eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

Elementary school years mark a critical phase in a child’s cognitive development. It is during this period that introducing STEM education thus becomes paramount so as to establish a solid foundation of fundamental concepts and problem-solving skills.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2021

But screen-based learning is not always developmentally appropriate for young learners, and it is not well suited to some forms of learning. STEAM lessons in particular, with their exploratory and experiential elements, may seem impossible to deliver in a remote learning model. Grounding learning in hands-on manipulatives.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

During the pandemic, teachers and students rapidly adopted new tools to pivot to remote and hybrid learning. The emergence of AI comes at an interesting time, when educators are looking for solutions to close the gap of pandemic-era learning loss and prepare their students for an increasingly technology-driven world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The Ask a Tech Teacher team has a good summary of why students should consider journeyman trades and vocational schools over college: From Play to Profession: Why Kids Should Discover Skilled Trades For years, the dominant message to young people has been that college is the only pathway to success.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. You don't become a skilled mountain climber by just reading or watching others climb.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. By looking at research into online learning and human development, we can begin to grapple with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Let’s start with the basics.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

Providing professional development on cultural competence Effective professional development on cultural competence is essential for equipping educators with the knowledge, skills, and mindset needed to engage effectively with diverse learners.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

In an effort to address the national need to guide more students to STEM careers, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers are developing curriculum which introduces STEM principles during the formative preschool years. Next page: How to combat the idea that STEM education is too challenging for preschool.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

There is nothing deficient about the brains of children from poverty; they simply need more practice with the right skills. For years, research has shown that socioeconomic status is associated with differences in school readiness, cognitive development and achievement. Cognitive capacity is a core skill.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Here’s a more detailed peek into how they assist cognitive growth, critical thinking, and creativity: Unlocking Learning Fun: How Educational Bini Games Foster Child Development Parents and caregivers help children learn and grow by actively engaging and promoting their growth.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Solving them may require training young scholars to be “ wicked students ,” to use a phrase from Paul Hanstedt, director of the Washington & Lee University teaching and learning center. No matter the approach, it is urgent that our universities find a way to graduate researchers with interdisciplinary skills and views.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

These creative coding projects took place during Family Coding Day , a free event hosted by the DevTech Research Group at Tufts University, which is dedicated to designing and evaluating technologies that promote young children’s learning and development. The event first started as a community outreach initiative for DevTech in 2016.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

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.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

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. Personalized learning for the whole learner, EdSurge Fusion 2018’s theme, is how we can begin to educate through the science of learning and development.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Research shows that by the age of 12, students will develop an economic understanding that researchers describe as “essentially adult”. Reaching Students Digitally The need to improve financial skills and capacities is not unique to any one state or school district. They are looking for better outcomes.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2025

Early literacy often dominates conversations around foundational learning in todays educational system. Recognizing the role of early numeracy skills in academic and career readiness can unlock transformative opportunities for student success. For example: Early numeracy is not just about learning numbers.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

But in this twisted time, young children starting public pre-K at the age of 4 are expected to learn through “rigorous instruction.”. Given what we know about teacher retention and/or the cognitive development of young children, this is incredibly dismaying (and not limited to Massachusetts).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2022

A Boost in Cognitive Development. People used to have a negative impression of bilingualism, as early researchers thought that exposure to more than one language led to “mental confusion” among children and caused them to develop performance gaps as they aged. Easier Time Picking Up New Languages.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

While we often don’t think of ourselves as brain changers, when we teach we have an enormous impact on our students’ cognitive development. Recent advances in educational neuroscience are helping educators understand the critical role we play in building brain capacities important to students’ learning and self-control.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The game is one of a few available on a major console that is aimed at children ages 5 and under, and it promises “hours of learning fun,” according to Nintendo’s website. And so the kind of mental demands of figuring out how to use the device itself is probably going to use up any cognitive resources they have.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But there’s a hitch: Some higher ed leaders are ambivalent about promoting pathways to jobs in early learning. Other colleges still offer basic certificates in early learning but try to nudge students in more lucrative directions. And that means encouraging colleges to recruit, prepare and graduate more early childhood educators.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This scene is the result of a national, coordinated program to provide safe, structured play to students and, in effect, instill in them foundational social-emotional skills such as conflict resolution, fairness, leadership and communication. It’s a developmentally critical behavior through which kids learn.”

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Teach Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

Despite the widespread use of technology in the classroom, handwriting remains an essential skill for academic success. Cultivating neat penmanship among elementary students can prove challenging since students’ fine motor skills can develop at different stages. Here are a few ideas.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

Technology is, in fact, already touching nearly every part of our public education system, from assessments to communication to professional learning. It is the reason that our schools emphasize skills like research and how to navigate disparate information and construct logical arguments.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2020

transitioned to remote learning, staff mailed out optional paper packets for students to work on for the remainder of the semester. There was no virtual or remote learning offered from the district. And in the case of COVID-19, they will have only learned half-a-year of content from the prior year.”

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Time 4 Kindergarten

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Fine motor skills are crucial for children's overall development, influencing their ability to perform everyday tasks such as writing, buttoning clothes, and using utensils. Fostering fine motor skills is a cornerstone of development for preschool and kindergarten students. 5 Fine Motor Tools to Use in the Classroom 1.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 3, 2019

In a recent survey, 93% of Americans said that learning music is an important part of getting a well-rounded education. It is a subject that can also benefit many other areas of learning, including math and languages, by engaging many different hemispheres of the brain. It is impossible to learn about music without listening to it.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

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 With their advanced degrees and English-language skills, they represent a selective set of perspectives. Investor Angst Learning is big business in China. You just do it secretly,” she says.

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Teach Hub

MAY 24, 2024

From fostering cognitive abilities and emotional resilience to enhancing academic performance and learning lifelong skills, art class provides much more than just a creative outlet. Cognitive Skills Art classes play a critical role in developing a student’s cognitive skills.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

It’s one of the 2014 category award winners by School and Band Orchestra magazine and the industry standard for teaching band, string, and vocal of all ages and all skill levels. New Statistics Linking Music Education to Cognitive Development. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

My mentor and collaborator, Seymour Papert, was a brilliant mathematician, a distinguished computer scientist, an innovative learning theorist, a humanitarian and a visionary for technology-based education change to empower every children. As a young child in South Africa, he developed an obsession with cars.

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Teach Your Kids

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In this episode of the Modulo podcast, Manisha Snoyer, founder of Modulo , speaks with Ben Somers, founder of Recess , about the transformative potential of self-directed learning and games in education. Children experience freedom and decision-making in their learning process at Recess. Find Recess Sign up for Recess at Recess.gg

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Brown Bag Teacher

MARCH 6, 2024

They enhance counting skills, boost mathematical fluency, and provide a practical resource for problem-solving and reinforcing key math concepts. As students become faster in completing the chart (many times it initially takes 25-30+ minutes to complete the chart, while only 10-12 minutes when they have mastered the patterns/skill).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2023

But there’s been less attention paid to what math skills students need early in life, to set them up for elementary school in the first place. The resultant randomized controlled trial, “ Boosting Parent-Child Math Engagement and Preschool Children’s Math Skills ,” tried to hoist up the math skills of children ages 3 through 5 in Chicago.

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