The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Louisiana, for example, used their dollars to serve an additional 16,000 children from birth to age three. If there is an influx of English language learners, for example, they are prepared to quickly open more classrooms to serve these children and their families. But the time to use those dollars is quickly running out.

Instructional Materials 126

Instructional Materials Education Outcomes Examples 126

Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 5, 2023

For example, my son who is studying cybersecurity recently told me prompted ChatGPT along these lines: ‘You are the hiring manager for a cybersecurity position at a large company. Then do the same with every colorful little box containing an example, case study, etc. Conduct a mock interview with me, asking me ten conceptual questions.

OER 137

OER Exercises Case Study Instructional Materials 137

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Four dots next to a printed number 6, for example, meant that students had to draw in two extra dots — an important precursor to learning addition. It’s what Sumner County Superintendent Scott Langford calls “high-quality” instructional material, with lessons that move students beyond simply counting objects like penguins.

Elementary 145

Elementary Instructional Materials Report Data 145

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Collaborate with faculty to support them in an instructional design capacity, inspiring and helping them implement engaging curricular units around instructional technology and innovation. Develop training and instructional materials for faculty to enhance their fluency with available technologies and software.

Classroom 344

Classroom Microsoft STEM Adobe 344

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

This framework informs how ThinkCERCA designs its literacy instructional materials and lessons. Teachers can choose a lesson in the program, which guides students through a multi-step process to analyze the reading materials and write a response essay. For example, how do you create a claim and counterclaim?)

Instructional Materials 232

Instructional Materials Academic Standards Company Industry 232

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Below you will see one of many examples that fall into the category of a resource that is not pedagogically sound. There are no such categories in the example above, just the arbitrary awarding of points with no succinct rhyme or reasons. For example, what are the success criteria that justify the score?

Assessment 263

Assessment Instructional Materials Resources Examples 263

Hapara

JUNE 16, 2022

para built itself upon a robust pedagogical foundation that is designed to support differentiated instruction. Differentiation is the adjustment of teaching methodologies, instructional materials, the classroom environment, means of assessment, and content to match the interests and needs of learners to achieve the targeted learning outcomes.

Differentiated Instruction 144

Differentiated Instruction OER Resources Hapara 144

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Sixty-three percent said the use of video helped increase the relevancy and quality of instructional materials. In one survey of educators, ViewSonic Corporation found that three-quarters of teachers (75 percent) connected so-called blended-learning models with increased student engagement. How is that represented?

Learning 392

Learning Outcomes Exercises Survey 392

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Flipped Classroom: In a flipped classroom model, students review instructional materials independently outside of class, such as watching videos or reading texts, and then engage in active learning activities, discussions, or projects during class time. What are some examples of active learning strategies?

Strategy 55

Strategy Flipped Classroom Learning Instructional Materials 55

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Mission: Mars is a great example of putting the core learning objective, building and iterating for specific mechanical tasks and conditions, at the center of fun, rich experience design.”

Learning 105

Learning STEM Instructional Materials Analysis 105

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Instructional material for student reading is often very didactic. Its purpose is to be used by a teacher to give examples of different elements of writing, and it’s usually highly patterned to make those elements, like a main idea or a conclusion, relatively easy to pick out.

Libraries 119

Libraries Strategy Instructional Materials Examples 119

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A prime example was the New York City School System, which had prohibited students and teachers from accessing ChatGPT’s website on school computers. It can also process a wide range of data, including instructional materials, student work, and assessment results, to offer evidence-based insights.

Education 116

Education Robotics Analysis Instructional Materials 116

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For example, a digital worksheet is still a worksheet in the same way a traditional six-period bell schedule done via Zoom or Google Meets is still a basic substitution of the physical classroom setting for the virtual one. Most of the examples that appear in the section below fall into this category.

Learning 218

Learning Examples Instructional Materials Blended Learning 218

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Active learning examples in the classroom encompass myriad techniques that promote student engagement, critical thinking, and deeper understanding. Types of active learning methods encompass a variety of engaging instructional approaches designed to promote student participation and deeper understanding.

Strategy 52

Strategy Learning Flipped Classroom Student Engagement 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Teachers want and need straightforward starting points in terms of instructional materials,” she said. For example, wind vs. solar is a topic that can yield productive discussion, while whether climate change is exacerbated by human activity is not,” said Madden. Teachers want to know where scientific debate is appropriate.

Instructional Materials 115

Instructional Materials Report Elementary Data 115

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As such, OpenSciEd has several unique benefits relative to typical, commercially produced instructional materials. For example, because open materials can be readily modified, research studies can compare adapted lessons to their off-the-shelf counterparts to examine the effectiveness of the adaptations.

Instructional Materials 183

Instructional Materials Outcomes STEM Resources 183

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

Mission: Mars is a great example of putting the core learning objective, building and iterating for specific mechanical tasks and conditions, at the center of fun, rich experience design.”

STEM 114

STEM Instructional Materials Analysis Data 114

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Take, for example, the recent California Science Test (CAST) scores released in October 2022 that showed 29.45 For example, known as the Black Escalation, teachers have been shown to severely discipline Black students versus white students. percent of students met or exceeded the Science standards.

