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Watch & Learn: Maritime High School Students Navigate Their Own Learning

EdTech Magazine

Teachers such as Joanna Rodriguez rely on Google Workspace for Education to track student progress and manage projects. We use Google Sheets for data analysis and data comparison. Every student is provided a Chromebook,” she says. “We They use Google Docs…

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RAND Study finds Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Show Greater Reading Gains Than Matched Comparison Students

American Consortium for Equity in Education

Researchers evaluated the science of reading based product’s effect on reading gains post pandemic school closings Since the school closings in 2020, educators have been looking for ways to help students accelerate learning to recover lost ground.

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States Are Wrestling Over Whose Learning Loss Is Worst

Edsurge

The national learning assessment NAEP is known as the “nation’s report card” because it gives policymakers a window into national learning. Released last month, the latest results revealed a big national decline in math and reading scores , charting just how disruptive the pandemic was to learning.

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Student and Teacher Motivational Needs in the School Setting

User Generated Education

Motivation is not only important in its own right; it is also an important predictor of learning and achievement. Students who are more motivated to learn persist longer, produce higher quality effort, learn more deeply, and perform better in classes and on standardized tests. Extra: The Neuroscience of Joyful Education [link].

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Podcast pedagogy: Leveraging audio programs for learning

Neo LMS

Perhaps even more importantly, many educators did not see a way to integrate them into their lessons. With a seemingly endless number to choose from and numerous user-friendly tools to create them, more and more educators recognize the value of podcasts as an educational tool. Nowadays, of course, podcasts are ubiquitous.

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The 6 principles of mastery-based learning

Neo LMS

Innovation in education is a must if we want to keep up with technology and global advancements. There has to be a paradigm shift in our approach to education. Mastery-based learning is a competency-oriented teaching method. Mastery-based learning is a competency-oriented teaching method. How can schools do that?

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Cultivating Independent and Collaborative Meaning-Making

Catlin Tucker

In my work helping teachers to shift from whole group, teacher-led lessons to differentiated small group student-centered learning experiences, I am asked questions that seem grounded in the belief that students cannot learn without the teacher. Create An Analogy: Encourage students to make a comparison or create an analogy.