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Retrieval practice, CBE, and what we value regarding student learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

In Powerful Teaching , the authors focus on the potential of: Retrieval practice – “pulling information out of students’ heads (e.g., quizzes and flashcards), rather than cramming information into students’ heads (e.g., These educational practices can be powerful tools for information retrieval. lectures)” (p.

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5 Books for Families Who Are Rethinking School

The Innovative Educator

They are discovering a lot of what their children are doing is having information fed to them that they could have easily learned by watching YouTube videos. It is likely equally hard for their children to sit all day being fed information in class too. They find it hard for their children to sit all day working on screens.

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The Secret to Preventing Community College Dropouts? Start With Middle School

Edsurge

And it's taken some time, so you have to pick out what your biggest need is, and then, you have to start with a small number of students, show success, and learn how to do it. Well, Sam, thank you—if anybody want to get any more information about Putnam County Schools, where can they go? It's going to grow on its own.

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How does an intelligent learning platform help teachers create a truly personalized learning environment?

Neo LMS

Read more: How to make competency-based education possible through an intelligent learning platform. This multitude of materials ensures that students access more information and more content formats. Learning analytics can provide teachers with an accurate overview of how well their students progress on their learning paths.

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One state offers lessons in how to cope with the college enrollment crisis

The Hechinger Report

Incoming freshmen at the University of Maine pick up information about student clubs. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Outside in a parking lot, others were learning how to pilot tractor-trailer trucks. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. People want that.”.

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2019

Edsurge

High School Dropout. The title of Anthony Johnson’s book explains why he’s an unlikely educator: it’s called “High School Dropout to Teacher of the Year.” How to Move From Digital Substitution to ‘Deeper Learning’. So how do teachers actually create meaningful work and allow students real agency in a 21st century classroom?

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This innovative district lets students choose how to learn

eSchool News

A district offers students 6 instructional models—an approach that has led to zero dropouts. We have implemented a ‘zero dropout’ policy that does not allow students to drop out of our district,” he said. Instead of saying, ‘This is how our district is going to be,’ we actually allow multiple approaches,” Higdon said in an interview.

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