Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. Unveil the evolving future of writing education with AI through these suggestions from the Ask a Tech Teacher team. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them? In the fast-changing digital world, integrating AI into education is both a breakthrough and a problem.

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ED Surge

APRIL 30, 2024

When Felecia Russell was a high school student growing up near Los Angeles, she was getting good grades and plenty of encouragement to go to college. But when it came time to do the paperwork of applying to a campus and financial aid, Russell asked her mom for her social security number. “My mom was like, ‘yeah, you don’t have one,’” she remembers. Russell didn’t have a social security number because she didn’t have permanent legal status in the U.S.

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Professor Research Research Schooling 218

Middle Web

APRIL 30, 2024

Our Making Questions Count series explores three key roles in the teacher-student learning relationship. In their final post, Jackie Walsh, Emily Brokaw and Anna Salazar describe in rich detail the Student as Collaborative Contributor, with real-world stories and resources. The post Nurturing Students As Collaborative Contributors first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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CSTEM

APRIL 30, 2024

Written by: Reagan Flowers, Ph.D. As Spring approaches, standardized testing is on the horizon. These tests can be stressful for students, educators, and parents alike. This month, I’m looking at ways this testing could fail students, particularly students of color. The Reading Crisis in America Lack of literacy has been a concern in the United States for decades, and students of color often score the lowest.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

Teaching

Jacobs Physics

APRIL 30, 2024

With three weeks to go before the AP physics exams, it's worth remembering that our students don't need MORE practice problems ; rather, they need to pay careful attention to the practice problems they do. This is my application of a John Dewey principle, that we don't learn by doing; we learn by paying attention to what we do. My first-year students in physics 1 are in a cycle of AP problem / quiz based on AP problem / corrections to AP problem if their quiz or problem shows they didn't get it

Physics 40

Physics Construction Energy Problem Solving 40

Online Math for All

APRIL 30, 2024

Trigonometry Cofunction Identities

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ED Surge

APRIL 30, 2024

A program that began in Kentucky as a novel idea to rebuild the early childhood workforce — and, in effect, buoy the broader labor market — has quickly spread to states across the country. To draw early educators back into classrooms , legislators in the Bluegrass State made a change in fall 2022 that expanded the eligibility requirements of Kentucky’s child care subsidy program to include all staff who work at least 20 hours per week in a licensed early care and education program.

Education 295

Education Education Publication Creativity 295

Online Math for All

APRIL 30, 2024

Worksheet on Unit Rates

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