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PROOF POINTS: Paper books linked to stronger readers in an international study

The Hechinger Report

By comparison, students who tended to read books more often on digital devices scored only 15 points higher than students who rarely read – a difference of less than a year’s worth of learning. The report, “ Does the digital world open up an increasing divide in access to print books? ” That’s equal to almost 2.5 years of learning.

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6 Practical Blended Learning Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Drawing from peer-reviewed research papers, I’ve made sure to include diverse and illustrative examples that showcase how blended learning is being implemented across different educational contexts. Stay tuned for further discussions and explorations in the realm of modern educational methods. Moore et al.’s

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Swarming the Classroom

EdTech4Beginners

One such way educators are trying to introduce “thinking” back into the classroom is by “flipping the classroom”. 2] While a flipped classroom is an excellent approach to education, I feel as though we need to take it a step further and allow the classroom to flip itself. Dr. Rosenberg’s comparison is fascinating.

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Research on early college high schools indicates they may pay for themselves in the long run

The Hechinger Report

Some solutions in education are expensive. Higher Education. Three classes of students (those who started ninth grade in 2005, 2006 and 2007) were followed for six years after high school. Department of Education. Photo: Kayleigh Skinner. Are they worth it? For students, that’s a degree with zero tuition.

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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

The island has faced corruption and mismanagement in local government, billions of dollars in debt and mass emigration that has caused a critical loss of professionals and essentially halved the island’s student population in 15 years, from almost 550,000 in 2006 to 276,413 in 2021. is often ignored in conversations about U.S.

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As students return to college, a basic question persists: What are they learning?

The Hechinger Report

“When you look at college mission statements, they’re loaded with grand pronouncements about the skills and habits of mind they’re going to inspire in their students,” said Alexander McCormick, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

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Our mutual friends

Learning with 'e's

I''m gradually working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. 2006) Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. This is number 28 in my series on learning theories. Surowiecki, J.