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Can ‘Math Therapists’ Make a Dent In America’s Declining Math Performance?

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Huinker, who was once Robinsons instructor, argues that math-specific instructional coaches like Robinson are crucial, especially for elementary school students. Elementary school teachers can fall short on math instruction, according to Huinker. Its about being persistent and problem-solving.

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To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom

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Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher knows from working with the student previously that although she can easily follow the algorithmic steps of the math problem, she struggles with her reasoning and ability to make sense of the steps she is taking.

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How the Internet Neighborhood is Like Any Other Community

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They already visit web-based edutainment sites as early as preschool, use ‘Instagram’ and multi-player XBox games in elementary school, and have made text messaging and Facebook their communication of choice by Middle School. Proof of learning is the transfer of knowledge to other classes, other problems, family needs.

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The Impact of Inclusive STEM Education

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Minecraft Education was a critical tool for achieving our goals of building essential skills and integrating STEM across all disciplines at Broward Schools. Schools offer Computer Science 1 and 2 at the elementary level with the goal of integrating computer science into core content using tools like Scratch, Code.org and Minecraft.

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How Has the Pandemic Changed the Way Educators Think About Homework?

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Homework helps build certain life skills like organization, perseverance and problem-solving. They cite homework’s impact on the achievement gap between students of differing socioeconomic backgrounds. This worries Pope, because engagement with learning is closely tied to academic achievement and mental wellbeing.

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3 Free SEL Activities from SafeSchools

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Life is much simpler when you–as a parent or teacher–can point to one solution for a problem, solve it, and everything is golden. Now, we know that academic achievement is much more complicated. Extend this activity by solving three more problems found on this video.

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Competitive Coders Are the Future of Esports and the Rising Stars of Computer Science

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Players must program a backend strategy and use their coding and problem-solving skills to outsmart competitors. Each level challenges the player to type the code necessary to advance their hero and achieve specific gaming goals.” The CodeCombat AI League takes a unique approach. It’s as much game development as it is gameplay.