Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

” In other words, this is meant as a learning technique, not for assessment. Further, Karpicke and Roediger (2008) found that undergraduate students’ performance on a language translation test was much better a week after testing (80 percent vs. 36 percent) than after solely studying the material. Dunlosky et al.

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Strategy E-rate Learning Study 120

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

He also believes the arts are especially important in a district like Mount Vernon because many of the students turned out to be “twice gifted,” despite having received standardized assessment scores that did not reflect their proficiencies. Jay McTighe brings a wealth of experience developed during a rich and varied career in education.

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Outcomes Differentiated Instruction Assessment Professional Learning 64

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

Reading comprehension strategies (RCS) are simply a “bag of tricks” that although are useful to teach because they are quick and easy to learn, do not provide specific guidelines on how to connect sentences. Younger students also have limited metacognition and often incorrectly assess their understanding. 2008): 407-23. .”

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Assessment Strategy Industry Study 40

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Jon was the co-designer of Minarets High School , which originated as a GAFE, 1:1 Macbook and PBL based high school in 2008 and has been named an Apple Distinguished School three times. So I taught my kids how to self-correct. So on Monday, I give them the test. And they’re like, what; you’re giving us a test and it’s Monday.

EdTech 383

EdTech Tools Twitter Professional Learning 383

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Full of links to resources, curated sites,and discussion forums, this is a valuable ‘how to’ book for the interested practitioner and theoretician alike. Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. Table of Contents. The Basics. New Pathways to Knowledge and Learning: Rónán O’Beirne.

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

Saving Socrates

MARCH 19, 2014

At the time, I could not image ever caring how to teach little kids how to read because I was focused exclusively on high school and figured all high school students already know that. I hope to rectify this in the near future, but since 2008, reading acquisition has become something on the forefront of my mind.

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Technology Blended Learning Elementary Assessment 51

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. Known as the birthplace of country music, Bristol has seen rates of poverty and drug use rise significantly since the 2008 recession. BRISTOL, Va. —

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Strategy Training Report Company 78

Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

During the 2007-2008 school year, Aaron Sams and I pioneered the flipped class model of education. Assessment is meaningful and a positive learning experience for students. Not harnessing the power of technology to help with assessments. Students receive timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.

Competency Based Learning 40

Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Learning Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Estonian students are among the highest performers in Europe on international math, reading and science assessments. But by 2008, they abandoned the practice. “It Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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Secondary System Survey Study 0

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2017

She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0 And parents want to know how to help their children learn. Her blog is at [link].

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Technology Learning Software Google 111

MIND Research Institute

APRIL 5, 2022

Before working with the state, she was an assessment coordinator and teacher for a school where she supported students with cognitive and behavioral exceptionalities. Twana was an elementary teacher, middle school math teacher, and school improvement coordinator. We must figure out how to do that. So, how are we doing it?

Video 101

Video Elementary Conference Strategy 101

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2011

The topic will be ‘How to use Elluminate in conjunction with Moodle for Online courses’. It will cover how to set up an Elluminate room, upload your slides and how to give your students access to the link before and recording after. link] ASSISTMENTS ( Math 2.0

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Moodle iPad Elementary Guidelines 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

We put them all together and with the KCK folks figured out how to implement them in an integrated way so they could enhance each other,” said James Connell, co-founder and president of IRRE. 50 points: The increase in the percentage of students in the Kansas City, Kansas, school district proficient in math between 1996 and 2008.

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Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

Waterford

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

3] But this study calls into question how we define the achievement gap itself as well as how to measure success in low SES schools. But if their scores steadily improve from year to year, this may indicate a school’s efficacy better than how we currently measure it. Journal of Advanced Academics, January 2008, 19(3), pp.

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Study Strategy Resources Accessibility 154

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

One part of that collaboration — ensuring smooth transitions for students from home to preschool and preschool to kindergarten — is what brought Daniel’s teachers from Alderson Elementary, lead teacher Audrey Persinger and assistant teacher Terri Webb, to his home in early May. A 2-year-old’s temper tantrum is what they’re having.

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Pearson Elementary Data Report 92

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

Nathaniel Wylie, who is trained in therapeutic crisis intervention, works with students participating in an aggression replacement group therapy session on how to recognize and control anger and other behaviors that landed them on long-term suspension. No answer, no gesture was too small to merit thanks.

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Groups Report Meeting Elementary 139

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Jamie Gorman said Teen Mental Health First Aid helped her learn “how to be a better friend in general — checking up on your friends and making sure they’re ok and asking them what’s going on at home.” The latter program was developed about two decades ago in Australia, and has been taught in the United States since 2008.

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Training Report Course Groups 125

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Educators prefer to call the new exams assessments, because they’re so different in form and format from traditional standardized tests. It’s very important for arts to be seen as a subject that can be and should be tested,” said Frank Philip, an arts education assessment consultant. It’s a parity thing.”.

Education 40

Education Assessment Guidelines Elementary 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. Please join us! See you online!

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Students selling notes online a legal gray area, schools say | ArkansasOnline → University of Arkansas faculty members are debating how to best deal with the selling of lecture notes by students, spurred on by the practices of online study resource companies known for aggressive recruiting tactics. Should it be revisited?

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

They added resources in an existing dual-language program at the elementary school level, created a sheltered English learner program for newcomer students in the middle school, and overhauled high school offerings, placing native English speakers and English learners into more of the same classrooms, so they can learn from each other.

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Groups Report Meeting Resources 110

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Jennifer Merritt’s first-graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Pryor, Oklahoma, were in for a treat. Abandoned by the school bus, Pete walks to Petroville Elementary in his pajamas. “It YouTube videos show the talk being delivered at elementary schools in West Virginia, a state embracing natural gas amid coal’s decline.

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Industry Education Company Groups 54

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Last year, the superintendent tried to shore up such teachers’ skills with additional training, rather than leaving them to figure out how to serve some of the neediest kids in the state on their own. Related: How deep coronavirus school budget cuts are expected to harm student achievement.

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