Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The science of reading is a long-standing interdisciplinary body of knowledge that shows that to be proficient readers, kids need to be able to lift the words off the page—or decode—and then also need the language skills to understand them. Why does phonics receive more attention than language comprehension?

Reading

eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2024

This article on the science of reading originally appeared on Purdue University’s site and is reposted here with permission. awarded to Purdue in August as part of Lilly Endowment’s Advancing the Science of Reading in Indiana initiative, which launched in 2022. The work is funded in part by a $1.5

Science

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It turns out that with each passing year, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to capture and hold a student’s attention and focus during my lessons. Our cognitive resources do, however, have a limit; therefore, we must always choose from the available resources that we can pay attention to.

Attention

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It turns out that with each passing year, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to capture and hold a student’s attention and focus during my lessons. Our cognitive resources do, however, have a limit; therefore, we must always choose from the available resources that we can pay attention to.

Attention

k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

Students explore science in modern labs, develop potent creative tools in the schools inspiring arts students, and build real skills in Kiskis workshops. Yet with small class sizes, Kiski ensures that every student receives personalized attention.

Schools

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Charlotte, NC — Minnesota’s South Washington County (SoWashCo) Schools today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education in K-8 classrooms across the district. Science Techbooks. Mystery Science. STEM Connect.

Science

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

With an increased emphasis on improving test scores in reading, writing, math and science, social studies fell to the wayside. history and civics to be studied in an interdisciplinary manner. I am most inspired by the EAD’s acknowledgement and focus on the need for U.S. Democracy isn’t a spectator sport.

History

Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

According to the Education Commission of States, about 20 states now require that districts allow students to apply specified computer science courses toward completion of mathematics, science or, as a foreign language. Coding curricula is sweeping into classrooms across the country, thanks to programs such as Code.org.

Interdisciplinary

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Wilson: an influential biologist and conservationist who promoted citizen science initiatives such as the “School of Ants” Margaret and Geoffrey Leaney: husband-and-wife team who developed methods for rearing insects Are you interested? This is where citizen science comes in.

Science

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Using Wakelet, school librarians can work with librarians in their district–or even across the state or country–to draw attention to important resources in the library, offer research tips, and motivate students. The researchers conclude by calling for greater attention to how storytime planning and execution are design-focused processes.

Schools

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Marty Ringle: The areas of philosophy that I was studying—philosophy of mind, philosophical psychology, epistemology, things like that—lent themselves to interdisciplinary studies. People weren't conceiving of what something like bioinformatics could be, and what data science applied to urban planning could be. So what do we do?

Ethics

Teach Hub

AUGUST 28, 2024

Here we’ll explore the science behind music in the classroom, its benefits, and specific ways you can incorporate music into your classroom. The Science Behind Music in the Classroom Before we discuss how to incorporate music into your classroom, we must first discuss the science behind it.

Interdisciplinary

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

A dozen or so students are gathered virtually in a Zoom room, inhaling and exhaling and summoning their attention for a brisk lunchtime lesson filled with music and poetry. They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. What a joy, to be—for an hour—in one place.”

Students

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Allowing students to share epiphanies they had encourages them to share and can sometimes lead to interdisciplinary connectivity. This approach ensures even quieter participants receive your undivided attention at some point. Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning (2nd ed). Padlet is a good digital tool.

Activities

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Allowing students to share epiphanies they had encourages them to share and can sometimes lead to interdisciplinary connectivity. This approach ensures even quieter participants receive your undivided attention at some point. Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning (2nd ed). Padlet is a good digital tool.

Activities

Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 20, 2023

So we will also be talking with Dr. Kelly Cartwright , a researcher and university professor in the fields of cognitive science, neuroscience, and teacher preparation. Instead, we talked in generalities based on the science of reading. Cartwright lists just a few of these: “We’ve got people in cognitive science.

Reading

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

If we pay attention, there are insights here that can guide us to radical pedagogical intervention. As a professor of humanities, I had been aware of the need to employ hybrid pedagogies more in tune with the digital age and shortened, over-stimulated attention spans.

Lecturing

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

If we pay attention, there are insights here that can guide us to radical pedagogical intervention. As a professor of humanities, I had been aware of the need to employ hybrid pedagogies more in tune with the digital age and shortened, over-stimulated attention spans.

Lecturing

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

Most students don’t have the right attention span to be sitting there in the classes,” Hayes-Jerome said. The prospect of more freedom appealed to science teacher Nikki Wallace when she joined the faculty of Crosstown High School, an XQ Institute partner and charter school in Memphis, Tennessee, which opened in 2018. McGee wants D.C.

High School

k12 Online Schools

MAY 6, 2025

The Science Behind Boredom and Brain Development Recent neuroscience and psychology studies have begun to uncover how boredom actually serves developmental purposes: A. Real-Life Parallel: At K12 Schools, students often take on interdisciplinary projects where they’re not told what to do, just what problem to solve.

Intelligence

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Some may experience anxiety or feel science is irrelevant to their careers (Rice et al. Personalized Attention: The instructor can circulate among groups, providing targeted support and reassurance, which is especially beneficial for non-majors needing more guidance. ” Journal of College Science Teaching (2007).

Interdisciplinary

Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Some may experience anxiety or feel science is irrelevant to their careers (Rice et al. Personalized Attention: The instructor can circulate among groups, providing targeted support and reassurance, which is especially beneficial for non-majors needing more guidance. ” Journal of College Science Teaching (2007).

Interdisciplinary

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Cambridge, MA— MIT is in the midst of a $1-billion effort to reshape how it teaches computer science, in what some say may be a model for other colleges. First is that MIT needs far more computer-science professors to meet the demand by students and researchers. Sessions on Wednesday focused on the future of teaching computer science.

Science