eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. This year’s 10th most-read story focuses on engaging AR and VR tools to use in the classroom.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Like many educators, Christy Stanley wants her students to practice close reading and deep learning. They don’t know how to slow down their reading.” Three years ago, Stanley’s district discovered a powerful ally in its quest to get kids to pause and really process what they’re reading. I was impressed,” says Stanley.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2024

Most academic interventions focus on core knowledge and basic skills: Let’s practice two-digit addition. Learn these vocabulary words. Read these passages for fluency. Most will have both a content knowledge component and a thinking component. Why focus on critical thinking? Review the parts of the cell.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024s most-read and most-loved stories. Most academic interventions focus on core knowledge and basic skills: Lets practice two-digit addition. Learn these vocabulary words. Read these passages for fluency. On the 2nd Day of Edtech, our story focuses on critical thinking.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Whether you are considering redesigning an entire course, enhancing current in-class activities, or incorporating a more interactive approach to what you are already doing, active learning strategies offer a variety of options that are relevant across all levels and disciplines.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge. What are the Necessary Steps to Specifically Help SES Students?

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 3, 2025

Here are a few tried-and-true active learning strategies to keep students engaged and learning. Think-Pair-Share: A Simple Yet Powerful Tool This strategy is a favorite among teachers who incorporate cooperative learning in their classrooms. Students read, research, and discuss their assigned section.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

As Fisher and Frey state in Content Area Vocabulary Learning, vocabulary is a significant predictor of overall reading comprehension and student performance. As students progress through elementary and middle school, the demand for vocabulary knowledge increases significantly. The result is a deeper understanding of each word.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2024

Meaning-making is how individuals interpret, understand, and integrate new information into their existing knowledge framework. Initially, the information is encoded in the brain, transforming sensory input—what students see, hear, or read—into a form that the brain can store and process.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, in conversations with faculty, many discuss that although they take the time to write or discuss explicit feedback with their students, the students may not read it or if they do read it, they don’t apply the feedback given to future course assignments which can lead to frustration from faculty leading to a ‘what’s the point then?’

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Practice Retrieval : Actively recalling information from memory through techniques like self-testing or flashcards strengthens memory recall and retention. Active Reading : Encouraging students to actively engage with reading material by highlighting key passages, taking notes, and asking questions enhances comprehension and retention.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Ensuring my students have ample time for independent reading and writing. Believe it or not, this handful of applications takes care of most of my needs when teaching from a distance, aside from the additional apps for math manipulatives or e-books for independent reading. Building critical-thinking and problem-solving skills in math.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

These strategies empower students to effectively acquire, retain, and apply knowledge, fostering lifelong learning skills essential for personal and professional development. Let’s explore the question: What are the 6 learning strategies for students? What are the 6 types of learning strategies?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. And so after I saw this happening over and over again, and I saw actually sort of a correlation, that the really top students in coursework never turned out to be the better physicists, I decided there was some fundamental question here about learning and thinking.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, in conversations with faculty, many discuss that although they take the time to write or discuss explicit feedback with their students, the students may not read it or if they do read it, they don’t apply the feedback given to future course assignments which can lead to frustration from faculty leading to a ‘what’s the point then?’

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

— Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. Nvidia offers free courses on AI, making cutting-edge knowledge accessible to students and educators alike.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Lots of these augmented reality applications build on the notion of active learning and experiential learning naturally.” He apparently took pictures of his exam questions, posted them online during the test, and users on X, formerly Twitter, gave him the answers (which he could presumably hear read to him on his smart glasses).

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

As learners and teaching technology continue to evolve, faculty are recognizing the importance of teaching for active learning. During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

These intelligent systems can analyze vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, learn from past experiences, and make decisions or predictions based on that knowledge. The integration of AI in education holds great potential for transforming teaching and learning experiences (Hussain et al.,

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

At the Institute for Teaching and Leading , a professional learning organization that I co-founded, many of our partner districts are focused less on deficits and more on active learning, which we call the asset-based mindset. Move to a competency-based focus.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

John Warner Shannon Riggs, executive director for the division of Extended Campus at Oregon State University, stresses the importance of reading the kinds of writing styles we wish to emulate. There are several well-crafted books on the approach, including Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum , by Laurence Behrens and Leonard J.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 5th most-read story focuses on expert predictions for edtech. It extends to the skills needed to improve comprehension.

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Apple for the Teach

OCTOBER 14, 2023

They're your secret weapons for engaging students and expanding their knowledge and skills. Educational Benefits : Think reading, writing, and problem-solving. Plus, you can sprinkle in some math and science through Halloween-themed activities. These printables make learning feel like a treat!

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

Indeed, studies have shown that video learning has positive outcomes on multiple levels, including increased motivation and deeper learning, and can specifically impact students’ ability to facilitate discussions and identify problems. And captions, for example, enable deaf students to read the video.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Through this approach, educators can utilize visual aids, hands-on activities, and group discussions to cater to individual student needs, promoting deeper understanding and retention of material. However, one approach consistently hailed for its efficacy is the use of active learning strategies.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Or read a portion of the interview below, lightly edited for clarity. It has by far been read more than any other blog post that we’ve written. One of the things that is apparent as you start to read about the lecture-versus-active learning debates is that everyone is defining those terms in very different ways.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

They also provide tutoring classes for children to be ‘college-ready,’ and now they are moving from passive to active learning with their ‘ FutureSchool ’ concept.” In mid-July, Byju’s bought California-based reading platform Epic for $500 million. Both ways are important and extremely different.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

These intelligent systems can analyze vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, learn from past experiences, and make decisions or predictions based on that knowledge. The integration of AI in education holds great potential for transforming teaching and learning experiences (Hussain et al.,

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Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

As learners and teaching technology continue to evolve, faculty are recognizing the importance of teaching for active learning. During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

This approach recognizes that learners have different strengths, preferences, and experiences and seeks to provide multiple ways of engaging with content, expressing what they have learned, and demonstrating their understanding. Active learning is another key aspect of my philosophy. Read, read, read.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

recalls a childhood love of mystery novels, piecing together clues and what we might call today active learning. This put me in more in the driver’s seat than reading,” he says of the franchise’s early games. There are a lot of dominoes that can be knocked down with geospatial knowledge.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Adaptive Learning As with a pinwheel set in motion, insights from many disciplines—artificial intelligence, cognitive science, linguistics, educational psychology and data analytics—have come together to form a relatively new field known as learning science, propelling advances in a new personalized practice—adaptive learning.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

QR codes can be used to share materials with students and to engage students in active learning activities. They provide a quick way to access a webpage that could be the syllabus, a poll, a list of resources, or a shared online space for a brainstorming activity. The entry ticket asks students to answer a question.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

This approach recognizes that learners have different strengths, preferences, and experiences and seeks to provide multiple ways of engaging with content, expressing what they have learned, and demonstrating their understanding. Active learning is another key aspect of my philosophy. Read, read, read.

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