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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Similarly, in the paper “ Additional training opportunities restore sleep-associated memory benefits under conditions of low prior knowledge ” by Maren J. They categorize prior knowledge into declarative and procedural types, assessing their influence on students’ success in university science courses.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

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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A Paradigm Shift

A Principal's Reflections

It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. Success is contingent upon sound instructional design, quality assessments, and an improved feedback loop. Technology now allows for professional learning to take place anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

I had never seen kids so in charge of their learning.”. Related: What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us? In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8 million to train additional Alaska school districts and to create a research and development program. I was fascinated by it,” he said. “I

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Reimagining failure: ‘Last-chance’ schools are the future of American high schools

The Hechinger Report

Once students have demonstrated competency in a course through a written or project-based assessment, they can move on to the next course in that subject area at their own pace. If a student struggles in reading but is good at algebra, for example, he or she may end up in an introductory literature class while taking advanced math.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We''ve got lots of training going on for presenters and volunteer moderators; we''ve got the amazing Nikki Ugalde doing special training sessions in both English and Spanish; we''ve got an awesome set of sponsors , partner organizations , and advisory board members (and we can always use more!) More information in presenting HERE.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Children'

Hack Education

This narrative – robots are coming for your jobs (and your kids’ jobs) – involves tasking schools with retooling so they can better train students for “ the jobs of the future ,” although to a certain extent, workforce preparation has always been what (part of) the education system has been expected to do.