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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

discuss two main types of prior knowledge which I want to draw your attention to: declarative prior knowledge and procedural prior knowledge. It encompasses a broad range of cognitive elements, from concrete facts and information to abstract concepts and procedural skills, along with personal interpretations and misconceptions.

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First AI-powered School Year Begins, Ushering in a New Era in Education

eSchool News

In its Back-to-School survey, Brainly , the leading learning platform for all school subjects and grades, highlights a growing trend – a remarkable 66.5% of students in grades 6-12 actively seek external support for their homework and study needs. Forty-five percent of these students spend more than two hours daily on homework.

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Technology’s Role in Putting Learning Science Research To Work

Digital Promise

When used appropriately, these tools can help educators create learning environments that incorporate key research-backed principles shown to underlie effective learning in the following ways: Supporting personalized, differentiated and self-paced learning. Supporting data gathering, analysis, and timely feedback.

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Lessons from a school without walls

The Hechinger Report

That heightened sense of ownership, which some research suggests could strengthen students’ desire to learn, is one of the many facets of an educational approach called “personalized learning.” The 10 grades are each split into groups with a designated base (analogous to a homeroom) and teacher.

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Good, Bad, & Ugly: Blended Learning Effectiveness #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

Good, Bad, & Ugly: Blended Learning Effectiveness SXSWedu 2017 Debate Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education Research, Christensen Institute Lisa Hansel, Advisor, Knowledge Matters Saro Mohammed (Moderator), Partner, The Learning Accelerator Personalized learning is one of true transformational opportunities in education.

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How to Build Lifelong Learners

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teachers get tangled in a web of standards, mission statements, and assessments, and spend too much time on what their institution considers essential. Decades earlier than Dewey spoke those words, John Adams defined them: “You will ever remember that all the End of study is to make you a good Man and a useful Citizen.”.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. In 2013, Intel acquired Kno for $15 million — for “ pennies on the dollar ,” said one analyst — and rebranded the software as the Intel Education Study App. They’re distracting others. And on and on and on.

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