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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

If middle and elementary school students are forced to repeat grades because they fall short of a standard anchored to NAEP proficient, vast numbers will repeat grades. But that’s a hard case to make, judging by a 2007 analysis from Gary Phillips, former acting commissioner of NCES. emphasis added].

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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

Elementary-aged children are highly motivated when their teachers prioritize content mastery and understanding over high test scores.[2] A Comparative Analysis of Student Motivation in Traditional Classroom and E-Learning Courses. International Journal on E-Learning, July 2007, 6(3), pp. Sources : Rovai, A., Wighting, M.,

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PROOF POINTS: Computer scientists create tool that can desegregate schools – and shorten bus routes

The Hechinger Report

In a simulation exercise across nearly 100 large school districts, the academics were able to redraw elementary school boundaries to reduce racial segregation by 12 percent while cutting almost one minute off of students’ average commuting time. But a 2007 Supreme Court decision, Parents Involved in Community Schools v.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For instance, in her study titled “ Adaptive Teaching: Reflective Practice of Two Elementary Teachers’ Visions and Adaptations During Literacy Instruction “, Vaughn (2014) examines how two elementary teachers adapt their teaching methods in response to their students’ needs during literacy instruction. Madda et al.,

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

Such direct instruction videos are interspersed between practice activities to ensure every skill is taught explicitly in a way that students will be able to transfer to independent practice (Fisher & Frey, 2007). Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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Dollars and sense: Can financial literacy help students learn math? 

The Hechinger Report

Professors blame the pandemic Experts say the subprime mortgage crisis that helped spark the Great Recession in 2007, followed by pandemic economic uncertainty and today’s inflationary period, may have heightened Americans’ desire for a solid financial understanding. Related: College students are still struggling with basic math.