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Math Problems that Unlock Student Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. He created the #ObserveMe movement, wrote the book Open Middle Math is president of Grassroots Workshops and co-founder of the website [link]. Encourage your students to create Toyota Dream Car artworks today.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior Reading in English Classes : Students who have previously read certain books or authors can bring deeper insights into discussions and analyses in English classes, especially when comparing themes or writing styles. IJ STEM Ed , 6 (33). link] Cordi, M. Schreiner, T., & Rasch, B. Is prior knowledge essential? Thompson, R.

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How Harry Potter Has Brought Magic To Classrooms For More Than 20 Years

MindShift

NPR asked teachers then to tell us how the book has changed the way they teach. Rowling’s Harry Potter series story books sit in a bookstore July 6, 2000 in Arlington, Va. A year after the first book’s U.S. The series had a steady presence on this list and even topped it at times, through 2003.

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

In the book’s first half McGee does a great job of exploring transformative forces in economics, demographics, and culture. That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.”

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

In the book’s first half McGee does a great job of exploring transformative forces in economics, demographics, and culture. That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.”

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with 'e's

It could be argued that these theories stem back to the seminal claim of Marshall McLuhan (1964) that ‘we shape our tools and thereafter, our tools shape us.’ 2003) Boomers, Gen-xers, and Millennials : Understanding the new students. New York, NY: Basic Books. Livingstone, S.(2009) 2009) Children and the Internet. Oblinger, D.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with 'e's

It could be argued that these theories stem back to the seminal claim of Marshall McLuhan (1964) that ‘we shape our tools and thereafter, our tools shape us.’ 2003) Boomers, Gen-xers, and Millennials : Understanding the new students. New York, NY: Basic Books. Livingstone, S.(2009) 2009) Children and the Internet. Oblinger, D.