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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions. For instance, the work of Cordova et al., Journal of Sleep Research , 32(4), e13834. link] Cordova, J., Sinatra, G.

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When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

The Hechinger Report

Such hands-on work is just one way students at Randolph Union gain real-life experience and exposure to careers in their communities. It’s all part of a statewide push to “personalizelearning, giving students more of a say over what — and where — they study. It recognized that learning can occur anywhere.”.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Richard Del Moro, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, adds that Middletown works hard to make their students “feel good” by providing opportunities beyond academics, including extracurricular activities, athletics, music, and the building environment. You take a personal interest,” says Keith. “It

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

” As a result, students engage in academics, athletics and extracurriculars because they “know you care.” Eastwood wants each student to be proficient in math and reading before finishing 5th grade. That even if no one in these students’ families attended college, they can be different.