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Unleashing Metacognition: The Power of See, Think, Wonder

Catlin Tucker

Metacognition, often referred to as “thinking about thinking,” is a cognitive skill that empowers learners to reflect on their thought processes, learning strategies, and understanding of a concept or subject. They can record what they see, what they think might be happening, and questions they wonder about the environment.

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How to Use the Dual Capacity-Building Framework to Strengthen Family Empowerment

Waterford

Read on to learn more about the dual capacity-building model and the core components of this framework. 3,11] When these conditions exist, families and teachers are able to recognize each other’s strengths and rely on one another while communicating about student goals. Sources : About Us. Dual Capacity. Wilkins, J.,

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Designing Classrooms Fit for Early Learners

Edsurge

Young children learn about the world through their bodies and movement as they build impulse control, self-regulation and executive functioning skills, which are foundational for academic readiness. We collaborated with the district over the course of a year to outline their needs and vision for how they’d like to serve their community.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Accomplished teachers are most knowledgeable about how students in their school or district learn, and thus they are ideal candidates to lead professional-learning and curriculum development efforts (Vescio et al., Deeper knowledge of content and how to teach it : Training teachers solely in new techniques and behaviors will not work.

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How to Use the Triple E Framework for Edtech Evaluations

The CoolCatTeacher

As I reviewed this product, I’ve seen special education teachers and organizations raving about how TARA has helped them organize IEP progress, meetings, and result tracking. She teaches courses in educational technology for the undergraduate elementary, undergraduate secondary, and Masters and Certification programs.

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The Free and Online 2014 School Leadership Summit Starts Wednesday! (Full Session List)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Tell a Friend / Colleague The conference is open to ALL, so please tweet, blog, email, or shout at your friends and colleagues to let them know about us. We''ll be tweeting out a reminder about an hour before for each conference session with each of the session links. We have some great new features this year! You are all terrific!)

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This routine helps students to understand what is expected of them and reduces anxiety or confusion about daily activities. The teacher could use techniques such as “Think-Pair-Share,” where students think about a question, discuss it with a partner, and then share their thoughts with the class. link] Garrett, T.