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When Parent Engagement Is Low, Teachers Must Make the Connection Between Schools and Families

ED Surge

While this is my primary job, schools and districts cannot forget that our roles are to support our families in this teaching and learning process, and we cannot do this work without our parents. If teaching the ‘whole’ child is important, involving their parents is equally important.

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This Program Is Empowering the Next Generation of Computational Thinkers

ED Surge

Not every student has an equal opportunity to learn modern, basic technology that is essential to lucrative careers, such as in STEM fields. Global Benchmarking of Computational Thinking Education in Primary Schools. We aim to focus our strategic efforts on achieving results in a few specific areas. Pedagogy & Curriculum.

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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

ED Surge

I want the students to do something historical, obviously—depict an event or person, perhaps—but I understand that not everyone is equally creative in the arts. Gressang’s subsequent tweets reveal what some of the students enrolled in her class created for this final assignment.

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How Data Drives Strategies for Improved Student Outcomes

ED Surge

These decisions are informed by analyzing various types of data, such as academic achievement, non-academic factors, program and systems data, and perception data. It allows for comparing a student's growth over time and also noting their achievements against benchmarks. Qualitative data remains equally impactful in this regard.

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Student and Teacher Motivational Needs in the School Setting

User Generated Education

Motivation is not only important in its own right; it is also an important predictor of learning and achievement. Power : Power is a sense of em­powerment, worthiness, self-efficacy, and achievement, and an outer sense of being heard and respected and feeling competent and attaining recog­nition.

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Reimagining Education: A Call for Action

User Generated Education

Interest-based, affinity groups groups have been described in the report, an agenda for RESEARCH AND DESIGN A research synthesis report of the Connected Learning Research Network : The primary driver of participation for interest-driven activity is a sense of personal affinity, passion, and engagement. And we should value them all equally.

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Building Born Accessible Games

Magic EdTech

Instructional designers can integrate reward systems like point systems, badges, and leaderboards to help motivate users and achieve a specific learning goal within the classroom. Gamified content could be equally beneficial to students with disabilities. Gamified content also keeps engagement levels high.