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Research-based Benefits of Being Bilingual

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Positive Impact on Cognitive Aging : Bilinguals show better performance in later-life cognition, including general intelligence and reading, even for those who acquired a second language in adulthood (Bak, Nissan, Allerhand, Deary, 2014). The task assesses executive control components like working memory, inhibition, and shifting.

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Place-based Learning vs. Project-based Learning: Two Approaches for Authentic Assessment

Reading By Example

Both are grounded in inquiry, defined by Kathy Short as “a collaborative process of connecting to and reaching beyond current understandings to explore tensions significant to the learner” (2009). All of this information helped us assess the water quality of the creek. References. Demarest, A. New York: Routledge. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

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

Doug Levin

Guidance on the Enhancing Education Through Technology (Ed Tech) Program: Funds Made Available Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (July 2009). Dear Colleague Letter: Resource Comparability , which emphases technology-related equity issues (October 2014). FY 2014 $0. FY 2003 $700,500,000. FY 2013 $0.

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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

Digital Promise

Assessment. Research reveals that students ubiquitously perceive assessment as something that is “done to them [sic] by someone else — and is out of their control.” New Assessment Beliefs for a New School Mission, Phi Delta Kappan, p.22-27. Evaluation. Citations. [1] 1] Education Consumer Guide. 1993, November).

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Technology Integration Research Review

Digital Promise

According to findings culled from five meta-analyses, blending technology with face-to-face teacher time generally produces better outcomes than face-to-face or online learning alone ( Cheung and Slavin, 2011; Cheung and Slavin, 2012 ; Tamim, Bernard, Borokhovski, Abrami, and Schmid, 2011 ; Means et al, 2009 ; Means et al.,

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Powerful Learning is Authentic and Challenging

Digital Promise

Adjusting to feedback from ongoing formative assessment during learning allows educators to offer the help students need so they continue to feel the right level of productive struggle. Yeager, D. S., & Bundick, M. The role of purposeful work goals in promoting meaning in life and in schoolwork during adolescence. Kozulin, B. Gindis, V.

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PROOF POINTS: Shift to all-digital SAT could lead to some winners and losers

The Hechinger Report

Back in 2016, Ben Herold of Education Week reported that grade-school students who took the computerized version of a different test, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), in 2014-15 scored lower than students taking the paper-and-pencil version. Research has shown mixed results.

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