Waterford

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In this article, we’ll go over the difference between two types of motivation—intrinsic and extrinsic—and why you should prioritize the former in your classroom. As a teacher, you can prevent this by prioritizing intrinsically motivated learning in the classroom. 7 Ways to Boost Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom.

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Waterford

JUNE 28, 2021

This not only gives you an opportunity to address areas your students don’t yet understand, it also promotes rich opportunities for classroom discussion. One study found that when elementary students were taught to ask questions during science lessons, they could discuss what they had learned on a more complex level.[4]

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Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

Then, we’ll include a few quick tips for you to bring play into your classroom. One study from the American Academy of Pediatrics even found that over the span of 10 years, the number of kindergarten classrooms with a recess period decreased from 96% to 70%.[5]. Strategies to Bring Play in the Classroom. What Is Play?

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Then, we’ll provide a few ideas for differentiating your classroom instruction and show you how Waterford curriculum can help you provide personalized reading instruction. 9] Each student enters the classroom with unique experiences, preferences, and conditions that affect how they learn. What is Differentiated Instruction?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

And in New York, administrators who run pre-K classrooms funded by state money say they are expecting up to 20 percent in funding cuts to their programs. In Maine, three elementary schools are putting the launch of their public pre-K programs on hold to save money. million in funding. Out of 39 states, including Washington D.C.,

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In 2007 I helped pioneer the flipped classroom model and that model laid the groundwork for what I am doing now in my classroom. Mastery Learning is defined as: An approach to classroom instruction that empowers every student at every level to progress with confidence. Your students will love you for it.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

In 2007 I helped pioneer the flipped classroom model and that model laid the groundwork for what I am doing now in my classroom. Mastery Learning is defined as: An approach to classroom instruction that empowers every student at every level to progress with confidence. Your students will love you for it.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2022

where fewer than 10 percent of public school students are white , there aren’t enough white children to spread around the city to create more racial balance in classrooms. On the left are current elementary school boundaries in Atlanta, Georgia, a city where there is a high degree of residential segregation between white and Black residents.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Instead, we were taught how to structure a lesson and given tips on classroom management. Related: The ‘science of reading’ swept reforms into classrooms nationwide. Sixteen years later, we have no one to blame but ourselves for these ideas not taking hold in every classroom. What about math? Scientists are trying.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

2010, 2011; Trautwein & Lüdtke, 2007, (Xu, 2010a). It scaffolds classroom learning and helps students reinforce learned skills. For elementary students, homework should not be tied to any academic grades or achievement expectation. The Elementary School Journal, 60, 212–224. Tymms, P., & & Henderson, B.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. In my experience, these connections don’t just bring new ideas and perspectives to the classroom; they also offer support and inspiration from a global teaching community.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Over the years, it has added both classroom and professional development resources to help educators successfully deliver literacy education based on the science of reading research. Our team is highly dedicated and has provided the most effective products for students and educators in today’s classrooms,” said Gaehde.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2019

Much has changed since we introduced the first generation of our Scratch programming language and online community, back in 2007. Over the coming year, we plan to provide new resources for teachers each month, highlighting strategies for supporting creative use of Scratch in classrooms.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 11, 2017

For instance, one 2013 experiment found that telling elementary school children “ girls do better than boys ” in school made boys – but not girls – perform worse on a series of academic tests. This female advantage started in elementary school and continued until college. Stereotypes could negatively affect boys too.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

Example: Before initiating a conversation about race, discuss and agree on classroom rules such as not interrupting others, using respectful language, and keeping shared information confidential. Example: Have regular classroom meetings to discuss current events related to race, diversity, and inclusion.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. LINDSAY, Calif. —

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But you are always digging out — like you said, new people that everybody hasn’t heard of — but you’re always digging out new amazing educators who are just doing great work every single day in their classrooms. Bring these remarkable experiences to your classroom! Lucy: Yes, we are. People Met Here and Become Partners.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 13, 2021

High School Crediting Sources Administrators Research Tools Librarians Book Awards & Lists Elementary Home Middle School Newsroom. Right now, we are building the following daisy-chained Guides: Home Elementary Middle School High School Educators Librarians Adminstrators Parents. But must we all begin from scratch? Valenza, J.K.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2021

During my seven years of teaching at Raven Elementary in the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), I saw a significant increase in the number of Hispanic students and ELL students, so I know the shortcomings of our system firsthand. But as is the case with any classroom, some were more than challenging to deal with.

