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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Episode 797 - 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Mastery Learning 101 Jon Bergmann, Author - The Mastery Learning Handbook. So for example, actually I had a big AHA when writing the book.

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How to Boost Students’ Intrinsic Desire to Learn

MiddleWeb

In The Student Motivation Handbook, Larry Ferlazzo shows how to use research backed strategies to build a community of learners in the classroom and drive intrinsic motivation. Every strategy comes with real world, practical examples, writes social studies teacher Alexis Lecznar.

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New Research Compendium Addresses Productivity & Transformation When Applying Technology in Learning Math

Digital Promise

Recently, the 60,000-member National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) released a new “Research Compendium,” a handbook with 38 chapters , each summarizing the best research on an important aspect of teaching and learning mathematics. So what did we discover? First, humility!

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Adding a Computational Boost to Your K-8 Lessons

Digital Promise

Are there teacher-friendly examples and professional development to support such work? To promote CT professional development for teachers, we held four workshops, called CT Boosters, to provide teachers with examples and guidance around the integration of two key CT practices, data and analysis and algorithms.

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How to Manage Student Devices for Remote Learning

Digital Promise

For example, in one Wisconsin school district, after the student fills out a help desk ticket, an exchange is scheduled at a designated site. Review the Staff Responsible Use policy in your employee handbook and remember that the policy still applies to working from home. Come up with a system for when students report broken devices.

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Geo-Inquiry in Project Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

He shares examples of what he has done, challenges, and some of the mistakes he made at first. Contributor to Handbook of Prosocial Education. He shares examples of what he has done, challenges, and some of the mistakes he made at first. Blog: [link]. Buck Institute Blog. Twitter: @ Curiosity_Films.

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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

Research questions often start from foundational theories, for example, about how the brain works. The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences. Sciences of learning recognizes that many sciences inform our understanding of how people learn, such as neuroscience, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and more.

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