k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. Content areas, such as math and science, and other areas like memory, executive function, and social-emotional development are being informed by research.

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Science Education Motivation Lecturing 247

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 247

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

One might assume that the most desirable skills for someone entering a STEM field would be things like vast scientific knowledge or a laser-like attention to detail. Whiteboard: Whiteboard is ideal for grades K-12 and works especially well for drawing, images, and math symbols. Ive wondered about this myself on a few occasions.

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STEM Students Feedback Knowledge 243

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration.

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Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 187

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. Content areas, such as math and science, and other areas like memory, executive function, and social-emotional development are being informed by research.

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Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

When the Grading Stack Becomes Too Much As the classroom quiets and the last student heads out the door, you finally take a breathonly to be met with the overwhelming sight of papers piled high, waiting for your attention. Math Fluency Practice Without the Grading Drain You assign a daily math warm-up with 50 addition facts.

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Students Peer Review Math Assignments 52

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 145

Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

Let students act out vocabulary words, use color-coded cards, or manipulate math tools. Personalized feedback helps students see the path forward, as well as showing them that you’re paying attention. Consider adding visuals, physical objects, or movement to your lessons.

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Teaching Failure Students Feedback 97

Lab to Class

JULY 3, 2025

This is not just because young people’s minds have a short attention span from social media, but because human beings are genetically hard-wired to prefer to watch interactive scenes rather than a single individual.

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Lecturing Attention Discussions Questions 52

Teach Hub

JULY 16, 2025

For students, that can mean fewer classroom outbursts, better attention spans, and a more peaceful classroom atmosphere. Ease transitions — Whether you’re shifting from math to history, coming back from lunch, or waiting for your new group of students to come in, calming music can help calm the chaos of a transition period.

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Attention Testing Physical Education History 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more. Launch STEM learning with bottle rockets Bottle rockets are a STEM classic that combine engineering, math, and the principles of rocketry. 1, 2, 3, 4; 7.G.B.4, 4, 5, 6; 6.EE.C.9; 1, 2, 3, 4; 6.RP.A.1, 1, 2, 3; 7.RP.A.1,

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Middle School Middle School STEM Activities 52

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs. Math is funny that way. Every single day we seem to move closer to a society that simply doesn’t read.

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Reading English Grades Attention 75

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need. Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective. But communication isnt just about updatesits about meaningful conversations.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Many districts, particularly in rural and high-need communities, rely on a blend of J-1 visa educators and alternative certification programs to fill hard-to-staff roles in Special Education, bilingual education, science, and math. Pay special attention to Title I campuses and state-tested subjects.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

Five years ago, Alabama's math was literally the worst. On national assessments from 2019, the state was ranked last in the country for math performance. Across the state, only 22 percent of students were proficient in math — a percentage that was lower for Black and low-income students. The turnaround worked. Never Be Prepared?

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Math Coaching Elementary School Elementary School 164

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Missed Signals Shed Cheated in Her Previous Marathon The press coverage from Boston caught the attention of a New Yorker named Susan Morrow. In a classroom focused on avoiding errors and completing tasks, students may see the purpose of a math assignment as completing items 1-17 without any errors so it can be checked and graded.

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

Yes, even math! What environmental issue should we pay the most attention to? 10 Math and Science Prompts for Interdisciplinary Writing Writing in math and science can be as easy as pi! Write about a time when you were challenged by a math problem and what you learned from it. How would your ideal math class look?

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Writing Grades Middle School Middle School 52

Organized Classroom

JUNE 2, 2025

Finding educational websites that are appropriate for the age of the students and are interesting enough to hold their attention can be like finding a needle in a haystack. Keep reading to see some of our readers’ suggestions if you are stuck and looking for something new to hook your kids!

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Math Reading Attention Grades 95

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

This story about math recovery was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Testing Math Coaching Exams 231

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

In your opinion, what sport gets too much attention? What sport should get more attention? Math: Students can write reflectively about the ways they use math in their daily lives, or they can write about a math-focused career theyd like to have in the future. What advice would you give yourself in junior high?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Financial literacy, and the role of K-12 schools in promoting it, is getting lots of attention these days. However, given the research on the importance of numeracy, a solid math education will go a long way in promoting financial literacy. Next page: What to teach and where to find materials for financial literacy).

