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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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. However, it usually doesn’t.

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Interdisciplinary Laboratory Cognitive Development Students 186

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. This outcome is now attributed to methodological flaws.

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Education Language Languages Cognitive Development 167

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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Active Learning Activities Learning Cognitive Development 105

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2025

Early literacy often dominates conversations around foundational learning in todays educational system. A study published in Developmental Psychology found that early math skills at kindergarten entry are among the most significant predictors of later academic achievement , even more so than early reading skills.

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Cognitive Development Gamification STEM Math 98

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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Cognitive Development Knowledge Academic Development Attention 167

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Research shows that by the age of 12, students will develop an economic understanding that researchers describe as “essentially adult”. We’ve seen social studies teachers include personal finance in their civics curriculum and math teachers use digital courses to teach topics like unit cost.

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Teaching Social Studies Cognitive Development Middle School 166

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. The number of console games is a fraction of that, and console games for learning represents an even smaller slice of the pie.

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Mobile Devices Cognitive Development Communication Language 203

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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Education Cognitive Development Motivation Skills 162

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 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. Investor Angst Learning is big business in China.

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Culture English Exams Cognitive Development 162

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. Studies show that TV can effectively teach children specific skills, assisting in preparing children for formal education.”

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Attention Internet Cognitive Development Communication 147

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In short, they’re learning good sportsmanship, and that in turn has made a dramatic difference in the way students treat each other. But can resolving the broad range of elementary school conflicts be as simple as learning to play fair? It’s a developmentally critical behavior through which kids learn.”

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Coaching Fairness Elementary School Elementary School 159

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Not only do I remember these lessons, I remember the teachers fondly, and as a teacher myself now, I appreciate the efforts they made to create a significant learning experience for me. It’s almost as if the academic buildings themselves declare: You are adults and need to be engaged in the serious and rigorous work of learning.

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Lecturing Interdisciplinary Cognitive Development English 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Not only do I remember these lessons, I remember the teachers fondly, and as a teacher myself now, I appreciate the efforts they made to create a significant learning experience for me. It’s almost as if the academic buildings themselves declare: You are adults and need to be engaged in the serious and rigorous work of learning.

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Lecturing Interdisciplinary Cognitive Development English 109

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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Students Cognitive Development Reading Math 178

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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Teaching Cognitive Development Teaching Methods Knowledge 94

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, reported in 2018 that self-employed home-care providers are the lowest-paid educators in early childhood education—a field already among the lowest-paid professions—with a national median hourly wage of $10.35.

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Cognitive Development Quizzes Art Social Studies 118

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. It also helps to develop students’ critical thinking skills. They learn to respect and value different viewpoints and traditions.

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Art Cognitive Development Culture Achievement 69

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2023

That’s why one group of researchers asked what can be done to close the cognitive development distance that opens between children from high- and low-income families, which they argue is a watershed in equality of opportunity. Study participants were split into groups that received different educational materials.

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Math Cognitive Development Study Elementary School 208

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2024

T-Mobile, which makes the SyncUp watch, conducted a consumer insights study and found that 92 percent of parents of children ages 4 through 12 felt it was important to “always know where their child was,” says Clint Patterson, senior vice president of product marketing at T-Mobile. Photo courtesy of T-Mobile. That has possible risks as well.

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Elementary School Elementary School Communication Grades 199