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Engaging the reluctant reader: Benefits of gamified learning in literacy education

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On average, about 25 percent of children in the early grades struggle with reading. In a TEDx talk titled The Super Mario Effect–Tricking Your Brain into Learning More , Mark Rober highlighted how video games like Super Mario can motivate people to achieve their goals by viewing failures as learning opportunities.

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How Building Bonds in the Classroom Can Motivate Better Teaching

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Researchers say that positive teacher-student relationships tend to start declining after first grade, with the lowest drop in middle school, before evening out in high school. In addition, as course content becomes more challenging in higher grades, teachers may tend to use these complex strategies more often.”

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5 educators share insights into teaching and learning

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Inspiring district leaders, classroom teachers, and school staff have found unique and innovative ways to engage students in learning, motivating students to see beyond classroom walls and truly immerse themselves in learning. Elementary school years mark a critical phase in a child’s cognitive development.

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

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In particular, the age and cognitive development of your students has a profound impact on their ability to succeed in different online learning environments. Fully asynchronous online learning is probably best suited to adult learners who are motivated to apply what they learn to their work.

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What to Know About the Rise of Smartwatches Among Kids

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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.

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Helping Students Improve Their Handwriting

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Additionally, neat, legible handwriting can have a positive impact on student grades. Creating Incentives Creating incentives to improve handwriting is a strategy that will motivate students to work harder and put forth their best effort. It also improves your memory and understanding of what you are learning.

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The benefits of active learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

Given what we know about teacher retention and/or the cognitive development of young children, this is incredibly dismaying (and not limited to Massachusetts). It also seems to be a harsh indictment of school leaders’ inability to enact research-based (or even common sense) best practices.