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The Input-Output Loop: It’s Chunking 2.0 for MLs

Middle Web

Chunking alone won’t help multilingual learners with the deluge of new content they experience. Tan Huynh shares the Input-Output Loop, a strategy to make chunking more effective by assuring immediate processing time and segmenting content into units students can internalize. The post The Input-Output Loop: It’s Chunking 2.0 for MLs first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Ancient Greek Science Achievements

STEMe

By: Kayley Seedath Edited by: Elin S. In the cradle of Western civilization, where philosophy and democracy first took root, another remarkable legacy was quietly unfolding—the birth of systematic scientific inquiry. The Ancient Greeks were not just masters of art and literature; they were pioneering minds who laid the groundwork for much of what we understand about our world today. "What are the building blocks of matter?

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Greek Mythology Among Stars

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Edited by: Damisi I. At night, ancient Greece was enveloped in the blanket of its most significant mythological figures and symbols—stars that formed patterns known to them as katasterismoi. The number of Greek constellations totaled forty-eight, consisting of the twelve famous zodiac signs (in Greek, known as zodiakos ), characters (both animal and human) from Greek mythology, ancient tools, and one who is no longer recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as a constellation, Ar

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About the Author: Elin Su

STEMe

I am currently a high school freshman in Skillman, New Jersey, and I have been part of the magazine and blog team for around five months, an internship that has not only let me grow as an educational writer, but as a future working person as well. As I grow older, I am looking to find a career in education, and maybe even teach STEM subjects! Some of my hobbies are reading and writing poetry as well as western horseback riding.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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.