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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

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Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? According to the study, learners who only received teacher training and did not engage with the online learning tools had poorer achievement scores. Teachers enjoy a boost in student engagement The use of interactive technology helps make lessons fascinating.

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21st Century School — How Technology Is Changing Education

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Students who use technology in the classroom perform better, and emerge from their educations better prepared for the challenges of adult life. Technology in the Classroom Keeps Kids in School, Helps Them Learn. Tablets, laptops, educational gaming software, and smartphones allow schools to: Personalize the learning experience.

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CREST Awards: Supporting the Primary Curriculum

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The British Science Association & CREST Awards offer a comprehensive guide to primary CREST which maps projects with the curriculum. While CREST activities are often used as enrichment tools to encourage extra-curricular student engagement with STEM subjects, many directly support learning within the science.

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State Leaders Are Turning to Students to Shape Education Policy

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Last year, when Micah Hill was a sophomore in high school, her guidance counselor gave her an application for Mississippi’s student representative program, which allows students to serve on the Mississippi State Board of Education. Hill applied and after two interviews, she was selected as the state’s newest student rep.

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How Books Became a Mirror to See Myself — and a Window to Learning for My Students

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Holding several new books, I was transported back to my high school years, a time before smartphones and social media, when I would cautiously approach the gay and lesbian section of my local bookstore. In the weeks and months that follow, I curate reading lists for students based on their survey responses.

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If We’re Serious About Student Well-Being, We Must Change the Systems Students Learn In

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Educators and parents started this school year with bated breath. Last year’s stress led to record levels of teacher burnout and mental health challenges for students. states mandated that schools have a mental health curriculum or include mental health in their standards. In response, more than half of all U.S.

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Best Online History Games

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As students engage with these online history games, they get to develop multiple skills including: decision making, perspective-taking, the ability to weigh various types of evidence, compare and contrast sources, and many more.