Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Historical Context in Social Studies : When discussing the Civil Rights Movement in a history class, students draw on their prior knowledge of earlier historical events like slavery and the American Civil War to better understand the context and significance of this movement. Prior Knowledge: What Does the Research Say?

Knowledge Base 112

Knowledge Base Assessment Study Dropout 112

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. And another study found that intensive tutoring had major positive impacts on math gains among high school students. Read the stories.

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Study Data Report Elementary 139

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Andrea Hernandez studied the multiplication table nearly every day during the summer between her third and fourth grade years. An aspiring mechanical engineer, Hamscho failed his first college calculus exam before he formed a study group. When she started at a new school in the fall of 2012, she breezed through the timed math tests.

Education 132

Education Course Report Policies 132

GoConqr

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Dropout rates increase, test and project scores dip, and – worst of all – learning becomes synonymous with boredom. This was something we touched on in a recent blog post on a study that found that more than half of students in the US felt “bored” at school.) Many educators would strongly disagree with such an assessment.

Technology 67

Technology Classroom Learning Dropout 67

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Purvis is in her first year of study for an associate degree in nursing at Everett Community College. I’m an assessment instructor,” Mosser said. Students fresh out of high school had an easier time remembering chemistry and math, Purvis said, but she hadn’t studied those subjects for 10 years. “We

Industry 73

Industry Training Report Course 73

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Only, rather than sending health care or social service providers to support parents and assess young children’s readiness for school, McDowell is sending teachers directly to kids’ homes — including high schoolers’ — to counsel, persuade and cajole them to graduate on time and plan for their future. Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report.

Report 111

Report Elementary Study Conference 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Rather than being challenged, he was allowed to use a teacher-made study guide while taking exams at his California high school. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A. After she graduated high school, she enrolled in a junior college to study child development while working full time.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111