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

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When my class, who didn’t see themselves as STEAM teachers, had the freedom to tinker without a fear of failure, they became far more eager (and better equipped) to teach those concepts in their own future classrooms. If you free your pre-service teachers to play, they’re apt to do the same with their students.

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Controversy on whether growth mindset works will strengthen the theory

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Researchers often bemoan finding a failure in their theory. Growth mindset is the belief that one can improve one’s abilities through effort, learning, and persistence. But anomalies are actually good news because they allow researchers to say, “There’s something else going on here.” And that is what leads to better understanding.

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Why the Growth Mindset Still Needs to Grow Up

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Over the summer, academics debated the impact of growth mindset, the belief that one’s intelligence can be developed with hard work and effort, and whether it can move the needle on academic performance. They learned about neuroscience, shared personal examples and watched videos of famous failures. Gupta, I get it.

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Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani: Why An 'Hour of Code' Isn’t Enough

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It’s no shock to anyone—there is a gender disparity problem in the computer science world. three times that of other industries , but the number of females attaining computer science degrees is falling, as U.S. Do you think that politics will play a role in computer science education? Reshma Saujani. Politics plays a huge role.

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Why We Don't Need a 'Netflix for Education'

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Failure to appreciate these points will result in personalized learning products more likely to hinder than help students. Self-regulated learning: beliefs, techniques, and illusions. Science, 331, 772–775. doi:10.1126/science.1199327 Do Learners Really Know Best? a, Dunlosky, J., & & Kornell, N. Karpicke, J.

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Looking for Post-PISA Answers? Here’s What Our Obsession With Test Scores Overlooks

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East Asian countries led the pack when it comes to reading, math and science, topped by China’s handpicked, wealthiest regions. students placed in the middle of the pack, scoring slightly above average on reading and science and a little below in math. And the Americans? Compared to the previous test in 2015, the scores stayed flat.

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Five Keys to Motivating Students

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Adaptive attributions and control beliefs motivate students. The basic construct refers to beliefs about the causes of success and failure and how much perceived control one has to bring about outcomes or to control one’s behavior.” (p. It needs to be challenging but something that can be accomplished. References Pintrich, P.