eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But TikTok, and social media more broadly, continues to capture curiosity and attention, and it’s not all just dance videos–Indiana science teacher @ChemteacherPhil commands an audience of more than 3 million followers on the app. Is there a lesson in that? There’s an entire school of thought on this.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

Despite this growing belief, 97 percent of surveyed teachers say they lack the necessary resources to integrate emerging technology like AI and concepts like entrepreneurship into their curriculum. Samsung Solve for Tomorrows second The State of STEM Education survey, conducted in partnership with DonorsChoose , polled1,039 U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Focus on learning more about the student’s goals and motivations, and look into potential professors before the semester starts. When trying to figure out the best major for a prospective student, focus on understanding their needs and motivations. million more over their entire lifetime. What questions keep them up at night?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

At Project Information Literacy (PIL), the nonprofit independent research institute I lead, a group of library and information science and new media researchers — including myself — conduct national research about the information seeking behavior of college students and recent graduates.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the past, new technology tools were introduced in a computer lab or during a computer science course that some students enrolled in. Our beliefs about what is “real learning” are clouded by our own personal experiences. AI won’t motivate a student to learn. AI is different.

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

Tesoriero has developed this belief over the past 10 years in the classroom—and she attributes much of it to her involvement with the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI). “We Douglas Moore In 2010, Tesoriero and her colleague Amanda Solarsh, a middle school science teacher, stumbled across an opportunity to write curriculum at NYSCI.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

“This survey shows how out-of-touch politically motivated book banning and censorship groups are,” said John Chrastka, EveryLibrary Institute Executive Director. Pro-censorship groups do not represent the vast majority of parents or guardians in their beliefs about librarians, reading, education, and civil society.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Looking at these projects, it’s clear that some kids have been so motivated to make beautiful graphs that they’re going out to learn math that most kids don’t learn until college,” says von Oy. “We Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

This belief is wrong. Change the belief that mathematical ability is inborn, focusing on parents’ attitudes and how they are communicated to children. Other aspects of our designs are influenced by neuroscientific knowledge about motivation and working memory. Engage Intrinsic Motivation. Lego Engage Emotional Arousal.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

This positively impacts their motivation to engage with tasks. For instance, in an elementary science class, a teacher designing a unit focused on ecosystems can empower students by allowing them to choose an ecosystem they are genuinely interested in exploring.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The biggest departure from convention came when Penn’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies saw the need for an online undergraduate degree for nontraditional students, an online Bachelor of Applied Arts & Sciences. Students in the program work; many with families,” Stein says.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

al (2019), Integrative teaching benefits middle-level learners as it potentially increases student engagement, motivation, and achievement. For instance, principles from science can be linked to literature they are studying in English class. Teachers Beliefs and Practices in Technology-based Classrooms: A Developmental View.

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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. Students see evidence that their hard work is paying off and buy into the growth-oriented belief system.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years. were studying a world language or American Sign Language. I feared for my GPA.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

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. “It The difference may be more pronounced in science classes. In spreadsheets, he manually recorded each interaction he had with students during discussion.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

D’Angelo, a seventh-grade science teacher in the South Bronx, gives her students a homework assignment about food chains that is due in one week. Acting on my hunch, I spoke with two prominent learning scientists to unpack the science behind why this strategy works. The learning science is clear and the concept is simple.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

One of the standout features is its STREAM program: Science, Technology, Religion, Arts, and Mathematics. That belief creates a school culture built on respect, kindness, and forgiveness. They work together, reinforcing the belief that faith is a foundation, not a limitation. One of the most cherished traditions at St.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

— Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

Keeping learners motivated and confident when faced with these cognitive challenges means connecting with learners on a personal level. Self-regulated learning: beliefs, techniques, and illusions. Science, 331, 772–775. doi:10.1126/science.1199327 a, Dunlosky, J., & & Kornell, N. New York, NY: Psychology Press.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2019

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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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2017

