Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? It’s common for her to hear, “Oh, you know, I decided to be an elementary school teacher because I don't want to teach math.”

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Training Elementary Common Core STEM 190

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2021

How Do We Leverage Pre-Assessment Skills Meaningfully? In this session, we’ll share where we are now, emotional trauma and learning, how effective distance learning compares to face-to-face learning, how to take your class online, accessibility and equity, assessment, and project-based learning. Dawn Stansbury. She received her M.Ed.

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Learning Course Elementary Secondary 318

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Welcome to another STEM related series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb in the last post. In this series of posts my goal is to provide you with practical resources in each of the STEM areas. Science – STEM Resources. My calendar is filling.

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STEM Resources Learning Conference 162

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

What is STEM? The acronym STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. More recently, arts were added to this educational model, as educators believed that art and creativity play an important role in the understanding of the former subjects in the STEM Curriculum , thus changing the acronym from STEM to STEAM.

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STEM Smartphone Mobility Industry 90

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

As you consider your own role as a teacher in building a classroom that inspires belonging for every student, assess yourself on the following factors that can contribute to inequity and turn your classroom from a healthy one into a toxic one. Every student should be able to see diversity in the STEM fields.

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STEM Classroom Gamification Instructional Materials 52

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The lack of computer science technology educators in middle schools continues to be a genuine crisis, especially considering the critical role of STEM education in preparing students for future careers. So kind of give us the the assessment? If you’re a computer science educator, you go teach in high school or university.

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STEM Industry Assessment Outcomes 113

eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

Study of grades 3-5 students showed improved math achievement with personalized learning approach. A research study from the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University demonstrates a link between an adaptive learning program and improvement in mathematics achievement for students in grades 3-5.

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Elementary Study Adaptive Learning Assessment 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 15, 2019

Welcome to number Three in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back, along with the 40 resources geared toward STEM Science and 35 resources geared toward STEM Technology. Engineering STEM Resources.

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STEM Resources Robotics Learning 143

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2021

Elementary school education is accumulative, building on whatever instruction came during the prior grade. One year you’re learning polynomials, the next how to graph them, while social studies gradually becomes more nuanced and comprehensive. So, what happens when a break occurs in the educational track?

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STEM Study Online Learning Elementary 103

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A survey of college professors indicates that most fields of study don’t require many of the math topics that high school students learn in high school. None of that math may be necessary for the vast majority of undergraduates who don’t intend to major in science or another STEM field. But that’s maybe 20 percent. economy.

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Survey STEM Analysis Data 141

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?

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Knowledge Base Assessment Study Dropout 112

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 5, 2021

The Utah STEM Action Center has released its 2020 annual report , which includes the results of their comprehensive statewide program evaluation. The study was not a fully experimental, randomized control trial (RCT) and is not evidence of causal impact. A new bar has been set for state-grants-funded digital math programs evaluation.

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Program Evaluation STEM Analysis Software 52

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. . As you can see in the graphic, you have quick exit tickets, self-assessments, speed up games, and more that you can add to your library to easily insert into your lessons.

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Libraries Assessment Tools Google 346

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

He was speaking during a break in a city program for promising local high school students to study calculus for five hours a day throughout the summer at Northeastern University. Professors blame the pandemic In the most recent Program for International Student Assessment tests in math, or PISA, U.S. Tran also loves math.

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STEM Report Study Industry 138

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 20, 2019

There’s a growing need for scientific and technical talent in STEM -related jobs. However, it seems that not many students are keen on pursuing STEM courses post their school level. A common reason given by students was that they found the STEM courses difficult. Here are some tips to create STEM courses for K-12 students: 1.Design

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STEM Outcomes Course How To 70

Neo LMS

JULY 19, 2022

But technology can be an incredibly useful educational tool for students of all ages, even young elementary-level learners. It can help with things like homework, independent study, skill development, research, language, math, science, and more. The key to using edtech appropriately is to do so under supervision. .

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Tools EdTech Gamification Accessibility 342

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

Recently I observed a great example of this during a coaching visit with Kay’s Creek Elementary School in Farmington, UT. They provide a defined framework for studies in well-defined, career-focused areas directly connected to university majors and workforce need. Their theme focused on global goals for sustainable development.

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Learning Pearson Elementary Social Media 413

Hapara

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Five principles underlying heutagogy Learner agency Self-efficacy and capability Metacognition and reflection Nonlinear learning Learning how to learn The origins of heutagogy Steward Hase and Chris Kenyon, who defined heutagogy as the study of self-determined learning in 2000, name it an optimal approach to learning for the 21st century.

