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Social Emotional Learning: Research & Applications for Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

Many of the skills weaved in above are becoming increasingly important to employers, especially those hiring in the STEM fields. Researchers attribute their findings to the secondary effects of SEL programs, such as higher academic self-esteem and a more positive attitude towards school itself. Child Development, 82(1): 405–432.

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Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom: Research & Applications for Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

Many of the skills weaved in above are becoming increasingly important to employers, especially those hiring in the STEM fields. Researchers attribute their findings to the secondary effects of SEL programs, such as higher academic self-esteem and a more positive attitude towards school itself. Child Development, 82(1): 405–432.

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Game On: How Four Community College Professors Spawned the CUNY Games Network

Edsurge

National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education award in March 2015 through April 2018 called “A Simulation-Based Curriculum to Accelerate Math Remediation and Improve Degree Completion for STEM Majors.” Players work on saving the world from disasters by manipulating linear equations. “We

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20 Texas Education Leaders to Follow on Twitter

MIND Research Institute

UT STEM Center @utstemcenter. The UT STEM Center's mission is to improve the teaching and learning of STEM through research, outreach, and educational services. The STEM Center is offering math and science professional development for K-5 teachers this August 1-2. [link] — NISD Elem Math Dept (@NISDElemMath).

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Five Compelling Reasons For Teaching Spatial Reasoning To Young Children

MindShift

Spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in STEM careers. Research shows that spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in the STEM disciplines—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (Wai, Lubinski, & Benbow, 2009). Sometimes these are called “STEAM” to reflect the inclusion of the arts.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. “I Second grade teacher Lynnon Carney helps a student with math at Arise Academy. But that wasn’t a thing then.

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How to Bring Back the Arts and Boost Academic Achievement Through STEAM Curriculum

Waterford

Did you know that music lessons can help students excel in STEM ? STEM subjects), 92% took music lessons as a child compared to 34% of the general population.[11] One easy way to get the positive effects of art in your classroom is by switching from STEM to STEAM curriculum. Clemens, S.G. Epstein, A.S. Coopersmith, J.,

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