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PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

The Hechinger Report

Ted Cruz on social media. Boaler first drew fire from critics in 2005, when she presented new research claiming that students at a low-income school who were behind grade level had outperformed students at higher achieving schools when they were taught in classrooms that combined students of different math achievement levels.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

Other tools such as wikis, blogs and podcasts also began to be used in education, at first tentatively, and then as embedded features in various programmes of study. Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. They also have the capacity to support personal learning.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

in this post, I share with you my perspectives, drawn from my experiences as a blogger, educator, and academic with a PhD in educational studies, on what constitutes the quintessential characteristics of 21st century teachers. In their quantitative study of over 300 Finnish first graders, Nurmi et al., Madda et al., 2011, Nurmi et al.,

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At These Colleges, Students Begin Serious Research Their First Year

Digital Promise

Social media to predict acts of terrorism. For instance, a 2018 study found that undergraduate exposure to a rigorous research program “leads to success in a research STEM career.” The same study found that undergraduates who get a research experience are “more likely to pursue a Ph.D. Read the original article.

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A Sideways Look at the Future of Higher Education

Edsurge

The Federal Communications Commission in 1975 established regulations limiting media cross-ownership. Then came the Internet, along with alternative news sources, social media, podcasts, blogs and the rest. Newspaper circulation dropped by nearly half between 2005 and 2018, from 53.3 million to 28.5 billion to $14.3

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How to Boost Family Involvement through Parent-Teacher Conferences

Waterford

5] You can then continue to send messages through text or social media groups, too. Studies found that removing barriers like transportation makes parents more likely to attend meetings.[9]. School Community Journal, 2005, 15(1), pp. Journal of Instructional Psychology, March 2005, 32(1), pp. Graham-Clay, S.

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March 26th Special Webinar - “Librarians Respond to Coronavirus and Other Pandemics"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In addition to an MLIS from Rutgers University, she has an MFA in Museum Studies from Syracuse University, and an MA in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania. She has an MSLIS from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and was named a 2005 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal.