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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In the context of education, prior knowledge acts as a lens through which new concepts are viewed, interpreted, and assimilated, playing a crucial role in shaping learning outcomes, engagement with new material, and the overall educational experience. Prior Knowledge: What Does the Research Say? For instance, the work of Cordova et al.,

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

Recent studies, including the Gates Foundation, the TNTP Project and Harvard research, all report failing grades from administrators and teachers alike, which is one certainty we can begin with. Without a change in engagement, professional development efforts will be severely hampered and learning outcomes will stay depressed.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Whittenberg, a public elementary school in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in its curriculum. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering, a school focused on STEM curriculum in Greenville, South Carolina. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report.

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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

In some ways, the return to exclusionary discipline is a predictable outcome of the chaos of the pandemic. Studies show not only is it ineffective at improving students’ future behavior, it can also do the opposite. Teachers and administrators nationwide are stretched especially thin.

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Quantifying the risks of working while in college

The Hechinger Report

Only 6 percent of students from low-income families work in lucrative fields such as science, technology, engineering or math (STEM); business or healthcare, according to the report. Where a student works and the type of work he or she does can set the stage for career outcomes.

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

One study by the Louisiana board of education showed that 40 percent of retained eighth graders did not even make it to a high-school campus after being held back. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

Rather than being challenged, he was allowed to use a teacher-made study guide while taking exams at his California high school. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A. After she graduated high school, she enrolled in a junior college to study child development while working full time.

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