Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The article is about a recent paper on flipped learning , which was simultaneously quite vocal in its criticism of flipped learning, and equally vocal about the virtues of a particular model for flipped learning that the paper proposes following the criticisms. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. [.]

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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. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

Study of grades 3-5 students showed improved math achievement with personalized learning approach. A research study from the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University demonstrates a link between an adaptive learning program and improvement in mathematics achievement for students in grades 3-5.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The tool was supposed to enable teachers to tailor their instruction to individual students’ learning needs, but even the kids who had strong math skills weren’t doing well. The state has also made progress in assessing which math software products correlate with improved student achievement. School districts will have to make choices.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Launched in 2014 for secondary grade students and in 2020 for elementary school students, Listenwise harnesses the power of listening to advance literacy and learning in all students by using podcasts as classroom texts, amplifying content and providing students practice in required listening skills.

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Waterford

JANUARY 30, 2020

Read on to learn more about emotional intelligence and how it can increase your student’s academic and social-emotional abilities. On an individual level, strong emotional intelligence is linked to better learning and academic performance.[4] Emotional intelligence is different from cognitive ability, but it can be just as important.[13]

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In 2014, they were named a model for desegregation by the Center for Diversity and Equality in Education. In order to address these equity concerns, the district is increasingly turning to technology--in particular, blended learning--to allow all students to succeed. Embracing Blended Learning.

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

If you can adapt your instruction to reflect your students’ needs and learning preferences, you can make class time more effective and help students become more engaged. In this article, we’ll go over what differentiated instruction is and how using this learning strategy can provide your students with the resources they need to succeed.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Even just one student who is misbehaving can affect how much and how well an entire class is learning. When we arrived at Betty Best Elementary in Houston in the summer of 2014 and dug into the school’s data, we saw there were 627 office referrals during the previous year. Take a positive approach to classroom management.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Three years ago, with the help of the education agency the Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA), Iowa rolled out its initiative to implement blended learning as a model for the state. In a competency based system, students advance upon proficiency and receive rapid differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2019

The Houston district currently includes 11 high schools, 18 middle schools, 54 elementary schools, and five special campuses. The teachers and district administration realized we lacked a collaborative technology infrastructure that engaged students in their learning environments. billion bond to help update the district’s classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Audrianna Lesieur, age 11, smiles after demonstrating the strength of “Confidence” with encouragement from classmate William Maestas as her teacher Val Seamons moves on to assist Billy Sabo at Lake Canyon Elementary School. They’re among the 10 “talent themes,” or strengths, used to underpin learning in the school district here.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Even just one student who is misbehaving can affect how much and how well an entire class is learning. When we arrived at Betty Best Elementary in Houston in the summer of 2014 and dug into the school’s data, we saw there were 627 office referrals during the previous year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Students can co-create curriculum and their classrooms with teachers for powerful learning experiences. Learn how students are teaching each other drone piloting and other examples from Albemarle County, Virginia with Superintendent Pam Moran. Learn more at coolcatteacher.com/guide. The assessment piece is important for kids.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Mississippi’s elementary reading policies, signed into law in 2013, have drawn national attention. They include improved literacy training for elementary teachers and reading coaches for the state’s lowest performing elementary schools. Related: Mississippi made the biggest leap in national test scores this year.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For this reason, MIND is proud to have partnered with John Deere since 2014 to reach more than 37,000 students in over 90 schools, ensuring the next generation of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math (STEAM) workforce continues to carry the innovation and leadership torch. That was certainly the case in Waterloo, Iowa.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Subscribe today! Choose as many as you like.