STEM 105

STEM Classroom Gamification Instructional Materials 105

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Including high-quality instructional materials—lesson plans, pacing guides, assessments, and rubrics—is essential. An evidence-based summer school curriculum focused on critical grade-level standards and grade-appropriate assignments is best for summer teaching and learning.

Analysis 114

Analysis Trends Assessment Instructional Materials 114

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

When combined with other sources, one estimate places this figure as high as $10 billion annually, with $200 million of that spent on digital instructional materials. Highly fragmented, these organizations often serve small numbers of learners and have very limited budgets for instructional materials.

Instructional Materials 170

Instructional Materials Education Company Mobility 170

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 21, 2023

For example, politicians understand costs much better than they understand learning, which makes policy work and other political advocacy around eliminating textbook costs far easier than advocating for ways that “open” (whatever that word means) might be leveraged to improve student outcomes.

OER 109

OER Advocacy Outcomes Instructional Materials 109

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

UDL is based on the principle that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to teaching and learning and that instructional materials and methods should be flexible and adaptable to the needs of all students. For example, one common barrier for students at Compass High School is the inability to read grade-level text.

UDL 186

UDL Assistive Technology Accessibility Instructional Materials 186

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

All of this happened because I stepped back—and because the instructional materials gave my students opportunities to find meaningful connections to their lives. In addition, because the OpenSciEd curriculum is fully editable, I’ve been able to make changes to meet my students where they are.

OER 111

OER Classroom LMS Instructional Materials 111

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 2, 2023

I’ve been thinking about AI training data a lot recently, partly because of the fascinating intersections and overlaps between (1) curating and annotating training data for AI models and (2) designing instructional materials for human learners. I hope not, because I don’t do that.)

Learning 125

Learning Training Study Instructional Materials 125

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

It cost about $400 per student in instructional materials and teacher training. In this experiment, for example, students learned about animal survival in first grade and dinosaur extinction in second grade. It wasn’t a huge boost to reading achievement, but it was significant and long-lasting.

Learning 145

Learning Study Elementary Comparison 145

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

What are some examples of teaching techniques? Traditional K-12 teaching tools examples encompass a rich array of resources and methodologies that have long been foundational in educational settings. These assessments provide valuable feedback to educators, informing instructional decisions and guiding future lesson planning.

Tools 52

Tools Differentiated Instruction Flipped Classroom Software 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I predict that in the coming year, partnerships like the one between The Reading League and NCEL will begin to help heal divisiveness and welcome new, diverse voices into the conversation on evidence-aligned literacy instruction. They did it through a comprehensive overhaul of their approach to literacy learning.

System 126

System Education Trends Outcomes 126

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

For example, Sarin grew up with parents who spoke a mix of Hindi and English, which AI models largely trained on standard American English may have trouble emulating. But he hopes that such tools are used like textbooks or instructional materials, not as replacements for human instructors. “If

Trends 157

Trends MOOC iPhone Instructional Materials 157

User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Instead, more professional learning time should be spent helping teachers plan, develop materials, and practice delivering the strategies with colleague support. ( [link] ). Teachers need to be offered lots of instructional suggestions and resources so they can tailor their PD learning to their own teaching environments.

Instructional Materials 120

Instructional Materials Strategy Training Professional Learning 120

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

EdReports — the highly regarded, independent nonprofit designed to improve education by providing reviews of K-12 instructional materials — applies evidence-based analysis in evaluating math and ELA programs. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes.

Common Core 52

Common Core Instructional Materials Company Adaptive Learning 52

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

But district leaders, administrators and teachers have incredible demands placed on them, which were exacerbated by the pandemic and while there are high-quality materials available, they’re not compiled. We are looking to lift up positive examples of districts, schools and teachers who are doing a great job,” Pai says.

Training 152

Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 152

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2023

For example: California’s debate about revisions to its statewide math framework included provisions to shake up math instruction, in an attempt to keep it rigorous but also find a way to narrow achievement gaps among students of different races and income levels. And that impacts the development of materials, she argues.

Edmentum 118

Edmentum Company Industry Guidelines 118

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Four, we must ensure that all instructional materials – no matter their form or medium – remain available for public inspection and review. While this is an imperfect process and often treated as a necessary evil, there are myriad examples where this public review process has helped to identify and remediate errors of fact and bias.

Instructional Materials 150

Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Buoyed by examples of new and significant commitments to OER by companies large and small, governments of all levels, and schools, it is easy to see that the future of instructional materials over the next decade will look very different than it has over the last decade. This is good news and cause for celebration.

OER 170

OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

Digital Promise

MAY 21, 2018

This involves identifying vocabulary that students have to understand in order to access curriculum content; understanding the semantic and syntactic complexity of the language used in written instructional materials; and knowing the ways in which students are expected to use language to complete each learning task.

Instructional Materials 170

Instructional Materials Survey Strategy Accessibility 170

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

For example, a 50-minute period might begin with a “Do Now,” a brief exercise that introduces to students what they will be learning, followed by short segments that include a mix of lecture, group activity, discussion, or individual work. Get creative with the format of your live or recorded lecturing.

MOOC 187

MOOC Khan Academy Learning Blackboard 187

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Furthermore, states that have adopted legislation around science-aligned approaches to reading instruction have seen significant improvements in reading achievement. Take Mississippi, for example — a state that had been near or at the bottom of most state education rankings for years.

Policies 145

Policies Assessment Outcomes Instructional Materials 145