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Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations–the video

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Structured Approach: Students present on three topics across grading periods, emphasizing quick research. Key Insights Student-Centered Learning: This approach prioritizes student engagement and self-directed research, making learning enjoyable and effective.

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Using Flexible Seating to Transform Learning

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Whether its standing desks, beanbags or low tables, flexible seating helps students feel more comfortable, engaged, and in control of their own learning. Kathie Palmieri shares research showing how flexible seating can meet physical, social, and cognitive needs of students.

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Could Play Boost Students’ Math Performance?

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Its an approach some researchers think is too often missing from the classroom. Even among researchers, this can cause bulimic partisan commitments to one or the other, he adds. Its unfortunate, because research has shown that they are deeply connected, Clements says. Its flexible, willingly-chosen and yes, fun.

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Supporting All Learners: Building an Inclusive Classroom With Universal Design for Learning

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Research shows students are more engaged when they connect the learning to their strengths, abilities, preferences and interests. Research suggests that student outcomes can improve when direct instruction is combined with opportunities for practice paired with timely feedback.

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Can Third Graders Learn Data Science? These Researchers Say Yes

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Bowen, a principal research associate at the Urban Institute, wanted to fill the dearth of accessible teaching resources with sessions on coding, cartography, and—of course—Bowen’s pet-prolific workshop on data collection and visualization. “We We wanted to make sure it is as flexible as possible for instructors.

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How to Teach Writing in Today’s Classroom

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Using Perplexity Pro for Research (7:02) Discover how Perplexity Pro can assist with brainstorming and research while navigating its limitations, including attribution challenges. Cloud Services and Reinventing Essays (42:04) Cloud-based services offer students more flexibility and options for managing their writing projects.

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What Would It Take to Attract Gen Z to Teaching?

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In partnership with researchers at Vanderbilt University, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), a nonprofit that works to improve public education across 16 states in the Southeast, has been examining the next generation’s interest in the teaching profession and has published their findings in a report released in April.

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