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Teaching Social Studies Schools Middle School 528

Primary Punch

OCTOBER 25, 2020

I went into the evaluation thinking the PLS-5 toys would be sufficient in keeping their attention and encouraging them to participate and realized I needed some back-up. So, I decided I needed a busy box full of all my go-to’s that I usually reach for to grab their attention when testing fatigue sets in.

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Evaluation Attention Testing Math 52

Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

I can solve multi-step math problems using equations. Try going back and checking your math. Your introduction grabs attention well. Consider writing your learning objectives in I can statements that are simple, concrete, and kid-friendly. For example: I can compare and contrast characters in a story.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Feedback Essay 79

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Fennell, a current professor of education at McDaniel College, has provided his endorsement of hand2mind’s Hands-On Standards product line, which helps K-8 educators and parents teach math with manipulatives to build problem-solving skills. Bush, where he helped bring attention to important issues in the education field.

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Math Distance Learning Textbooks STEM 265

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Littera, which was founded expressly to address inequities in public education, launched the research project with the aim of improving the implementation of math tutoring programs that support students who are Black, Latino, or experiencing poverty. We believe every child deserves the care and attention of a great tutor.

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Math Schools Achievement Students 244

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2024

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. While procedural fluency is important, conceptual understanding provides a framework for students to build mental relationships between math concepts.

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Math Teaching Attention Students 212

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but its a tough job. So I feel like I have to apologize: Sorry, Im talking to you about math. Robinsons job is really about helping educators to sort through what she calls math trauma, an aversion caused by their own bad experiences in the subject. Math As Humanities?

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Math Coaching Elementary School Elementary School 192

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Math is a linear subject, with each concept building on the one before. Math teachers are also responsible for covering a large number of standards in a school year. Most math curricula are designed for a whole group teacher-led lesson where the teacher is expected to cover a new concept or process every day.

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Math Attention Beliefs Knowledge 195

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2021

And yet, there is a set of skills that’s not given enough attention in the classroom: Executive functioning. . While executive functioning is starting to gain some deserved attention in the classroom, parents can have a huge impact on the growth of these skills for their children. Social studies.

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Skills Attention Social Studies Math 347

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Called Math 11 A and B, these classes, which students take as freshmen and sophomores, constitute a “leaky pipeline,” Weissman says. There are math requirements for those majors. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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Math Instructors Science STEM 218

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

. “This course follows a high level curriculum developed in my department to prepare Stanford undergraduate students for math, data science, AI, engineering, and all other quantitative disciplines. They must also submit a recommendation letter from a math instructor, and be under the age of 18.

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Math Middle School Middle School Essay 261

eSchool News

JULY 10, 2018

Low-income minority kindergartners learn math better when taught in small groups, according to a new report from University of Michigan (U-M) researchers. This type of instructional approach not only has a positive impact on achievement, but can help bridge the gap with higher-income peers, the researchers say in a report.

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Math Elementary School Elementary School Evaluation 185

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Before then, Holmes had always earned good grades in math — mostly As — and when he found out his friends were in honors math, he felt he belonged there too. And so he approached his guidance counselor and asked why he wasn’t in the honors math class. “Oh, Oh, do you want to try?,” Holmes recalls the adviser replying.

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Math Students Middle School Middle School 202

eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2020

While most of my students choose to come to our school because we focus on math, science, and STEM—the subjects they enjoy—I am tasked with helping them develop their reading and writing skills. So, how do I keep my math, science, and STEM-minded students engaged in the language arts? Use Monster Quiz for assessments.

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Art Languages Language STEM 363

Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2023

Yet, some math teachers, eager to help a struggling student at the first sight of frustration, deprive the learner of a productive struggle. Teachers with weak math backgrounds are more likely to teach math as a bundle of discrete, disconnected ideas and dwell on less critical features.

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Math Accessibility Education Knowledge 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges. But where to start?

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Math Student Engagement Teachers Mobile Devices 147

eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2019

No matter what the subject, before students can learn new skills or absorb new material, they need to be paying attention. Catherine Castillo: Guided math talks. We use Daily Math Fluency by hand2mind to help educators guide math talks with students. Three ways to focus on student engagement.

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Student Engagement Math Students Attention 273