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5 ways to help students struggling with algebra due to learning loss

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According to NAEP Mathematics Assessment data, eighth-graders’ algebra scores were eight points lower in 2022 than in 2019. According to the Nation’s Report Card, the average eighth-grade mathematics score was lower than all previous assessment years—going back to 2003.

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Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing

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A 2003 analysis of 15 cases of school shooters found all but two suffered from social rejection. Sports require students to set goals, assess the competition and consider their individual strengths and weaknesses. Esports in Schools Fosters STEM Learning. Esports and STEM go hand-in-hand. STEM careers.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Furthermore, the research by Torsten Binder and colleagues in “ Assessing prior knowledge types as predictors of academic achievement in the introductory phase of biology and physics study programmes using logistic regression ” examines the impact of different types of prior knowledge on academic achievement in biology and physics.

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Discovery Education Acquires Mystery Science in $140 Million Deal

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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. “Focusing on serving students and teachers can take you to a certain point. In August 2019, the Silver Spring, Md.-based

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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As recently as 1997, only 27 percent of America’s K-12 school had internet access—a number that skyrocketed to 92 percent by 2003. But visions of a world where every teacher and every student had an internet-connected device, and every student would get personalized assessments for learning, were still just that—visions.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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TAL Education Group , which began as a solo tutoring operation in 2003 and has since grown into a publicly-traded empire, boasting $620 million in revenue in 2015 from a network of over 300 brick-and-mortar tutoring centers. EduLab , a subsidiary of JIEM, a Japanese research and assessment provider. (It That’s the strategy for.

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Five Ways Design and Making Can Help Science Education Come Alive

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Excerpted from Making Science: Reimagining STEM Education in Middle School and Beyond by Christa Flores, published in 2016 by Constructing Modern Knowledge Press. Assessment is real time and authentic. 2003; Cornett 1986). By Christa Flores. They act, think and work as real scientists and inventors. Benefit No. Benefit No.