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

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Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York. Lecture is a common passive learning practice.

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Mindfulness instruction makes a big impact on learning

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When they take their seats for the morning bell, learning fractions or the parts of a sentence is often the furthest thing from their minds. These are the challenges Quinlan O’Grady faces each day as a teacher at Schmid Elementary School. Promoting active learning.

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

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Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York. Lecture is a common passive learning practice.

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6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces

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Our goal is to shift pedagogy toward a “culture of thinking” that supports more student agency and more effective use of the learning space itself. We formed a committee of stakeholders that included district administrators, site principals, classroom teachers, and other individuals focused on creating more “activelearning spaces.

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If you give a kindergartner a Chromebook…

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Although even the youngest children are considered tech-savvy today, there exists a difference between a child who knows how to use a tablet to watch videos and a child who knows how to navigate a device for active learning. The thought of giving 30 kindergarten students their own Chromebooks might be daunting.

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Using technology to support learning through movement

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An elementary school teacher discussed how math can be integrated into PE class–for instance, students can measure and make calculations related to how far they jump or how fast they run, or myriad other activities. Learning and physical activity also work well because of the fun factor. Teachers loved it.

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Virginia’s Portsmouth Public Schools Expands Partnership with Discovery Education to Bring Students in Grades 7-12 State-of-the-Art Digital Resources 

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The school system has 13,000 students enrolled throughout the city and approximately 2,100 staff members working each day. Pivot Interactives, which joined the Discovery Education family of solutions in 2022, makes teaching science with active learning and scientific phenomena engaging and easy.

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