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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s fascinating that today’s game playing youth want a set of rules they must beat, parameters they must meet, levels (read: standards) they must achieve, and a Big Goal (think: graduation) they can only reach after a lot of hard work, intense thinking, and mountains of problems. Which they love. Do you see what I’m doing?

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

ED Surge

In response, Schneider and researchers from Michigan State and the University of Helsinki in Finland developed a curriculum called Crafting Engagement for Science Environments and published a related book. Chemistry and physics teachers within these schools will deliver the curriculum. Department of Education and will last five years.

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

Cool Cat Teacher

Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Too much education is received passively, and Jon knows from both research and experience that students learn best when they are active participants. There's research. It's amazing.

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Relationships Matter in Student Affairs — But So Do Data and Strategy

ED Surge

I took Calculus I, II, and III in high school at the local college, and when I enrolled at the University of Virginia, my courses included honors chemistry and physics for physics majors—although I did not major in physics. As an achievement-minded young man, I “knew” that my worth was predicated on my grade-point average.

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Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement

Futurum

Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement Published: The global cement industry is gigantic, so finding ways to reduce its impact on the climate is essential for a sustainable future. The chemistry of cement It is the use of resources, especially raw materials, that forms the current focus of Theo’s research.

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My Students Wanted Hope in the Curriculum. I Found the Answer in Wholistic Science Pedagogy.

ED Surge

We had just finished a discussion on climate change in my chemistry class. To achieve this goal, our class examined grassroots movements that addressed inequities that contribute to climate change. Towards the end of the unit, I asked students how their understanding of the topic has changed since the first lesson.

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Why is Tracking Students a Problem? (Part 1 in a series)

Wisconsin Science and STEM Education

In conjunction with reflecting on these experiences, I’ve also dug through the research on tracking – turns out it doesn’t support typical school and district practices either. They acknowledged that they had three levels of biology, chemistry, and physics – consumer, regular, and honors. Let’s look at some research-based evidence.

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