Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation , organizer of the world’s largest robotics competition and leader in STEM education, is doing a careful examination of gender diversity. As education, technology and nonprofit leaders, we must adopt successful strategies, prioritize and move forward.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2021

He said he has nothing against traditional tests, but he doesn’t think that should be the last three hours that instructors spend with their students. But this semester, Crider found himself toning down his usual approach, on the belief that students were “tired of surprises.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2019

Even popular culture, where robot teachers and wired students have been a staple of science fiction for decades, demonstrates our tendency to project current beliefs that schools should “leverage” (i.e., be built around) those technologies perceived as representing the latest form of modernity. An “Age of Achievement” (1983-?)

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

In education, this is particularly harmful to students because it affects pacing guides, textbooks and how states measure who achieves—and who fails. Our current industrial model is rooted on the belief that there is an average student,” Rose said. “In It’s that very mindset, that continued belief in the myth of average.”

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Science Textbooks Beliefs Knowledge 166

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

I also turned to a different kind of professional reading that shaped my beliefs about students, learning and the purpose of education. In her book “Other People’s Children,” the author Lisa Delpit writes that, “We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs.” You are not a gangster.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

But if you’re like me, your K-12 experience focused more on educational standards than creative exploration. Education is complicated. Schools and districts are tasked with many challenges—from classroom management and test scores to student safety and emotional well-being. Yet, we know that teachers deem them essential.

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Learning Outcomes Beliefs Student Engagement Feedback 216

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2020

It is rooted in a testing paradigm that reflects the now defunct concept that students fall along a Bell Curve—that some will always be behind—rather than a belief that all students can reach proficiency. If you are a student who is performing at or above grade level, setting goals in relative terms can be innocuous enough.

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Achievement Students Beliefs Grades 201

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2020

These feelings are both natural and toxic, because they represent our limiting beliefs that cause paralysis and fear instead of agency and action. Use your own body as a testing ground and see how it feels to get grounded and connect as a core exercise. Address this as an active practice.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In fact, there is a great deal of research support for consistent retrieval practice and self-testing to build automaticity with number facts. The problem isn’t with timed retrieval practice exercises like the Mad Minute. The problem is that by the time I was 8-years-old, math was already associated in my mind with fear, shame and anxiety.

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Math Elementary School Elementary School Beliefs 216

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Similar concerns have prompted community colleges to reconsider their own versions of entrance assessments: the placement tests they’ve traditionally used to determine whether students are “ready” for college-level learning or should instead start their pursuit of higher education in remedial math or English classes.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

Underpinning this skepticism was the core belief, reinforced by schools, that young people are exclusively the learners and adults are exclusively the teachers. You got a 90% on the test. Then, the teacher called up a second student: “It looks like you struggled on this test. My students unanimously answered “YES!”

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Teaching Philosophy Students Beliefs Feedback 209

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over. Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. Why does creativity matter? Creativity is about making a major impact on learning.

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Student Engagement Teachers Students Beliefs 201

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Applying this concept to edtech, the belief is that a “trickle-down effect” solution will initially widen gaps, but as it scales it will benefit many (if not all) in the long run. Start with a niche product sold to an elite segment of early adaptors. Next, develop products for aspirational consumers to adopt. Costs decrease.

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2017

He says the deal essentially tests a long-held belief by the operators of for-profit colleges, who say they are doing the same things as non-profit innovators (like Southern New Hampshire University) but feel unfairly “mistrusted and loathed” because they are for-profit. Sydney Johnson contributed to this report.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2019

One’s belief that they are capable comes from experiences that affirm that belief, and the more rigorous and aspirational one’s accomplishments the stronger the fountain of affirmation to draw from. We know confidence is not borne in a vacuum.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2023

For example: A review of how companies handle student data by Internet Safety Labs, a nonprofit that tests software products, showed that 96 percent of apps used and recommended by U.S. educational institutions shared that data with third parties.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Google classrooms were rarely used, and laptops, while ubiquitous, were primarily used during standardized testing season. As the medium and the messenger, technology became the scapegoat for all the frustration and discouragement teachers and students felt at that time, including myself.

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Schools Beliefs Testing Student Engagement 186

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Beyond the logistical concerns involved in deploying more than 25,000 Windows devices to students and teachers, this effort also represented a stress test for the district’s commitment to equity and access for all of its students. Hattie noted that this has the greatest influence on student achievement.

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Hybrid Learning Coaching Beliefs Accessibility 204

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

The most recent results of the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+) test—a standardized testing initiative designed to measure college students’ critical thinking skills—are not encouraging. This is a serious problem that educators need to understand and address. But, it turns out, teaching this skill is no easy task.

