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Birmingham City Schools Leads Groundbreaking Research on Student Motivation and Math Achievement

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PRNewswire/ — BirminghamCity Schools (BCS) is spearheading an innovative research initiative to explore the critical link between student motivation and math performance. This ‘right-now’ student metric will empower educators to proactively support students before motivation wanes, ensuring productive learning time.”

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5 strategies to get your students talking

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The interactive space makes it easy to use and makes discussion, including virtual discussion, easily accessible from any web-enabled device. Teachers can use Google Slides or another collaborative online tool that gives editing access to multiple people. Students can create a bank of ideas to use for their final project.

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AI can personalize learning–it can’t make students care

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What if the missing ingredient in student achievement isn’t better curriculum, tech, or teachers, but better motivation? What if the key to unlocking motivation isn’t something intrinsic to students, but something found in their relationships with peers, teachers, mentors, and communities? But that vision overlooks something deeper.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

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Practical Strategies for Classroom Application The research consistently tells us that the application of brain-based learning principles leads to increased academic achievement, better behavior, development of appropriate social-emotional skills, and increased motivation. Lets examine a few examples from the research. link] Rahmatin, L.

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5 reasons why game design is the best way to teach STEAM skills

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A study published in Frontiers in Psychology concluded that game-based learning has a moderate to large effect on students’ cognitive, social, emotional, motivational, and engagement outcomes–especially in early education. Even when it fails, the surprise is motivating–it’s a mystery to solve. That fuels teamwork.

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Teachers see online learning as critical for workforce readiness in 2025

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Showing them real-world applications keeps them engaged and motivated.” Educators pointed to flexibility and accessibility as key benefits, enabling students to balance education with other responsibilities while building critical skills for future careers.

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5 online resources to beat the summer slide

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ReadWorks : Reading skills are among the most vulnerable to decline during the summer, especially for students who do not have regular access to books or structured reading activities. Prodigy : For students who struggle to stay motivated during math practice, Prodigy turns learning into a role-playing adventure game.

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