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5 ways to help special education students manage testing anxiety

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It’s a common belief that testing anxiety affects only older students, such as those taking high school or college placement exams. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America , this anxiety can stem from a fear of failure, negative testing experiences, or feeling unprepared.

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Reflecting on the Parkland tragedy, its lasting impacts, and work still to be done

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Written by Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Last month marks six years since 17 students and faculty senselessly lost their lives and 17 others were injured when a mass murderer entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and started shooting.

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Getting pre-service teachers comfortable using and teaching with STEAM tools

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Fortunately, a year prior, one of my 4th-year senior capstone students had prior experience with high school robotics and was interested in finding a screen-free way to introduce robotics to Dean College’s Children’s Center. My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts.

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When Students Don’t Feel Confident About Math, a Growth Mindset Matters

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This lack of belief in Black students’ potential can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy, where students internalize these low expectations and perform accordingly. She started to see mistakes not as failures but as opportunities to learn and grow. Now, she is thriving and on a promising career pathway in behavioral health.

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Good online teaching is often just plain good teaching

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I have heard a lot of people say that they don’t think that online schooling works well because there isn’t in-person interaction between a student and their teacher. This belief is a myth. These failures discouraged him, so he stopped trying completely—which caused his already low skill set to deteriorate even further.

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We Need to Make Schools Human Again. That Means Treating Teachers With Respect.

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Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how bad a situation is, we should all have a positive mindset about it. We cannot ask teachers to build strong positive relationships with their students without making the effort to do the same among school staff members. In my role as listener and coach I’ve heard what teachers need.

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Do Professors With a ‘Deficiency’ Mindset Prevent Community College Students From Earning Credit?

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It considered placement exam scores but also took into account information from each individual’s high school records, including GPA and the type of diploma earned. Attitude matters, too: Panelists cited research showing that faculty beliefs about intelligence predict how well racial minority students do in STEM classes.

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