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Securly

JANUARY 12, 2017

Web filtering is required by law, as long as schools wish to receive e-rate funding to supply their digital classrooms. Web filtering does vary dramatically from elementary, middle, to high school – however, it offers additional aspects often forgotten that are equally optimal for students of any age.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

In my own classroom, I have my students run Hour of Code each December for the whole school – grades K5- sixth grade. Pairing her with an older girl in sixth grade at that time – one who wasn’t one who was really excited about turning in homework or engaging other classroom content – really worked well with this girl.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Illustrative Mathematics (IM) and Family Engagement Lab have partnered to bridge classroom curriculum and at-home learning in elementary school mathematics. Launched in 2007, the Partnership is a nonprofit organization that serves 14,200 students across 19 TK-12 campuses in Watts, Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles, California.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

From 1992 until 2007, the state’s average score for fourth-graders remained below the “basic” level of achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Risa Smith, the district’s director of special education, said this additional class time is meant to help struggling readers progress in all classroom subjects.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2017

A student offers Principal Macquline King-Morris a hug on his way to the gym with his class at Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center in Chicago. CHICAGO — Principal Macquline King-Morris stepped out of the way of two lines of students heading to the Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center gym. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

CHICAGO — At first glance, it looks like your standard recess: Elementary school students, bundled up in warm jackets, hats and mittens, laugh and play outside on a crisp, cloudy fall day in the Windy City. But can resolving the broad range of elementary school conflicts be as simple as learning to play fair?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

WASHINGTON – Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. Idaho is one of the states where a new financial literacy curriculum is hitting classrooms. … Having said that, financial literacy is more than math.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Wedding vow negotiations were a somewhat contentious business when my English teacher fiance and I, a science educator, prepared to tie the knot back in 2007. Relationship building can create an inclusive, resilient classroom culture. In my classroom, I gather my students in a circle, and we take turns greeting one another.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Philipp Schmidt (2007) provide an excellent comparison of how Education 1.0 Rarely do the results of those activities contribute back to the information resources that students consume in carrying them out (Keats & Schmidt, 2007, para. Essentialists argue that classrooms should be teacher-oriented. Education 1.0 Keats and J.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

My father was an elementary principal for 30 years and I always admired how he was able to inspire his staff to focus on student learning. As a classroom teacher I felt that my impact was limited based on the number of students I had contact with on a daily basis. To say that he was beloved by all would be a significant understatement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug: Well, the people that started this back in about 2007… They just started recording their lessons. Doug, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk about personalizing learning for the students in our classroom today? And it just sounds overwhelming. Doug: Yeah. And then the kids who had missed class….

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Rohrer and Taylor (2007) found that college students in a geometry class who used interleaved instead of block practice were 43 percent more accurate on a test given a week after studying the material. It has been used with elementary, middle, high school, and college students, but results were mixed for all groups.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2018

Students at Barnard Elementary School in Washington, D.C., Nearly 68 years ago as a third-grader, Linda Brown was denied access to an all-white elementary school in Topeka, Kansas. Nearly 68 years ago as a third-grader, Linda Brown was denied access to an all-white elementary school in Topeka, Kansas.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The eighth grader can also remember each of the kids she began school with back at Boudreaux Canal Elementary School. The elementary she went to next, Upper Little Caillou, had replaced another nearby school that had shuttered for the same reasons a few years earlier. Credit: Photo: Sophie Kasakove for The Hechinger Report.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I’m also piloting a 6-week program with an elementary leadership club using the tools I’ve learned from mindSpark Learning.”. Sustainable, Individual Transformation: MindSpark’s PD is designed to enable participants to make both personal and classroom transformations. About mindSpark Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

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