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How to close learning gaps with the help of an intelligent learning platform

Neo LMS

There are different types of learning gaps, but usually, they all fall into one of these five categories: Knowledge gaps stem from a lack of correct and sufficient knowledge; they can be caused by poorly planned teaching activities. Skills gaps open when students don’t have sufficient chances to practice what they’ve learned.

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

If we overlay this data with a recent Gallup Poll of one million students, half of which reported feeling disengaged at school, we connect the dots to the loss of autonomy and input as a consequence of our push for accountability. The training in this area is mostly academically focused, such as common core standards and STEM.

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Chinese Edtech Sees $1.86B in Q1 2019, Bucking Plummeting Venture Trend

Edsurge

billion), according to data compiled by Mission EDU and Jingmeiti. secured a $15 million Series A round to further develop its STEM platform for preschool students. In the language-learning market, Dada raised $255 million in its Series D round. From January through March 2019, 131 China edtech ventures raised more than $1.86

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. Today, digital networks of information make access to data and areas of specialty ubiquitous, particularly in the scientific fields.

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How Improving Student Feedback and Teaching Data Science Restored Our Classroom Culture

Edsurge

I wanted to go back to my previous life as a geologist, where everything was quantifiable and the path forward was always revealed through methodical data analysis. Little did I know that by 2019 I would find a way to apply the data science strategies I learned as a geologist to bring joy and engagement back to my classroom.

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Why a K-12 Operating System is the Next Step in the Evolution of Edtech

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I dedicated hours every week copy-pasting student achievement data from multiple systems into one gradebook, analyzing each student’s progress and assigning work based on need. School and district leaders continue to spend an inordinate amount of time piecing together data to understand what’s really happening.

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‘There’s No Such Thing as Average’: Todd Rose on Brain Science and the Limitations of Standards

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The three elements that differentiate students—and really, anyone According to Rose, there are three patterns of individuality that everyone should consider when creating learning experiences for students. The first, jaggedness, refers to any human characteristic that we care about, and can’t be reduced to a single data point or score.