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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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Not Just Numbers: How Educators Are Using Data in the Classroom

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loves the learning analytics available from Think Through Math program. “We Teachers were trained on how to use these analytics to set goals, pull out small groups based on need and accelerate learning.” “Students use the app in advisory class, and we check it out weekly to see any patterns trends,” she says.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. As we move forward with new technologies in learning analytics, how and who will be evaluating the claims that people put forward?”. Course Signals.

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