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Research-based Benefits of Being Bilingual

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Bialystok, E. Bialystok, E. Bialystok, E., The study differentiates between the incidence rates of dementia and the age of symptom onset. It tracks participants first tested in 1947 and retested in 2008–2010. 2015) – “Cognitive Advantage in Bilingualism: An Example of Publication Bias?

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PROOF POINTS: New higher ed data by race and ethnicity

The Hechinger Report

Before the pandemic, white, Black and Hispanic Americans were enrolling in college at about the same rates, especially when unemployment was high and jobs were hard to find. Asian Americans enrolled in college at much higher rates.) Data sources: Adult population collected by the Annie E. Census Bureau.

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

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. FY 2010 $100,000,000. Rationale for Obama administration FY 2010 program funding reduction : “ The proposed reduction of $169.9 FY 2015 $0.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

Effects of a brief mindfulness meditation intervention on student stress and heart rate variability. Monitor, January 2010, 41(1), pp. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2015, 100(9), pp. Stempel, H., Cox-Martin, M., Bronsert, M., Dickinson, L.M., and Allison, M.A. Academic Pediatrics, 2017, 17(8), pp. and Schonert-Reichl, K.A.

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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

In the CBE environment students enter a program of study at different times and progress at different rates. Kozlow et al (2015) suggests that in order for autonomous learners to be successful they must possess self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies. Weimer (2010). References: A. Kozlow & A. 10 [link].

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Cash Awards Honor Faculty and Institutions for Innovative Use of Digital Tools

Edsurge

In 2010, Northern Arizona University began using a math placement test for incoming students and found many of them struggled to achieve needed proficiency. Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. Much like Fulé did. NAU saw immediate positive impact,” she adds.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

Head & Eisenberg (2010) discussed college students’ habits of using Wikipedia in combination with other information resources and preference for its “mixture of coverage, currency, convenience, and comprehensibility in a world where credibility is less of a given or an expectation from today’s students.”. Look for editorial ratings.

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