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Helpful Tips to Integrate Media Literacy in Your Teaching

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

As for the Ontario Association for Media Literacy (AML) (cited in Duncan, 2005) “Media literacy is concerned with developing an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the mass media, the techniques used by them, and the impact of these techniques. This could be a historical event, a scientific concept, or a literary analysis.

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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

Learning in one-to-one laptop environments: A meta-analysis and research synthesis. While you can read the full 30+ page study yourself (and I’d certainly encourage you to do so if this is a topic of interest), here is my summary, with accompanying analysis of what we should reasonably take away from the findings. Warschauer, M.,

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Research-based Strategies for Teaching Sight Words

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Drawing on the research by Ehri (2005) [ 7 ] , the core of learning sight words lies in a connection-forming process, where children associate the spellings of written words with their pronunciations and meanings, building what is known as graphophonemic awareness (i.e. This continuous cycle of analysis helps make words ‘stick.’

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

In a cross-analysis of fifty different studies, researchers found a strong link between parent engagement and student achievement.[8] Teachers College Record, October 2005, 107(10), pp. Parental involvement in middle school: a meta-analytic assessment of the strategies that promote achievement. Cooper, C.W., and Christie, C.A.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. Brouwer & Korthagen, 2005; Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009; Zhu et al., A meta-analysis. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. ” (p. Leijten, P.,

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PROOF POINTS: College Board’s own research at odds with its decision to axe the essay portion of the SAT

The Hechinger Report

He is currently the head of assessment and learning sciences at Roblox, an online gaming company. The SAT first added an essay in 2005 because college admissions officers wanted to see authentic writing samples from students. But apparently, business realities and anti-testing sentiment got in the way.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.