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How to Encourage Girls in Your Classroom to Get Involved in STEM

Waterford

Additionally, one case study found that STEM programs can decrease gender gaps and improve interest and confidence in STEM for all students. Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 2014, 47, pp. Journal of STEM Education: Innovation and Research, 2014, 15(3), pp. Liben, L.S. Viadero, D. Cheryan, S., Ziegler, S.A.,

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Valuing Professional Learning through Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Additionally, they recommended producing a case study of lessons learned from districts and states currently implementing micro-credentials showing how they leveraged micro-credentials to incentivize educator professional learning.

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HE Challenges: Combating declining completion rates

Neo LMS

Preferring to offer up innovative case studies from across the HE sector (rather than just discuss the issue) today’s blog will look at declining completion rates, and ways in which some universities are addressing them. Last time we started to explore the top four challenges facing higher education in the US.

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2014 Global Education Conference - Day Four

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

. - Richard Close Planetlines Connect Students Around the World - Daniel Kinzer Director of Experiential Learning School 8:00pm Alternativas lúdicas basadas en TIC para la ensenanza del cálculo en el bachillerato - Mr. Julio Aviles Romero Experiencing Global Education Through Immersive Learning Communities- A Case Study - Lainie Liberti - Co Founder (..)

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3 Ways to Achieve a Successful School Improvement Initiative

EdTech Magazine

After one year, students who participated in the program scored on average 97 percent higher on the STAR assessment than those who did not, according to a case study. Using that information, administrators chose to integrate DreamBox , a software solution designed to help math teachers teach and assess students.

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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

Well, that was at the Federal Communications Commission’s 2014-15 short-term target of 100 Kbps per student for using tech in the classroom. Think lots of nuts-and-bolts, this-should-go-into-a-checklist details punctuated with brief case studies. schools had high-speed broadband connections.

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How to Use the Dual Capacity-Building Framework to Strengthen Family Empowerment

Waterford

2] The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) in a case study on the dual capacity-building framework found that when the family-teacher connection was prioritized, reading and math scores improved by 9% and 18%, respectively.[5]. Webinar Recording, November 2014. and Aggarwal, C.

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