eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The survey notes that an overwhelming 88 percent of parents believe that knowledge of AI will be crucial in their child’s future education and career. The student team from Colorado’s STEM School Highlands Ranch developed an AI-powered wildlife detection system to reduce the state’s high rate of wildlife-related automobile collisions.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2024

Key points: Building science literacy skills takes creativity and grit 3 free STEAM education resources to nurture student curiosity 4 essential resources for building research skills in high school For more news on STEM learning, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub Science literacy is a crucial skill for modern students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2022

After all, what good is a knowledge of STEM if you don’t have the ability to recognize and manage your own emotions? . But with so many standards and subjects competing for our attention, how do we make space for effective SEL in the classroom? Well, it starts with the right activities.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Yet Juan Cristobal Castro-Alonso argues that videos may not be the best medium when it comes to helping learners retain knowledge. In their study, 104 Australian male and female students in both STEM and non-STEM fields had to remember the type, color and position of 12 abstract symbols placed on rectangular frame on a laptop monitor.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

More companies in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—or STEM—fields are hiring workers with liberal arts backgrounds, according to a recent report. Some knowledge of programming helped Wolochow adjust to her current role as a product manager at Coursera where she routinely works with computer engineers and web developers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

It’s hard to wrap our heads around the immense knowledge that future generations will possess. Generation Alpha will likely be the most technically innovative generation in history, but what will they do with that knowledge? This encourages attention to detail and creative problem-solving.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I’ve seen kids be more attentive to their grades. Supporting esports in education gives students a leg up, empowering them to foster a passion for technology and innovation while allowing schools to integrate powerful hardware into their STEM and STEAM curricula. I haven’t seen any drawbacks to it. They enrich it.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Each student progresses differently based on prior knowledge, learning preferences, and exposure to the language. As students work through the playlist, teachers can gather formative assessment data to identify those who might benefit most from one-on-one attention.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The pandemic has created urgency to move beyond the status quo, and community-generated portraits of a graduate have swept the nation, highlighting the knowledge and skills many Americans want their young people to possess upon graduation. Advanced technology can now support more ambitious modes of teaching, learning, and assessment.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

When colleagues ask me the best tools for inspiring curiosity and engaging students: NASA : The NASA website is an invaluable resource, gaining attention recently due to the excitement surrounding events like the solar eclipse. Moreover, it provides an abundance of opportunities to engage and ignite student curiosity.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Bush, where he helped bring attention to important issues in the education field. Focused on K–5 classrooms, Fennel will share how to use authentic tasks, representations, including hands-on tools, and a daily problem-solving routine to engage students in building and extending their mathematical knowledge.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Visual cues, body movements provide alternate ways to learn concepts The virtual reality game used visual, audio and body movements to give students multiple ways to learn and express their knowledge on a subject. The study suggests that being able to construct meaning from multiple methods is critical for multilingual students.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

These antiquated curricula have discouraged many students from persisting in STEM fields, and exacerbated inequities prevalent in the U.S. This will not be a lower-level pathway, either, since data science is a rigorous discipline that is rich and important for many different college majors, inside STEM subjects and the humanities.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2016

Reflect from your own life: it’s not just your own knowledge, but how you use that knowledge — your skills. It is not just your skills and knowledge, but also how you engage in the world– your character. First there is knowledge — which still matters of course! It is knowledge and competencies.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Reaching the NAEP Basic threshold indicates students have achieved partial mastery of fundamental skills and knowledge for that grade level. That lack of knowledge followed them. Students who struggle in middle school often end up locked out of more advanced math in high school that can open doors to higher-paid careers in STEM fields.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Through this exploration, they begin to apply their newfound knowledge to solve a real-world problem: why the town of Rjukan, Norway, spends much of the year in shadow and how different solutions could work. Combining phenomena-based learning with 3D science standards helps students see science as a way to make sense of the world around them.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

