Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The answer, as in many situations, lies in math. Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. It’s an instructional approach where students learn by actively engaging in real-world, meaningful problems. And that's how people learn math.

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Problem-Based Learning Math Education Learning 196

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

about half the teachers who responded said their [Massachusetts] districts had adopted scripted programs in math and writing – and 60 percent in phonics and spelling – which reduce a teacher’s autonomy in instruction. Of course the benefits of active learning are apparent beyond the kindergarten sector.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

The content associated with a personalized experience is also often limited to a narrow set of academic areas like math or literacy. Source: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Academic development is represented by the content areas required on the path toward a high school diploma (e.g.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2025

A study published in Developmental Psychology found that early math skills at kindergarten entry are among the most significant predictors of later academic achievement , even more so than early reading skills. This highlights the necessity of integrating robust numeracy programs into early education frameworks to give students a head start.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Hands-On Work is Good for the Brain Working with our hands isnt just about building or fixing thingsits also beneficial for cognitive development. Research has shown that hands-on tasks improve problem-solving abilities, focus, and confidence.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2020

From March to June, while their parents worked, Savannah and Mia passed their weekdays “going on field trips” with the family’s chickens around the house, playing outside and spending about an hour doing math and reading exercises on ABCMouse.com, which the school provided access to for free.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

use tech-empowered learning tools and computational environments, take active roles of designers and builders; and do it in a social setting, with helpful mentors and coaches, or over networks. Seymour coined the term to advance a new theory of learning, claiming that children learn best when they. In his view, there was hope for every child.

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