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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

To enrich their classroom experience, I align cooperative learning structures with the lesson outcomes, ensuring that 21st-century, real-world content tasks are purposeful and authentic. Unlike group work, cooperative learning activities are highly structured, with defined roles, steps, and time limits.

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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

To enrich their classroom experience, I align cooperative learning structures with the lesson outcomes, ensuring that 21st-century, real-world content tasks are purposeful and authentic. Unlike group work, cooperative learning activities are highly structured, with defined roles, steps, and time limits.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Thomas School has built two dedicated spaces to bolster STEM education, and plans to build a two-floor, state-of-the-art learning space called the Center for Leadership Innovation by 2020. Thomas School Dedicates Space to Bolster STEM Learning. Need advice for starting a #K12 #STEM learning lab?

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School STEM Labs Inspire Students, Power Innovation

EdTech Magazine

Thomas School near Seattle hopes to encourage students to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by starting them young and engaging them with cool, new learning spaces featuring robots and 3D virtual reality computers. This setup encourages collaboration and project-based learning.

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At CETPA, District Leaders Rethink the Classroom, From Furniture to Funding

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Their research showed teacher stress levels lower, discipline problems decrease and language arts scores increase when teachers aren’t shouting across the room. Instead of the rank-and-file spaces they had before, new rooms became modular with technology carts and bookshelves on wheels.