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The importance of agency in successful edtech adoptions

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Higher test scores are often used to measure student achievement, but we know true meaning-making and application of skills are measured in different ways. The sense of agency plays a pivotal role in cognitive development and includes recognizing oneself as the agent of behavior and an empowered independent.

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Researchers develop preschool STEM education curriculum

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“Despite the evidence that introducing STEM during the pre-kindergarten years supports children’s cognitive development and positive attitudes toward learning and inquiry, there is very little STEM instruction in pre-kindergarten classrooms. Supported by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S.

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Elevating Math Education Through Problem-Based Learning

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Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on the greatest challenge of all: Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. Imagine you are a mountaineer. It makes them feel capable and that their insights are valuable.

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Why It's Important to Teach Your Students Financial Literacy—and Three Ways to Do It

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Research shows that by the age of 12, students will develop an economic understanding that researchers describe as “essentially adult”. Supplement At-Home Education with Digital Learning Digital financial education can—and does—play a role in providing students with the financial knowledge they may not receive at home.

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A Glimpse Into the Playful World of Seymour Papert

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He believed children’s cognitive development and scientific thinking grew through stages of self-constructed knowledge structures—and that they need to actively work through exploratory activities that allow them to discover and construct their own world. “The Seymour’s genius goes far beyond the academic. Learning Stories.

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3 Fresh Art and Music Apps for the Classroom

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Fifty years ago, Albert Einstein warned ‘Imagination is more important than knowledge.’ I didn’t test this out. New Statistics Linking Music Education to Cognitive Development. ’ The ability to solve problems by thinking creatively is more important than knowing how they were solved in the past.

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The Stupidity of Thinking We Can One-Up Mother Nature

Teacher Toms Blog

I'm sixty-three years old and, yes, those years of experience can prove useful to those with marginally less experience, but the moment I step outside of my responsibility to support and protect, I risk adding a dose of stupidity to nature's time-tested educational model. That’s kind of like Columbus claiming to have discovered America.