Wed.Dec 04, 2024

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What Happens When 'Play' Is Left Out of the School Curriculum

ED Surge

Only six weeks had passed since the start of this school year, and I was already feeling exhausted. On a Friday during one of those long, exhausting days, two birds flew into my classroom. It was comical and absurd — for sixty minutes, I watched my high schoolers run around the room, trying to catch these birds. I had to run after my students a couple of times when I saw them doing crazy things like standing on desks and chairs and window sills trying to catch them.

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How to Teach Kids to Code: Strategies for Every Stage of Learning

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today, we’re exploring one of the most exciting and relevant topics in education— teaching kids to code. Featuring insights from leading computer science educators, this episode provides actionable strategies, tools, and ideas to make coding education engaging for all ages.

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What Does It Take To Successfully Implement Personalized Learning at Scale?

ED Surge

At its core, personalized learning is about recognizing that no two students learn exactly the same way. It moves beyond the one-size-fits-all approach by focusing on each student’s strengths, needs and learning pace. By creating more flexible, student-centered classrooms, personalized learning empowers students to take ownership of their education, developing the skills they need to thrive both academically and personally.

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PROMYS Europe 2025 (16+)

All About STEM

PROMYS Europe – Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists PROMYS Europe 2025 opens for applications soon! PROMYS Europe is designed to encourage mathematically ambitious students who are at least 16 to explore the creative world of mathematics.

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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.

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How Can We Increase Math Retention for Students?

Defined Learning

Data suggests a significant decline in U.S. students' math performance exacerbated by the pandemic but rooted in pre-existing issues such as stagnant scores and superficial teaching methods. Learn how to address this issue through systemic changes in math instruction, emphasizing conceptual understanding, discovery-based learning, and project-based learning (PBL) to improve retention and application of mathematical skills in real-world contexts.

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Dec 4, Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 82)

Online Math for All

Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 82)

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Teacher-Authors: What’s Happening on my Writer’s Blog

Ask a Tech Teacher

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog for writers. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month here. In my prehistoric fiction, my characters must squat because sitting in chairs didn’t become popular until about 4,000 BCE and my current trilogy takes place 75,000 BCE. To my surprise, a lot of readers had comments about this.