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Critical Thinking Skills Intellectual Development Testing 144

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The college essay is more important than ever, with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action and the move toward test-optional and test-blind admissions. This increased anxiety and lack of confidence is understandable.

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Essay Writing Beliefs High School 182

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

Those interested in teaching will see more resources and support in other core subject areas that require standardized testing or at more affluent schools.

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Science Beliefs Exams STEM 144

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Hold firm to your beliefs and foundational product knowledge while learning from push-back. By the time we started the fundraising process, we had already spent four years conducting research, pouring over best practices and beta-testing products with students. That was anathema to our approach, to our beliefs.

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Coaching Beliefs Communication STEM 168

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

On an ordinary June morning, kids descend on the campus of Auburn University to try science experiments at the college of education’s annual STEM camp. It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Johnston County educators are confident they will continue to see growth, and they credit Savvas for being part of the “right mix of expertise, resources, and support” that is delivering real results for the district’s students. This dedication exemplifies his belief in the potential of every learner.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

There were no records beyond state standardized testing data available for me to review. Besides these test scores, I had no idea who Jason was as a student or what his needs were. This model compared students' results on a battery of IQ tests to their actual academic achievement levels and anticipated grade-level performance.

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Special Education Disabilities Education Schools 168

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2023

In some of the schools in our district, we have seen regression in academic test scores, significant learning loss and an increase in students dropping out of high school. The teachers and counselors in my school have been working harder than ever it seems, but despite our best efforts, the effects of the past two years are palpable.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In the piece, he challenged the common belief that big, sexy ideas are always best. Something more impactful that can stand the test of time? When teachers identify tools they want to try, they can test them out asap. And it fuels the application of education technology that is coming down the road. .

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Achievement Beliefs Testing Languages 129

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

He effectively provides his students with what he refers to as “low-stakes” testing. This practice helps to keep students engaged, allows them to test their knowledge without impacting their grades , and provides Dr. Perumal with valuable insights into what material students are struggling with. Source: Echo360.

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

At the time, our state test was based upon performance assessment, and learning the thinking skills framework. So we were just testing memory [after] 10 weeks out, which is similar to the summer slide. Teachers' belief systems, what we call efficacy beliefs, is mapped to student achievement tighter than almost any other construct."

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Art Learning Beliefs Achievement 167

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2019

They conflated this vision with scores on standardized tests. As I saw how Omayra was able to reach my students at a deeply human level that was somewhat beyond my 22-year-old self, I came to understand how this conflation stymied well-meaning efforts to advance true educational equity.

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Culture Achievement Beliefs Testing 167

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

So in 2014, the senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government decided to test that assumption. The data disproved his belief: He’d only heard from female students around one-third of the time, even though they made up nearly half his class.

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Lecturing Participation Instructors Beliefs 160

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It’s a wildly popular concept that has led to prevailing beliefs that students perform better if we cater to their natural learning styles. VARK suggests that students can best accelerate their knowledge acquisition via one of four core learning styles: visual (V), aural (A), read/write (R) or kinesthetic (K).

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Technology Learning Styles Instructors Learning 199

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The two teams decided to test the conversational agent in a few episodes of “Elinor Wonders Why,” a show created by a fellow University of California at Irvine professor—Daniel Whiteson, who studies physics—and Jorge Cham, the cartoonist behind popular PHD Comics. “In

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Intelligence Study Questions Languages 218

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

There was also a common belief among higher ed leaders—as there still is—that building online infrastructure is far too costly. And many were thwarted by their lack of understanding of how remote instruction actually worked, since they had never taken an online class, and had certainly never taught one.

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Failure Beliefs Attention Lecturing 194

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

They have become a litmus test for many districts.” From left: Seth Reynolds (EY-Parthenon), Dave Goldberg (Cadence Education), David Evans (Childcare Network), Ricardo Campo (Endeavor Schools), Jean-Emmanuel Rodocanachi (Grandir), Mark Bierley (Learning Care Group) You’ll pry that test from my cold, ink-stained bubbles.

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Education Textbooks Schools Testing 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Little did the Edquity team know how soon that belief would be put to the test. And Helene realized that Edquity had the potential to assist communities in crisis. “It It is the right system for disaster relief and or true emergencies,” he says. What felt in fall 2019 like a climax was only a prelude.

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Students Beliefs Fairness Testing 181

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

One useful way to sort through the many things that are included in SEL is to break it down into thinking skills (like the ability to understand another person’s intentions), behavioral skills (like the ability to enter an ongoing conversation or play activity), and beliefs and attitudes (like self-efficacy or growth mindsets).

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Beliefs Evaluation Ethics Achievement 112