School Counseling Program, Freed-Hardeman University, TN, lays out strategies and ground rules for what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to assessments.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The infrastructure just wasn’t ready.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

As I revisit the complex and often debated topic of learning styles in this post, it’s hard not to reflect on the diverse and passionate responses it elicits each time I address it. Previously, I have written posts featuring articles that critique the theory of learning styles , highlighting its contentious standing in academic circles.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Focusing on student engagement, student empowerment, and equity in education, they shared key lessons educators learned during the lockdown. Since 2003, Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up has collected data on the important issues facing schools. Tech that works beyond the school—they want to be able to do self-directed learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Empower Learning , a Utah-based developer of a learning management system (LMS), understands this pressure well. Why Interoperability Is so Critical for Empower Empower Learning, which offers an LMS and gradebook, is designed to support schools transitioning to a competency-based education model.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 13, 2015

The Assessment Range: Using Data In The Classroom To Meaningfully Affect Learning. If you don’t already have a plan for the data before giving the assessment, you’re already behind. ” Even in high-functioning professional learning communities, teachers are behind before they give their first test.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

7 Given the screening mandate, some publishers have fashioned screeners out of their reading assessment instruments designed for the typical population. 15 The largest category is learning disabilities, mainly dyslexia. 12 The latter can be identified with norm-referenced measures in state and standardized reading assessments.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Whether you’re a new teacher or have years of classroom experience, there’s always more to learn. Similarly, many experienced teachers find that gaining additional certifications is a valuable career boost and an excellent way to continue learning and challenging themselves. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. Perott, Elizabeth.

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The Thinking Stick

MARCH 8, 2020

NCCE (Northwest Council For Computer Education) being our regional ISTE sponsored conference with somewhere around 1500 participants coming together each year to share and learn. 2003 – In Saudi Arabia due to terrorism in the country, I helped my school set up and run Moodle to do Virtual School. Lessons Learned: 1.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

In theory, proficiency-based models let students learn at their own pace, speeding up if they grasp a concept quickly, and getting extra help if they struggle. In practice, though, it can take many different forms, including independent study, learning communities and online programs. In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2013

In 1992, he took early retirement from UCLA upon learning that emeritus professors received free parking. His most recent books are Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need to Know, 6th Ed. In 2009, he was appointed to be a board member of the National Assessment Governing Board. He is inordinately compulsive.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Are you thinking about designing an online assessment for a Flipped classroom? First, consider whether the tool you are thinking about is the right tool for what you want to assess. Second, does this online assessment align with the rest of the course curriculum. Think about matching the right online tool to the assessment.

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Digital Promise

JULY 14, 2016

Consider a simple academic skill such as learning to name colors. In the end, the child will learn to name two colors, which is good, but it will not impact the life of the family very much. Menstrual discomfort as a biological setting event for severe problem behavior: Assessment and intervention. Carr, E.G., Smith, C.E.,

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University has been playing video games for four hours every day since 2003, solving puzzles and battling bosses in games such as Doom, Darksiders 2 and Uncharted 4. Gee: The first game I played was Adventures of the New Time Machine , in 2003.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

All students start their academic journey at the college by sitting with counselors who assess their mental health needs. Such proactive efforts help keep more students on track as they learn how to manage challenges in a positive way, officials said. Before the clinic opened, students struggled with graduating on time or at all.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 30, 2011

For the past 3 years CoSN has been involved in a project which is called " Participatory Learning in Schools: Leadership and Policy." MacArthur Foundation and is included in the Foundation''s digital media and learning program. What does "participatory learning" actually mean, and how does it intersect with digital media?

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Fresco Capital , GSV Acceleration , Learn Capital , Owl Ventures , Reach Capital and Rethink Education , now count Asian limited partners among investors in their newest funds. “In EduLab , a subsidiary of JIEM, a Japanese research and assessment provider. (It -based education startups raised capital from Asia. Nearly every major U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. About 20 other states sprinkled elements of personalized learning into their plans.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

14] Also set a few student goals for the upcoming semester during the meeting to involve parents in the assessment process.[8]. Finally, opportunities for miscommunication can often arise during parent-teacher conferences—especially if families of English-language learning (ELL) students will be attending these meetings.[1]

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eSpark

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

At eSpark Learning, we want to reimagine classrooms so that they’re student-centered, allowing students to succeed in school and in life. Mineola has demonstrated how personalized learning can prevent summer learning loss, implementing eSpark in summer school classrooms with fantastic results. Piedmont, Alabama.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2018

But it’s unclear if students are actually learning more. No one is asking these students to take additional, outside assessments to measure their learning gains. Inferring learning gains from their current coursework is complicated across subjects as varied as political science and computer programing.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

And throughout the pandemic, he has been sharing the lessons he has learned with educators and students via online video calls. He then used a similar approach to recovering from his extensive injuries, setting goals such as being able to leave the hospital and learning to walk on prosthetic devices, rather than remain in a wheelchair.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. Today, the company claims its technology can power assessments for phonics, sentences and other fluency measurements. Let's call the whole thing off!

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

The Traditional Model The traditional model used by organizational learning theorists begins with the depth of knowledge. Current organizational learning and knowledge literature identify and categorize 12 different types of knowledge depending on the location in which the knowledge is created and the depth of knowledge.

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Veative

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

By creating specially designed virtual environments for the detection, assessment and treatment of this disorder, Virtual Reality can serve both as a diagnostic tool and an effective therapeutic strategy in the rehabilitation of children with ADHD. How can VR help children with ADHD. Due to its high ecological validity, Rizzo et al.

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