eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

. – 95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, launched 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5. It engages students with informational text and literary passages to help them develop fast and meaningful word recognition and build fluency, comprehension, and confidence.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 21, 2017

This “Netflix generation” of students (and all future generations) has no basis for understanding information that isn’t readily and immediately avail able. Learning Transformed comes with a free study guide for school leaders. These students have come to expect high-quality content—on demand, anytime, and anywhere.

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EdTech4Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

It demonstrates that video material is viral and draws in more people than any other content. Because of this, you might profit much from using YouTube as a terrific tool in your online study. YouTube has more instructional videos than the LC. To get access to free and high-quality lecture material.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Problem-Based Learning (PBL): PBL tasks students with solving real-world problems or case studies, requiring them to apply knowledge and critical thinking skills to develop solutions. Critical Thinking: Active learning encourages students to analyze, evaluate, and apply information, rather than passively receiving it.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

To support local school districts’ decisions on purchasing instructional materials, the LDOE evaluates products on program design, instructional design, usability and support, and other criteria for high quality. A committee of Louisiana educators reviews the materials. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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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.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. This framework informs how ThinkCERCA designs its literacy instructional materials and lessons.

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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. or “Do you mean (restate your understanding)?”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

But too often teachers spend that crucial year reinforcing basic information students may already know. In a 2013 study , researcher and University of Colorado Boulder associate professor Mimi Engel found that students who spent more time on the advanced concepts in kindergarten learned more math.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 21, 2017

This “Netflix generation” of students (and all future generations) has no basis for understanding information that isn’t readily and immediately avail able. Learning Transformed comes with a free study guide for school leaders. These students have come to expect high-quality content—on demand, anytime, and anywhere.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In 2021, the New Hampshire Department of Education selected Discovery Education’s award-winning K-12 learning platform to support all New Hampshire learning environments with high quality instructional material. More information about Discovery Education’s research studies can be found  here. 

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Science materials from 65 publishers were reviewed for adoption by the Instructional Materials Advisory Committee, comprised of parents, teachers, district administrators and community members. The Committee reviews all instructional materials in light of the state content standards.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

million grant from the Bezos Family Foundation to design an innovative social studies and civics curriculum that uses a Project Based Learning (PBL) model. This project acknowledges the need for teachers to have ready access to high quality instructional materials to achieve student outcomes.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A new study from WestEd, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research agency, commissioned by Front Row Education, found that students using the adaptive, gamified and data-drive technology showed greater mathematics achievement outcomes when compared with students who did not. Today, Front Row Math is used in over 25% of U.S.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 7, 2024

Today, the shift towards digital content as the primary instructional material is undeniable. Teachers are now creating interactive academic course material with the help of learning management systems such as Moodle and distributing it to students at large. It empowers you to manage your classrooms effectively.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2023

A research study from Curriculum Associates recently received a Moderate (i.e., Evidence for ESSA is intended to provide educators with reliable, easy-to-use information on programs and practices that meet the standards of evidence in the ESSA. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.— Tier 2) rating from Evidence for ESSA.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

The vast majority secured teaching positions in schools using the instructional materials written by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell or Units of Study, from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. If we are truly to reconsider efforts to improve reading instruction, I offer two ideas.

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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.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com. BOSTON ( Sept. About Cambium Learning Group.

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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. This kind of long term investment in PD is needed to make sure a mandate like the TEAACH Act is implemented long term.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Now, a new resource from SETDA offers a look at different state-level procurement models to demonstrate how various states have implemented policies and procedures to procure digital resources, instructional materials and devices. Next page: Procedures from 4 states highlighted in the report).

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2022

The organization also provides a network for school districts sharing common problems to exchange information and collectively address new challenges as they emerge in order to deliver the best possible education for urban youth. Ayana demonstrates a remarkable commitment to her studies, her advocacy work, and her community.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We will continue to invest in research to inform enhancements to our current programs and the development of new ones that unlock the power of literacy for all students.”. Congratulations to 95 Percent Group for demonstrating that research informs product design.”. About Digital Promise. About LXD Research.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Studying the Reflective Practitioner During Graduate School. This permits learners to have a direct and sensory experience interacting with the instructional materials. During several of my graduate courses, the idea of the reflective practitioner was introduced through studying the works of Donald Schon and Stephen Brookfield.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

(September 13, 2018) – Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today it has added new digital assets to its services that boost teachers’ ability to engage students in a variety of subjects including Science, STEM, and Social Studies.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

,” author Donald Bligh compared the four things teachers claimed students would get from lectures (acquisition of information, promotion of thought, changes in attitude, and development of behavior skills) with what his research showed pupils actually gained: only acquisition of information.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

Questioning the quality of instructional materials isn’t new to the digital education era. Thus, there is the potential for more disparity in the quality of materials from school to school. State leaders need to make sure they are giving educators the tools they need to select the best materials for the classroom.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

Studies show that for students to remain engaged, they need texts that reflect their personal experiences. Offer high-interest content that reflects student experiences Studies show that for students to remain engaged, they need texts that reflect their personal experiences. Newsela opens up a conversation. Source: Newsela.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

If we consider the creation of online instructional materials, it’s even easier to keep the consistency of the entire course by using the same layout for each lesson. These diagrams visually illustrate the relationships between different concepts in a lesson and help students organize and represent knowledge of the studied subject.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

The four key factors: Use a real-world instructional design challenge. First, the authentic design opportunity to develop instructional materials for adult learners motivated many to participate in the MOOC. A reading lesson including a social studies theme asks adult learners to consider the Fourth Amendment to the U.S.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Textbooks offer comprehensive coverage of subjects, accompanied by exercises, examples, and supplementary materials to reinforce learning objectives. Despite technological advancements, textbooks remain a cornerstone of classroom instruction, offering reliable information in a tangible format accessible to all students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We’re pleased to join forces with Illustrative Mathematics to pair FASTalk with high-quality mathematics instructional materials and provide families with timely content to support students’ mathematics learning at home.”. More information is available at FamilyEngagementLab.org. About the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. “We saw that our code was only looking at the adoption of textbooks,” said DeLeón.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2023

It encompasses more than 1,850 meta-analyses, comprising more than 108,000 studies involving more than 300 million students to date. Oftentimes classroom teachers are faced with the challenge of knowing how to use assessment data to drive instructional decisions.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

. “Our kids are more engaged than they’ve ever been with phonics instruction and with reading, and they’re applying what they’re learning,” said one second grade teacher who was part of the research study. The half-year study of the 95PCP in Missouri met ESSA Level 1 criteria. 95percentgroup.com.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners. A 2012 study surveyed teachers in the U.K. People, in general, avoid spending extra mental effort processing new information.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

During a tour of updates to SETDA’s Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States (DMAPS) , which showcases state policies in support of digital materials, Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director for SETDA, discussed new features like professional development information.

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