Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. Culture embodies our deepest collective social norms and beliefs, and provides the reference points for future learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The answer, as in many situations, lies in math. Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. And that's how people learn math. You’ll be training for at least a year, slowly building up your endurance. How do you prepare for that?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

That call started the years-long process of reworking how the university’s life sciences department teaches math. This ultimately led to a new introductory life sciences math course, Mathematics for Life Sciences (the LS 30 series). But in the end, the results almost beggared belief, according to those at the college.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

There was no fanfarejust a vision, a small classroom, and a deep belief in what girls could achieve when given the right environment to grow. They learn that math isnt just numbersits problem-solving. At the heart of this vision is a simple but powerful belief: joyful learning changes lives.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the initial “I used to think…” stage, students reflect on their beliefs or opinions about a specific topic, subject, or issue. Math Problem Solving: After introducing a new problem-solving strategy in math class, the teacher could ask students to share how their approach to solving math problems has shifted.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Unveiled at the STEM Innovation Forum, The Girls’ Index: Girls & STEM Impact Report , a groundbreaking study from Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX) involving 17,502 girls in grades 5-12 across the United States, sheds light on evolving perceptions, interests, and challenges girls face in pursuing STEM education and careers.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

But is asking generative AI to do math or engage students in a tutoring relationship really the best way to use this incredibly powerful technology? For example, answers provided by generative AI chatbots can sometimes be misleading when it comes to subjects like math, where a student’s solution to a problem is either right or wrong.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

However, rather than convenience, we were looking for certification that aligned with our performance-based courses of study. In fact, students recently told Hawkins about “doing science in math class,” referring to a nuclear decay and radioactivity assignment they’d completed for pre-calculus.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2019

While that’s partly true, studies suggest that curiosity has a deeper impact on learning. Set aside time for students to play and tinker with ideas, tools, emotions, beliefs, and materials in the classroom. Why build curiosity? To some, curiosity suggests actively seeking out challenges and new experiences. Take action.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

As highlighted in our report—published by Just Equations and the California Education Learning Lab—forward-thinking math departments across the country are implementing promising instructional approaches to make calculus classes more engaging and effective for students from various backgrounds.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

With the belief that STEM skills are best acquired starting at a young age, we start building foundational skills early in elementary school. But what about when you’re teaching English or social studies? According to the U.S. At Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation, our STEM model sets us apart from other traditional school districts.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. Yet, these researchers have also shown that these beliefs are malleable. Amy Ballard, Ph.D.,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

She won the grant, which allowed the Dean Children’s Center to buy two KIBO kits and do an independent study project focused on implementing the hands-on, screen-free robot with four- and five-year-old children at Dean College’s Children’s Center.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2025

A meta-analysis of studies, including data from 145,000 students in 33 nations, tell two notable truths: By age six, kids already see girls as worse than boys at computing and engineering Kids see girls as far superior in reading and writing by age eight, a belief that strengthens over time. Do you hold implicit gender bias?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

With the disturbing news about plummeting math scores here in the US, it’s good to review math teaching in your classroom and consider better ways to deliver lessons to students. For many students, the struggle isn’t about intelligence but how math is taught. But here is the thing: math does not have to be boring.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, after listening to a TED Talk featuring Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy , demonstrating the use of AI tutors in his school, I realized that my days of teaching traditional math content and language arts skills are numbered. The AI could focus on how they are doing in math and I could focus on who they are becoming as people.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Additionally, my administrators studied innovative school models at various locations. We've branded our district with the belief that there’s no average student; every student has a jagged learning profile. Our building data showed that the number of students proficient in math was not sufficient.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Students who took multiple community college courses that used only free or low-cost OER materials earned more credits over time than their peers who took classes that used traditional course materials such as textbooks, according to a new study. Students saved an average of $65 per OER course at colleges participating in the study.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

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. One student who had been effusive about the growth mindset lessons was struggling with two-step math equations.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

of students in grades 6-12 actively seek external support for their homework and study needs. Brainly’s users also seek help in science (18.84%), social studies (17.2%), and English (16.3%). However, while homework help – especially in math – is a top reason students access Brainly, it’s not the only one.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. After one year of using enVision, Johnston County saw real growth.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

This element of choice amplifies students’ interest in their studies as they feel connected to the material they are learning about. In a high school math class, when learning about graphing equations, teachers can invite students to decide if they would like to graph on paper or use Desmos, an online graphing tool.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

This initiative helps students strengthen their academic foundations, develop better study habits, and build resilience. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible. Beyond academics, AEFs approach to personalized learning extends to life skills and social development.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In fact, a recent study found that investors may even prefer companies with more women in the workforce. Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce. Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A couple of weeks ago during a coaching session, a middle school teacher I work with described a fun math activity. Students who are aware of the unconscious beliefs they have developed and the opportunities from which they benefit—or do not benefit—are able to develop racial and cultural literacy.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Even years later, San Francisco Unified School District casts a shadow over attempts to quash long-standing disparities in math. In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths. Nevertheless, the attempt was tense.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2021

Some Black teachers also studied at universities in Northern states. Undergraduate Misters live together in the same dorm, where they elect their own leaders, help each other study, and share the fun and stress of college life. “We We crack jokes, cook for each other, everything just building that bond,” Richard says.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

One of JEP’s programs is known as USC ReadersPlus, which mobilizes work-study students to provide one-on-one reading and math instruction to K-6 students in nearby Title 1 schools. It has been incredibly successful over the years and warmly embraced by educators and students in their community.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2019

Courtesy: Hello World) Various studies prove that female and underrepresented minority students are more likely than others to experience a lack of confidence in their abilities and imposter syndrome , meaning they believe that they have somehow not earned their achievements as a result of their own efforts or skills.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. Encourage a balanced routine: Remind students to structure their days with a mix of study, exercise, and relaxation. By taking these precautions, you can focus on your studies without worrying about cybersecurity threats.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cultivating Students’ Lifelong Learning and Career Exploration A core belief of PLTW is that students can’t be what they can’t see. There comes a point very early in a child’s educational experience where they self-select themselves in or out of subjects like math and science.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

But studying how the brain learns doesn’t necessarily mean memorizing proteins and brain chemistry. When I was studying at Hopkins, my professor knew I was interested in this. Studies have shown that gaps in reading grow larger among low-income students over summer, while middle class students experienced gains between spring and fall.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 20, 2017

Research shows that educators play a profound role in promoting students’ social-emotional skills and beliefs. In 91 percent of the schools we studied, students rated their intelligence as more malleable than their teachers did. We have found that the real key to changing a student's mindset is to couple beliefs with strategies.”

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Studies of motivation number in the thousands. Whole careers are devoted to its study. It is the study of the mechanisms that put you in motion, pushing you toward certain things and pushing you away from others” (p. If there’s good news about mindsets, it’s that they are based on beliefs and beliefs can be changed.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2018

I assumed many children were not listening, not taking good notes, or not studying. In my first few years as a math teacher, students cried often in my class. Additionally, a student’s belief in their own ability changes their brain and its ability to process new information. According to the book, mistakes help grow the brain.

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