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MindShift

MAY 3, 2019

According to a 2014 study (the most recent data available) from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 73% of eighth graders are less than proficient in geography. She looked at data from the 2014 assessment and estimated that educators only spend about 20 minutes a week teaching geography.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

“I tell them not to read at the same pace that your neighbors are reading, not too loud that we’re distracting someone, but just enough that you can practice your reading voice,” the second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School said. “So Then something changed, said Melody Lee, the district’s learning director. Reading Remedies.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

Teachers can give their students quick conventions formative assessment QR codes that link to an online survey/quiz such as in Google Forms. Although the ebook is intended for grades 6-12, teachers at both the elementary and the college level can easily adapt the activities. Here are short descriptions of three activities: L.2

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

This story is part of a series from EdSurge Research on how schools are redefining student success using MyWays , a framework created by Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC). Within the first five years of the transition, Sanborn schools also built a competency-based curriculum and performance-based assessments based on those standards.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Whether you’re a new teacher or have years of classroom experience, there’s always more to learn. Similarly, many experienced teachers find that gaining additional certifications is a valuable career boost and an excellent way to continue learning and challenging themselves. London: Routledge, 1982, 2014. Kriegel, Otis.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 4, 2021

Train for transformation with professional learning focused on cultural competency and implicit bias. Professional learning: Require all staff to take courses on culturally responsive practices—and it should not be invitational. Reexamine practices—assess what is and isn’t working. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 18, 2017

The post How to Find the Best iOS Apps for Your Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The best way to find apps is to connect and learn from other teachers using apps in their classroom. Teach her how to find apps, she can facilitate learning for a lifetime.” Learning in Hand. Elementary. Assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We RELATED: Hot spots no silver bullet for rural remote learning.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

Screencastomatic - Free online screencast Paul Bogush 15 assessments that don''t suck. Global classroom projects: icollaboratory, Kidlink: lower elementary, Flat connections: [link] , Hello little world skypers: Skype projects World Read Aloud Day is march 5th!!! Crazy talk - program that takes a visual and makes it talk. (.99)

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Additionally, mobile devices were provided to additional subject areas, including laptops to all elementary schools. From 2014 to 2018, the subject areas and grade levels in which the district deployed mobile devices have shown consistent increase in student achievement on state assessments and end-of-course assessments.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

LearnPlatform, founded in 2014 and based in Raleigh, N.C., An accelerator that works with nonprofits is a rarity in the industry, says Peter Gault of Quill.org, a nonprofit that provides writing and grammar activities to help students in elementary, middle and high school. Boddle Learning (Kansas City, Mo.)

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Olin does think, however, that the five-paragraph essay format is useful for elementary students, adding that fourth grade is when the state of Texas starts assessing students’ writing in standardized tests. Croix Falls Elementary School in St. Take McKenzie Spehar, a Writing and Rhetoric Studies major at the University of Utah.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

If you want to follow those tweets, you can either track the conference hashtag #ticalsls14 or you can follow the Learning Revolution Twitter account at @learnrevproject. Rod Federwisch & Karen Goss Assessing and Developing Modern Language Fluency For Global Communication - Harry Tuttle, Ed.D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

I was inspired to write this post because of the soon to be released episode 536 (to be released on August 5, 2019 ), where a third-year teacher, Edwin Thomas Minguela, and I talk about the lessons he’s learned in his first two years of teaching. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24) 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24)

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

While I won’t claim to ever be perfect, I have learned so much over the last seventeen years. If this post helps some of you avoid the mistakes I learned early on, then it will accomplish its purpose! I work to reinforce the paperwork flow so we can focus on learning. Formative assessment is key.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

STEM should be a catalyst for active learning. Learned enough English to transition into regular classes in 8th grade, finished all high school coursework by 11th grade, now taking 5 AP classes as a senior. STEM in Iowa’s Re-Envisioned Economic Development Roadmap (2014 Battelle Report) , Kathryn Kunert & Carrie Rankin.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

She would receive the federal money through a state grantee, the Colorado-based nonprofit Early Learning Ventures, which would provide additional funding for some of the lower-income kids enrolled in her program, increasing her insufficient salary. The program promised to help her ramp up the quality of her center, at little to no cost.

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