For years, school leaders in Loudoun County, Virginia “had been talking about a one-to-one technology initiative,” says Josh Ajima, instructional facilitator for technology at Dominion High School and Loudoun Academy of Science. But it kept getting pushed back and back. It turned out that one-to-one technology was not the next big thing.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

Be intentional and nurture relationships with motivated friends and professionals who support your goals but who are also constructively critical. I realized that accepting you don’t know something is the first step toward growth, which subsequently allows you to ask tough questions, evolve your existing beliefs and discover new ideas.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

LEGO Education designs standards-aligned sets for K-8 students and offers plenty of free support for teachers, including more than 400 online lesson plans —ranging in focus from computer science and English Language Arts (ELA) to robotics and coding— self-guided professional development and an online community where teachers share tips and ideas.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Good learning design also needs to be engaging, motivational and structured in the right way.”. The fundamental belief is that we should give teachers the power to create more resources, reflect on the quality of their creations, and then let them quickly iterate and improve,” says Ben-Naim. More on Smart Sparrow.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2016

The upcoming steps easily adapt to the pedagogy your science teacher recommends. This is an epiphany and a motivator that learning to keyboard is worth the effort. Overall, encouraging students to test their own hypothesis and challenge their beliefs, went well-beyond simply my goal of encouraging the development of typing skills.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

But that's a pretty bad foundation to build a science or education system on. We focus in our science on three patterns: The first is what we call the ‘jaggedness principle.’ What is bad, though, is when competition becomes the defining characteristic of education—because people are motivated by different things.

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k12

APRIL 14, 2025

Thats why our programs introduce young learners to science and STEM projects in engaging, hands-on waysturning curiosity into meaningful learning experiences with interactive lessons, exciting projects, and plenty of opportunities for exploration. Getting an early start makes a big difference.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Of course, in education, you also get to students, and parents, and administrators—and so, we had to learn how to take all of that diverse input in order to understand the core needs and motivations that underlie what people are wishing for. But in a way, our role ends up being rooted in that endless belief that a better future is possible.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

While studying computer science at the. It also sparked his belief that textbooks could evolve from something static into more fluid resources that adapt to students’ readiness levels. Passionate teachers empathize with their students and motivate them by responding to students’ emotions. You’re going to get it wrong.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Students come to the Newport Beach campus for a variety of reasons, observes David Barerra, a math and science teacher at the school. “We Given Futures' roots in one-to-one instruction and individualized schedules, implementing this type of model was a natural fit for the staff.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

We should all have our personal mission and belief system, I know what I want to do and I’m not going to be sheepish about that. Knowing that their work could potentially be seen by others beyond our school community raised the bar for my students in motivation and execution. We should be ok with it. It's not a one-way street.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

Certain emotional states invited motivational sustained effort, while others led to relinquishment of effort. You are so intelligent,” led to decreased motivation to undertake challenging tasks. Feedback can be modulated to create encouragement and motivation, or conversely, to discourage effort.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Enthusiasm for these approaches is rooted in a belief that combining behavioral science research and predictive-analytics technology can motivate families and students to course correct before it is too late. But sometimes these efforts backfire.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Here are a few assessment strategies that fit the above criteria: Student demonstrations : Students can conduct science experiments, write short stories, create models and prototypes, and perform plays based on scripts they wrote. This requires them to do research so that they can demonstrate their skills.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 25, 2024

I learn from children about their dietary practices at home”) in the reflection tool derived from learners’ interest in bidirectional sharing of information with families, as well as their belief that children are diverse and have different needs (see Figure 1). Another practice (i.e., “I I realized that it’s not that straightforward.”

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 25, 2024

I learn from children about their dietary practices at home”) in the reflection tool derived from learners’ interest in bidirectional sharing of information with families, as well as their belief that children are diverse and have different needs (see Figure 1). Another practice (i.e., “I I realized that it’s not that straightforward.”

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Learning Instructors Coaching Knowledge 108

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

Certain emotional states invited motivational sustained effort, while others led to relinquishment of effort. You are so intelligent,” led to decreased motivation to undertake challenging tasks. Feedback can be modulated to create encouragement and motivation, or conversely, to discourage effort.

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