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Why It’s Hard to Teach & Parent Middle Graders

Middle Web

Working with kids in the middle grades has never been harder. We can't do it alone. Building trust between parents and teachers is crucial, writes middle level leader Jody Passanisi. "When theres trust, we can work together to support kids through challenges and successes." The post Why Its Hard to Teach & Parent Middle Graders first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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How scientists learn computing and use LLMs to program: Computing education for scientists and for democracy

Computing Education Research Blog

Gabi Marcu is a professor in the University of Michigan School of Information who studies technologies to promote health (see her website ). Shes also an improv performer, and a friend. She asked me to participate in her project to combine research and improv called Extra Credit. She asks researchers to explain their research in 10 minutes, then a group of improv artists riff on the research for another 10 minutes.

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Applications Open for High School InvenTeam Grants, due Apr. 23

Newton STEM

The InvenTeam Grants Initiative, created by the Lemelson-MIT Program, offers teams of high school students, educators, and mentors grants of $7500 to develop technological solutions to real-world issues the students care about. Applications are now open for teams seeking grants. Up to ten schools are awarded grants each year, with Newton included among past successful teams.

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Free Northeastern Splash for Grades 8-12, Mar. 29

Newton STEM

Each spring, Northeastern Splash offers students in grades 8-12 the opportunity to take engaging classes taught by Northeastern undergraduate students on a wide array of topics including stand up comedy, medicine, filmmaking, and robotics. This year, the free one-day event will take place at Northeastern Universitys Ryder Hall on Saturday, March 29, from 9AM-5:10PM.

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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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Space Science Camp: $100 Off with Code SPACE100

Newton STEM

Edge on Science will offer its Space Science summer program at Lasell University each week from July 28-August 15 , 9AM-4PM, for students entering grades 5-9. Students entering grades 10-12 may register as counselors in training after calling 315-773-5673. The camp costs $935 per week for campers and $735 per week for counselors in training, but you can save with available scholarships, referring another family, enrolling in multiple weeks, and using the code SPACE100 for $100 off.

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