Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

That job has become more difficult in recent years, according to numerous surveys , research studies and EdSurge interviews, as the last few classes of kindergarteners have shown up lacking some of the basic skills and competencies that educators and school leaders had previously come to expect. These skills are the bedrock.

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Skills Teachers Cognitive Development Writing 209

Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2024

All year long, schools have been grappling with how to respond to student cellphone use, which, according to many educators, had become almost constant among kids in older grades and increasingly disruptive to instruction. But that doesn’t seem to be the key motivator behind parents’ purchasing decisions.

Cognitive Development 185

Cognitive Development Middle School Middle School Motivation 185

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Decades of research on child and adolescent development has shed powerful light on how we can best support student development. But here's what we should all find unacceptable: We have yet to widely reflect that learning in how we educate students in our schools.

Cognitive Development 167

Cognitive Development Knowledge Academic Development Attention 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

The 29-year-old lives in Beijing, where she leads a team at an education company that develops English curriculum for kindergartens and schools across China. On one hand, I really want to respect cognitive development, and on the other hand, I also dream to be a proud mom,” Hu says. “I They want that for their kids, too.”

Culture 161

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

I invest in education technology, but decades before I knew what a venture capitalist was, I was a history teacher in a small town in America’s heartland where I started my school’s first “Internet club.” But 2018 marked an inflection point for education technology that most investors and developers did not see coming.

Attention 143

Attention Internet Cognitive Development Communication 143

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Meanwhile, a child development expert talks about video games more broadly and is typically referring to mobile games and app experiences—some marketed as entertainment, others touted as educational. “We One big takeaway though, is that the fun factor is crucial to yield any positive learning outcome.

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Mobile Devices Cognitive Development Communication Languages 202

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

Given what we know about teacher retention and/or the cognitive development of young children, this is incredibly dismaying (and not limited to Massachusetts). ‘Rock star’ professor lectures + Lower-cost instructional facilitators = The future of higher education? Related Posts.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Educators, too, note a bump in adoption around the pandemic—one that has been sustained in the years since. I believe that’s what’s motivating these parents.” Apple, too, released a version, the Apple Watch SE, in 2020, with restricted features and a lower price. Ordoñez asks. “I Its functionalities are more limited.

Communication 196

Communication Elementary School Elementary School Grades 196