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A helpline for schools tackling cyberbullying

eSchool News

She said the idea for the helpline came after 15 years of writing and research showed that if “we aren’t going to pay close attention to the research and policy-making, then maybe we’ll pay attention to the actual experience.”. Positive Feedback. It will expedite the process.”.

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Do Instructional Videos Work Better When the Teacher is On Screen? It Depends.

Edsurge

As the pandemic has forced more teaching online, plenty of instructors have been trying to figure out the best way to keep students’ attention and interest with lecture videos or Zoom sessions. The face is a massive draw—it’s a magnet for attention,” Stull says. It’s almost like this symphony that the instructor is the heart of.”

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Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Co-Teaching and the Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

As students rotate to this station, they receive focused attention and resources that address their unique learning challenges or advanced needs, ensuring that each student is supported where they are in their learning journey. Students receive individualized attention to address specific areas of struggle.

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4 simple ways to put the science of reading into practice

eSchool News

Digital resources include Literacy Worldwide, research-based articles from the International Literacy Association (ILA), and peer-reviewed reports from journals like Reading Research Quarterly, the Journal of Educational Psychology, and the Journal of Literacy Research.

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My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It.

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I implemented writing reflections to help students recall their feedback from prior assignments and collaborated with a colleague to develop a teacher guided peer review system, which eventually yielded an app called Floop that made the peer review data visible and simpler to manage.

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Addressing the 800-pound gorillas in scholastic esports

eSchool News

A 2018 peer-reviewed study from BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine journal found that, among collegiate esports players, 56 percent report eye fatigue, 42 percent report neck and back pain, 36 percent and 32 percent report wrist and hand pain respectively.

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Study Finds Classroom-Response 'Clickers' Can ‘Impede Conceptual Understanding’

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Plenty of peer-reviewed research shows that classroom “clickers” improve student learning when it comes to delivering facts. They can make a large classroom seem something like a TV game show, and the idea is that the added interactivity will improve student retention (and keep people’s attention).

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