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Learning Study Social Media Strategy 157

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. The retention policy is part of a state law passed in 2021 that was meant to boost long-lagging reading scores and stem pandemic learning losses. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question.

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Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 108

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores. Programs like Century Tech use AI to study student engagement and responses in order to help teachers and education administrators understand how their students learn. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Kaplan Robotics Data Report 329

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The latest proof point is Mystery Science , a provider of elementary-grade science curriculum, which has been acquired by Discovery Education. elementary schools, according to Mystery Science co-founder Keith Schact. This past July, it purchased Spiral, a formative assessment platform. In August 2019, the Silver Spring, Md.-based

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Education Company Elementary Broadband 213

MIND Research Institute

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a consensus study report in October 2018 entitled English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives. Below is a summary and commentary on certain points within the report. The Math Crisis.

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STEM Report Learning Assessment 45

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Brookings Institute did a study and found that math and reading scores dropped significantly and that this disproportionately impacted students from marginalized communities. . The big idea of mastery learning is that at the end of a unit/chapter, students take a summative assessment and if they pass, they move on to the next unit.

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 118

Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The Brookings Institute did a study and found that math and reading scores dropped significantly and that this disproportionately impacted students from marginalized communities. The big idea of mastery learning is that at the end of a unit/chapter, students take a summative assessment and if they pass, they move on to the next unit.

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 122

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In a study, Powell posed that question to children at the end of third grade, when they should have been able to answer it easily. Sometimes, it’s a simple question.

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Report Groups Study Advocacy 145

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Welcome to this second of many posts that will bring you over 70 STEM links. STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s.

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STEM Resources Blendspace Elementary 60

User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

” For subjects like science, this is a little easier as the labs that often accompany science lessons often have a hint of STEM or maker education. Assessment : How will learners be assessed? Peer Assessments. It simply becomes, “How can I add a making element to my lessons to reinforce concepts being learned?”

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Education Common Core STEM Examples 180

MindShift

MAY 21, 2017

Professor John Dunlosky is trying to bridge these two worlds , intentionally studying the effectiveness of strategies that lab studies indicate are promising, but that don’t require special technology or extra resources. Most people don’t realize that taking the test can have a direct impact on subsequent retention,” Dunlosky said.

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Study Strategy Learning Groups 78

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. Defined Learning makes using project-based content easy to bring into any subject. Each project will have P erformance Tasks.

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Learning Company STEM Tools 343

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The study, the second in a series of three examining the relationship between NAEP and the Common Core State Standards in math, was conducted by 18 math educators, supervisors and mathematicians convened by the NAEP Validity Studies Panel (NVS), an independent panel charged with examining issues related to the validity of the NAEP assessments.

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Common Core Study Assessment Report 40

The Electric Educator

MARCH 15, 2019

I believe that formative and summative assessments have an appropriate role in the classroom and that it is our duty as educators to take reasonable action to maintain the integrity of these assessments. Use page sections to block assessment previews Add sections to your quiz to prevent students from previewing a form before class.

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Google Assessment STEM Classroom 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The early teen years are also a stage when students are especially vulnerable to “identity foreclosure,” or the walling off of certain options, such as a STEM career, as not for them, Deutsch said. Indiana now requires all eighth graders to take a series of self-assessments through the state’s online career explorer or a similar web tool.

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STEM Course Robotics Social Media 139

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

They don’t have the knowledge right now to assess what’s a credible source and what is not,” she said. Students make predictions about what foods the worms will like and why, then study the worms over time, taking notes, testing and evaluating to come up with a conclusion.

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Training STEM Elementary Classroom 121

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

While Acera serves 130 students in kindergarten through ninth grade at the steep price of $26,400 for elementary school and $28,300 for middle school, with limited financial aid offered, Lowell Public Schools is a large, urban district serving almost 14,500 students, 71 percent of whom are considered high needs.

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STEM System Report Assessment 100

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. We Don’t Have To Choose Between Assessment and Excellent Teaching. The assessment piece is important for kids.

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Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Read the whole thing (it's short) but here are some pertinent excerpts: The study considered 173 studies of flipped learning, as well as 46 previous meta-analyses of the approach. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. [.] Surely the Freeman 2014 study would have been worth studying?

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Analysis Learning Study Outcomes 59

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Instructors say it’s tough to teach and assess motor skills, like catching and kicking, online. If school closures continue through the end of this year, childhood obesity rates will climb by more than 2 percent, according to estimates in a recent study by a researcher at Washington University in St. Others are trickier.

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Exercises Elementary Guidelines Report 144