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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

As an educational researcher and former teacher, my interest in this topic is driven by a desire to uncover how we can harness this understanding of prior knowledge to enhance teaching methodologies and create more effective, engaging, and inclusive learning experiences.

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Scaffolding Questions to Develop Deeper Understanding

A Principal's Reflections

While conducting some coaching visits at Wells Elementary School recently, I saw Ms. At first glance, all I saw were student responses to knowledge-based questions on the interactive whiteboard to check for understanding. This is a great example of scaffolding and building on the content. Mican using Quizizz.

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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

Building their skillset and their knowledge base makes them eager to solve authentic problems. I advise teacher professional learning cohorts to start small if they plan to introduce a project-based learning unit. If they are already working on a project-based learning unit with a cohort, they can find ways to stretch.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

Professional development is a key part of building awareness of this absence and a knowledge-base for the educators who will be teaching students directly. The working group also developed sample scope and sequences for both the elementary and secondary level. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.” It is challenging.

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How Culturally Responsive Education Affects Student Engagement and Learning

MindSpark

Check out the following examples, and think about which is more rigorous and which your students would enjoy more. For example: Write a paragraph explaining what type of character Hamlet is. These two classroom exercises are examples of my work introducing Morgridge Academy Students to Culturally Responsive Education.

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Preparing for Growing Pains

Reading By Example

Mineral Point Elementary is my third school as an administrator and second as the head principal. Trusting ourselves to make informed and thoughtful decisions comes from a broad knowledge base about the initiative and constantly seeking more information. I also taught for seven years. Confidence.

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Four Ways You Can Use Data to Create a Personalized, Teacher-Driven PD Playbook

Edsurge

For example, imagine that you are an elementary school principal who is looking for opportunities to strengthen specific third grade math skills in the new school year. In doing so, you accentuate the strengths of individual teachers and expose other teachers to new styles and ideas in bite-sized chunks. Build a PD playbook.

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