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

eSchool News

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? All of those are real.

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

eSchool News

/PRNewswire/ — BirminghamCity Schools (BCS) is spearheading an innovative research initiative to explore the critical link between student motivation and math performance. This project also contributes to the broader goal of improving use of any high-quality math instructional material for all students.”

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One-Two-Three-Read!: A motivational reading program that works

eSchool News

a motivational reading program designed for third graders–but easily adaptable for other grades as well. Building a motivational reading program Inspired by research from Wigfield and Guthrie (2022) and Gambrell and Morrow (2015), we knew that motivation is critical to reading development. Students were thrilled.

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

k12 Digest

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. By aligning instructional strategies with how the brain naturally learns, educators can create environments where students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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5 online resources to beat the summer slide

eSchool News

NWEA research notes that students can lose up to two months of math skills over the summer, and reading abilities can also decline, particularly for students from underserved communities. With the growing availability of engaging, high-quality online learning tools, students have more opportunities than ever to keep their skills sharp.

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Many students decide they’re not a ‘math person’ by the end of elementary school, new study shows

eSchool News

In addition, the students who felt the most disengaged in math class said they wanted fewer online activities and more real-world applications in their math classes. Schwartz said that for young students determining their own sense of math ability, “Tracking programs can be a form of external messaging.”

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ISTELive 25 spotlights bold innovation

eSchool News

Keep an eye out for daily activities with local artists who will lead drop-in workshops to get the creative juices flowing. Learn from their journey, featuring the innovative AI Trust You Add-On that fosters stronger student-teacher trust. K-12 students suffered historic learning loss due to COVID-19.

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