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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

Measuring learning styles often involves an assessment such as this one from the Georgia Department of Education. Instead of planning activities based on learning styles, teachers may want to opt for a different, but better researched technique: differentiated instruction. Computers & Education, March 2017, 106, pp.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

K-12 educators are increasingly turning to digital resources to enhance instruction and address student needs. That’s why, in 2019, Discovery Education conducted a comprehensive research study—including a literature review, focus groups, interviews, surveys and an analysis of data usage—across our digital products and platforms.

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The Difference Between Personalized Learning And Individualized Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

The term personalization and individualization are often used synonymously for differentiating instruction. It is best to start with a common structure for taking this dive into deeper learning through Differentiation. Lorna Earl explains the relationship between assessments and Differentiation best.

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One District's Journey From 'State of Emergency' to Student Success

Edsurge

During the second takeover in June 2017, the South Carolina superintendent declared a “state of emergency” in education. Gilmore: We worked with AdvancED | Measured Progress to do a root cause analysis: in order to move the academic needle in this district, what do we need to accomplish? performing formative assessments.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. . #1: 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Why do we do this?

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. In a meta analysis of 169 studies stretching over five decades of research on the effectiveness of environmental education for children and adolescents, Wetering et al. A meta-analysis.

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Consistent Use of Lexia Reading Core5 Leads to Surge in Charter Schools USA Elementary Students Literacy Gains

techlearning

CSUSA assessed students’ reading abilities in the fall, winter and spring using the computer-administered, adaptive screening tool, NWEA™ MAP®. Today, Lexia helps students build fundamental reading skills through its rigorously researched, independently evaluated, and widely respected instruction and assessment programs.