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Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

The Hechinger Report

On a recent morning, the children used plastic red and yellow dots for a counting exercise: One student tossed the coin-sized dots onto a cookie sheet while another hid her eyes. We are seeing it close gaps for students, and they are more able to access elementary school math.”

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Using open educational resources to empower differentiated instruction

Hapara

para built itself upon a robust pedagogical foundation that is designed to support differentiated instruction. Differentiation is the adjustment of teaching methodologies, instructional materials, the classroom environment, means of assessment, and content to match the interests and needs of learners to achieve the targeted learning outcomes.

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Teaching Tools and Techniques

eSchool News

Here, students engage with instructional content, such as pre-recorded lectures or readings, at home, freeing up class time for interactive activities, discussions, and hands-on exercises. One effective teaching technique within active learning is problem-based learning (PBL).

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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

Edsurge

But Bligh’s point was that because students’ attention spans and memory stamina vary widely, breaking the lecture into smaller increments of no longer than 20-30 minutes was optimal for different age groups he studied. Get creative with the format of your live or recorded lecturing.

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Renaissance Learning Acquires Schoolzilla to Marry Assessment and School Data

Edsurge

The company said afterward that it found no evidence that any information was improperly accessed. In the past, it’s focused on pairing assessments with digital instructional materials. Brekhus says Schoolzilla will gain access to his 180 sellers worldwide, 155 of them in the U.S., to help grow Schoolzilla further.

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EdTech Company ChalkTalk Earns Funding to Help Shape The Future of Teaching

eSchool News

Education ultimately changed his life after he received a full-ride to Brown University where he studied Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Economics. Easy to use and access. Florida Funders was incredibly impressed by ChalkTalk Founder, Mohannad Arbaji. ChalkTalk is my success story. I recommend it to every teacher.”.

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Schooling has changed forever. Here’s what will stay when things go back to normal

The Hechinger Report

The proposals included after-hours study groups for third graders to work with a qualified teacher or tutor to stem learning loss during the pandemic; an outdoor learning hub to reengage students who weren’t attending online classes; and an in-person small learning community with social and emotional supports for students suffering from trauma. “We