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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

I’ve even constructed entire units of study in a playlist to allow students to move through it at a pace that works for them. Language Practice: Engage students in conversation practice, pronunciation exercises, or grammar activities. I’ve built project playlists, close-reading playlists, and writing playlists.

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To Get Serious About Games, Teachers Experiment With Play in the Classroom

Edsurge

A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal. The benefits of playing in the classroom are becoming more obvious.

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How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist

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He devoted the bulk of his time and energy to studying how to improve teaching. “I So what has he learned in more than 20 years from applying his persistence (and much of the money he won from the Nobel) to studying teaching? You talk about needing to change the paradigm of teaching physics and other STEM fields.

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

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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6 Reasons why drones are landing in schools

Neo LMS

Research: practical applications in the classroom. Read more: 5 Reasons why active learning classrooms are the future of HE. If there’s an area that can truly be enhanced by drone technology, that definitely has to be STEM. Fly by ear in English and social studies. Operation: flying and maintaining the drone.

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Building STEM and Movement Skills Outside of School

edWeb.net

An edWebinar sponsored by Unruly Splats , “Distance Learning: How to Support STEM and Physical Activity at Home,” models this alignment showcasing web-based programs and apps that offer stay-at-home learners with opportunities to strengthen STEM skills, remain physically active, and manage screen time. The Mix: STEM and Movement.

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How the Pandemic May Help More Students See Themselves as Scientists

Edsurge

And just as our eight-person research team was about to launch our years-in-the-making classroom intervention to boost science outcomes, the pandemic changed everything. We planned to study how highlights from these stories of overcoming obstacles might affect how high school students view their potential as scientists.

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