Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

These aren’t concepts found in most high-school math textbooks. Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such. That effort was fueled partly by a belief that no student should have to fork out $100 for a physical graphing calculator ever again.

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Art Math Curriculum Beliefs 218

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

Because if you’re giving me questions that have one method and one answer, then, as a learner, I can’t really see a way to grow and learn. Also, we know from neuroscience that when you work on a maths question, there are five different areas of the brain involved. It’s not just answering number questions.

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Math Curriculum Beliefs Achievement 217

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Spieler asks each group to come up with three questions they might answer with the data set, relying on only one variable. Mostly he’s asking questions and listening to reports from each group. Working at your own pace, it makes things go a lot quicker, and in some ways you learn it a lot better,” he says.

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Textbooks Lecturing Beliefs Assignments 126

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

That is the question that I was asking myself over and over again, and I shared this idea with Roland Fryer. I think the first thing that we screen for in our instructors is a real belief that, like [American philosopher and activist] Cornel West says, “You can’t serve the people if you don’t love the people.” That’s a good question.

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Culture Instructors History Education 208

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

Faculty had to overcome obstacles to even get there, including the lack of an official textbook and initial skepticism from colleagues in the math department, says Blaire Van Valkenburgh, who at the time was an associate dean of the department and was leading the reform effort.

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Math Science Teaching STEM 207

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

You can pose a question for a future column here. As I began my first night of teaching in a university setting, I asked the students to take out their textbooks for the class and turn to a particular page. It was time for me to begin asking some questions and learning more about this new environment.

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Teaching Peer Review Course Evaluations Culture 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Josemaria and I share the belief that “…[technology] must be transparent, like a lens; otherwise, it hinders learning.” The same problems that hinder learning when using textbooks occur when using videos. In textbooks, for instance, elements to facilitate memorization are frequent. and is working on his EdD.

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Learning Textbooks Lecturing Syllabus 154

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Rather than rush to catch up, he opted to move through the textbook at his own pace so he could truly understand the concepts. It also sparked his belief that textbooks could evolve from something static into more fluid resources that adapt to students’ readiness levels. Kintali’s answer to the evolution of the textbook is.

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Textbooks Intelligence Math Beliefs 103

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

It’s a textbook toss-up. All the major K-12 traditional textbook publishers were present at the event but only one—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—got speaking time on stage. EdReports has become a real big deal in K-12 publishing,” he said, referring to the nonprofit that reviews textbooks for alignment to academic standards.

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Education Textbooks Schools Testing 144

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Over the past decade, UCLA revamped its calculus for life sciences courses , focusing them more strictly on math concepts and real-world biological questions, rather than on procedural rules for derivatives and integrals — which its advocates describe as a paradigm shift for calculus instruction. question answered afterward.

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Math Instructors Science STEM 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

There’s a bigger question about the role design can play in advancing education. That’s an important question, because I often forget to situate that. We put all those people and skills together in a room with a question, and say, “With your creative genius, find what matters and design a direct response for it.”.

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Multidisciplinary Schools Questions Beliefs 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Fred Singer: The question that struck me was, ‘how could it be that kids—born to a generation in which smart phones and laptops are a part of their everyday existence—have to sit in a classroom where someone just talks to them?’ Students can attend a lecture, which is analog, and link it to the digital textbooks they’re using in class.

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 164

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2018

I have experimented with writing open textbooks, thanks to the inspiration I received from Robin DeRosa on episodes 183 and 195. There’s always something new I discover to help me better live out my beliefs about teaching. Do you have a question about teaching in a higher education context?

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Art Science Teaching Mobile Devices 111

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APRIL 11, 2019

This is contrary to popular belief — that being raised with iPads means they understand all about them. Quickly the lesson becomes about learning slideshows rather than the Big Idea and Essential Question. First, they teach kids to use slideshows and then they explain how to use it with a lesson project. Did I miss any myths?

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Teaching Internet Knowledge Testing 154

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

If a student picks an incorrect answer to a question, what he or she sees next may be different from what another student, who picked a different wrong answer, gets. What makes Smart Sparrow “adaptive” is that faculty and instructional designers can create unique sequential branches of content specific to a learner’s misunderstanding.