As a society ever more reliant on technology and STEM-based careers, we must shatter the myth that math skill is inborn and reinforce that it is the result of intention and practice. But it’s the earlier years that most need our attention. Sounds odd, doesn’t it? Now reread the same cartoon, substituting “math” for “reading.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

To deal with the challenges of today and tomorrow, we need to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge necessary to adapt and overcome these challenges. And thirdly, we believe that there will be more urgent attention paid to professional development for K-12 educators. Founding President, Dasaran. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In fact he had been pursuing research to improve physics teaching for years, as a parallel area of work that people hadn’t paid much attention to. You talk about needing to change the paradigm of teaching physics and other STEM fields. And how well it can absorb that knowledge is just determined by the characteristics of that brain.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

With increased attention on technology-related subjects during the past few years, how are U.S. One of the key findings from the assessment is that, despite the well-known existence of the gender gap in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields, girls outperformed boys by a full five points—155 to 150.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Oracle Academy works globally to expand knowledge, skills, innovation and diversity in technology through computer science education. “The Association for Computing Machinery estimates that by 2020, one out of every two STEM jobs will be in computing.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. Second, in response to talent-shortage concerns, schools will place greater emphasis on work-based learning, STEM education, and vocational training programs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

Knowledge is the new currency, and it’s out of reach for many. Even among African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans who have STEM degrees, only 30 percent have STEM-related careers. These women are not dropping out of the workforce; they are switching to non-STEM careers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

With the ongoing focus of technology in education, and the need for schools to keep up with the ever-changing scope of its use in the classroom, it is essential that we provide students with the knowledge of how technology affects, and will affect, society. Yet these topics already influence our daily lives and require our utmost attention.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2015

This news item on FlexBooks exploded on social media capturing quite a bit of attention. More than 100,000 teacher-created digital textbooks are now available online through the CK-12 Foundation’s free STEM content and tools platform. note : We’re counting down the top stories of 2015 based on popularity (i.e.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Take IQ: While two students could test as having the same IQ, the specific elements of what make up that IQ—knowledge of vocabulary, reading comprehension, quantitative skills—can, and always is, different. Backing up an idea with knowledge or data never guarantees acceptance. Jaggedness" as it applies to IQ.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Additionally, it gained attention for its ability to provide high-quality education in regions with inadequate supplies of teachers, especially in higher-grade STEM education. Throughout history, humans have used various media such as stones, wood, paper and chalkboards to explain and learn abstract concepts and complex knowledge.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

To deal with the challenges of today and tomorrow, we need to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge necessary to adapt and overcome these challenges. And thirdly, we believe that there will be more urgent attention paid to professional development for K-12 educators. Founding President, Dasaran. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). I’ve been there often.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). I’ve been there often. Team Challenge.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

How Research Re-defined the Problem and Offered New Solutions In 2017, my writing classroom adjoined the science classroom of STEM teacher Christine Witcher, who was interested in the problem I was trying to solve and brought new questions to the table. She pushed me to test and measure the quantitative and qualitative data I was gathering.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Good video games are incredibly effective at capturing our attention, converting extrinsic rewards into intrinsic motivation, and creating meaningful experiences. Games Make Us More Social Companies like Google are finding that SEL skills are more important to students’ success than the mastery of STEM subjects alone.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Our company offers an online social-emotional learning program, which saw increased usage as schools looked for ways to support students struggling with anxiety and mental health stemming from COVID-19 and the challenges of remote learning. That traction helped us get attention and meetings with potential investment partners.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Looking ahead, it is important for educators to help students develop 21st century skills, especially as more industries need STEM-focused employees. I believe we’ll see increased attention to students’ mental health and, with it, an increase in the attention paid to the mental health crisis and severely limited resources in our schools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Students participate in quizzes and challenges, applying knowledge in a gamified context. Coding programs and robotics kits introduce valuable STEM skills, fostering critical thinking and problem-solving. or Quizizz, turn traditional lessons into interactive games, enhancing engagement and fostering a fun learning environment.

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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.

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