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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

2] This can refer to any stressful or traumatic event that occurs during childhood, such as health issues, loss of a loved one, community violence, and abuse or neglect.[4] Anxiety about grades and assessments is one of the major causes (outside of ACEs) of student stress.[12] Academic Pediatrics, 2017, 17(8), pp. Stempel, H.,

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). ” Both critical thinking skills (e,g., References Finn, P. Leaders of their own learning: Transforming schools through student-engaged assessment.

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Wednesday, October 11, 2017. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq. Listen Now.

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6 Tech Treasures for Special Ed Teachers (K-6)

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Tuesday, October 10, 2017. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq. Listen Now.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

That’s referred to as the cognitive aspect. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” The system sends students a text or e-mail 24 to 48 hours after a class, with one multiple-choice question about the material. That’s known as the metacognitive realm.

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The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education

Iterating Toward Openness

This is because books are what economists refer to as private goods, meaning they have two specific characteristics: they are rivalrous and excludable. While causality was not claimed by any researcher, the use of OER was sometimes correlated with higher test scores, lower failure, or withdrawal rates. References.

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In DC, Teachers Run the Jail. It’s Turning Inmates Into Students.

Edsurge

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. In 2017, the petite Texan arrived at the jail with an armada of plans and the energy to launch them. An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / WASHINGTON, D.C. Jerard Briscoe is away at school. It’s a plausible story.

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