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Teachers Instructors Learning Quizzes 130

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

For others, the new restrictions have so far mostly raised questions. Parents push for intense studying out of the belief that even a single point on these exams can make a difference in their child’s fortures, Hu says. We do a lot of boba tea, stuff like that, to boost our emotions,” he says. You just do it secretly,” she says.

Culture 161

Culture English Exams Cognitive Development 161

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Active learning: Engage in active learning techniques such as participating in class discussions, asking questions, and seeking clarification on challenging topics. Actively reviewing and summarizing lecture notes, textbooks, and supplementary materials will deepen understanding and retention.

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Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2023

Active learning: Engage in active learning techniques such as participating in class discussions, asking questions, and seeking clarification on challenging topics. Actively reviewing and summarizing lecture notes, textbooks, and supplementary materials will deepen understanding and retention.

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Failure Students Lecturing Feedback 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Fred Singer: The question that struck me was, ‘how could it be that kids—born to a generation in which smart phones and laptops are a part of their everyday existence—have to sit in a classroom where someone just talks to them?’ Students can attend a lecture, which is analog, and link it to the digital textbooks they’re using in class.

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 99

k12

MAY 2, 2025

Like their brick-and-mortar peers, their influence goes far beyond textbooks and test scores, leaving a lasting imprint on students lives. These everyday moments can shape a students values and beliefs in subtle but lasting ways. How a teacher handles conflict, treats others, or responds to failure sends powerful messages to students.

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Teachers Education Failure Beliefs 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2018

With summer fast approaching all over the Northern Hemisphere, kids are eager for time away from teachers, textbooks, and To-do lists. At the core of each of the twenty-five plus websites above is the belief that learning is fun. In Ireland, Italy, Greece, Russia, and other Eurasian nations, summer vacation lasts about three months.

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Blended Learning History Math Learning 89

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

The question is no longer if students are learning through digital media, it’s how and what theyre learning, and whether our education systems are keeping up. The catchy format, music, and visual effects activate episodic memory, helping information stick better than a dry textbook paragraph. This is informal learning.

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Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

As more students around the world shift to virtual schools, some by necessity, others by choice, the question becomes increasingly urgent: does K12 online education dilute cultural identity by removing physical context? It signals that the school values lived culture, not just textbook content. Which parts do I want to question?

Culture 52

Culture Schools Language Languages 52

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. For instance, an online biology textbook might include a short section about protein synthesis, followed by a question. As a result, teaching is, to use another building metaphor, not up to code.

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Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

As school leaders across the country seek to adopt social-emotional learning (SEL) as a formal part of curriculum, one question keeps surfacing: How can educators weave SEL into a day already bursting with “have-to’s” and “must-do’s”? This belief makes it difficult to instill the idea that SEL concepts can be taught.

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Failure Motivation History Learning 140

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Board of Education, the Civil Rights Movement the unwavering belief of Black Americans in the promise of education for all remained strong. I think its a question one needs to think about seriously before one runs down that road. I dont know the answer to that.

Education 113

Education Disabilities History Writing 113

Faculty Focus

JULY 25, 2023

For some, the purpose is to simulate a classroom discussion in a traditional setting, where an instructor prompts students with a statement or question. Students flounder in the face of poorly articulated questions or unexpected shifts of activities.” Ask questions. This encourages extemporaneous application. Provide resources.

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Discussions Instructors Critical Thinking Beliefs 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 25, 2023

For some, the purpose is to simulate a classroom discussion in a traditional setting, where an instructor prompts students with a statement or question. Students flounder in the face of poorly articulated questions or unexpected shifts of activities.” Ask questions. This encourages extemporaneous application. Provide resources.

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Discussions Instructors Critical Thinking Beliefs 90

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2025

The pandemic shifted families relationships with school, raising thorny and fundamental questions about the value and usefulness of education. It dawned on Young-Saver that part of the motivation problem may be the textbooks, which emphasize problems about battery lifetimes and watermelons.

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Curriculum Textbooks Learning Motivation 192