eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2021

Since the pandemic hit, educators and parents have had no choice but to rely on screens to reach and teach students. Jean Piaget, an influential educational theorist who explored the way young children learn concepts, described their cognitive development as progressing by stages toward more abstract thinking.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

These students are often reluctant readers because they find the process complicated, and they lack confidence in their abilities. Educators need creative and authentic ways to engage students in reading without it seeming forced or gimmicky. Students can control avatars, set their own goals, and track their progress.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2024

But also, because there are undeniable cognitive benefits students experience through the process of learning to write: Enhanced memory and learning : Handwriting improves retention of information compared to typing. Improved hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills, essential for cognitive development.

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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. The first step in reconciling these tensions is to anchor some of these claims in data from the student side of the equation. They sure do!

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

However, some parents and teachers are worried about the social growth of students who are learning remotely. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways for students to foster social connections during online schooling. Healthy digital friendships The average student spends 3 – 4 hours online every day.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

Key points: Researchers are developing a STEM curriculum intended for preschool students. Although research suggests that students as young as preschool age would benefit from STEM education, experts point to a gap between what the research says and how much STEM-focused curriculum actually exists in preschools.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

This framework acknowledges and values the cultural backgrounds, identities, and experiences of all students, creating an inclusive environment where every learner can thrive. By prioritizing cultural responsiveness, school leaders can foster a sense of belonging and empowerment among students, teachers, and the broader school community.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

It’s accepted wisdom that good relationships between teachers and their students lead to students who are willing to work harder in the classroom. A University of Missouri study found that students who feel their teachers care about them also report receiving better instruction. As it turns out, yes.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

Many educators and students learned that buildings would be closed beginning the following Monday, with no real sense of when they might reopen. It’s hard for students to focus on academics—or really anything else—if they’re hungry. Students can choose between a salad or a sack meal, and between chocolate milk or white milk.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

public schools is that 51 percent of all students come from low-income families. For years, research has shown that socioeconomic status is associated with differences in school readiness, cognitive development and achievement. Here are three ways to jumpstart learning for students of poverty. The “new normal” in U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

In Oakland, CA, more than 60 students at James Madison Middle School gather to talk about money. One student shares his family’s experience saving for emergencies. Research shows that by the age of 12, students will develop an economic understanding that researchers describe as “essentially adult”.

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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. The rest was entrusted to students’ parents. Shortly after Savannah’s school, located in the rural town of Hampshire, Tenn., About 230 miles east of Hampshire, in Knoxville, Tenn.,

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

In an effort to address the national need to guide more students to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers are developing curriculum which introduces STEM principles during the formative preschool years.

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Teach Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

Cultivating neat penmanship among elementary students can prove challenging since students’ fine motor skills can develop at different stages. However, with a little practice and strategic encouragement, you can improve your student’s handwriting skills making them more legible.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

One is physical development, including gross motor skills, which allow kids to run, hop and skip, as well as fine motor skills, which help children hold a pencil or use scissors. Another is cognitive development, such as reasoning and problem-solving. Students don’t learn if they’re not at school,” Lambert says.

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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. What many schools have not tackled, over the same period, is the rise of smartwatches among younger kids.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Research studies don’t provide strong evidence that synchronous learning universally leads to better student engagement and learning outcomes than asynchronous learning or vice versa. In particular, the age and cognitive development of your students has a profound impact on their ability to succeed in different online learning environments.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2025

Recognizing the role of early numeracy skills in academic and career readiness can unlock transformative opportunities for student success. This highlights the necessity of integrating robust numeracy programs into early education frameworks to give students a head start. For example: Early numeracy is not just about learning numbers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2024

A great deal of edtech purchases went unused , equity gaps widened , and teachers and students were burned out. Entrepreneurs and developers try to make the best possible drug to treat students, while administrators and researchers (myself included) stand guard, testing and validating the treatments. or “does LOGO work?”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s an instructional approach where students learn by actively engaging in real-world, meaningful problems. Instead of traditional direct instruction, PBL in math encourages students to explore, discuss and understand mathematical concepts by solving problems collaboratively. You may have heard a lot about PBL in recent years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2022

At the same time, the government here has adopted a bilingual policy wherein students are required to gain proficiency in English and their respective ethnic mother tongue, which is Mandarin for the Chinese, Malay for the Malay, and Tamil for the Indians. A Boost in Cognitive Development.

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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. This knowledge comes through personalization.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2019

I had encouraged him to speak because I knew his passion would help other students see the film in a new light. As students enter high school, it appears the emphasis may shift too much on the side of cognitive development and not enough on the social-emotional side. But our students didn’t just watch a film.

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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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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 23, 2022

So they argue that it’s not in the best interest of their students or their institutions to direct graduates to jobs in preschools and other early childhood programs. Even as these institutions seek to meet local labor market demand for workers, their leaders increasingly are also concerned about how well students live after they graduate.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

Field-trip photos are texted to parents, quiz reminders find their way into students’ chat feeds, and teachers have new tech tools to motivate their students. In short, a strong democracy is dependent on students’ ability to discern credible sources of information and use evidence-based arguments.

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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). That research indicates that students in these schools generally have higher scores on both traditional state tests and international assessments.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We also know from existing family literacy research that shared reading interventions and home reading programs can enhance children’s linguistic and cognitive development. Madhu Govind is a doctoral student in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

CHICAGO — At first glance, it looks like your standard recess: Elementary school students, bundled up in warm jackets, hats and mittens, laugh and play outside on a crisp, cloudy fall day in the Windy City. Every student is occupied with one activity or another—even those on the jungle gym. The games are clear, organized and inclusive.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I was reviewing punctuation rules with my students, and I had to come to the climax of the lecture: semicolons! How was it possible that my students weren’t enjoying this as much as I was? When the time was up, the students in one row moved down the line and the process began again with a new partner. And so were the students.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I was reviewing punctuation rules with my students, and I had to come to the climax of the lecture: semicolons! How was it possible that my students weren’t enjoying this as much as I was? When the time was up, the students in one row moved down the line and the process began again with a new partner. And so were the students.

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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 The Rise of Private Tutoring In China, millions of families participate in “ shadow education ,” or private tutoring that supplements the teaching students receive in schools. Jiao asks. “I

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 3, 2019

Using technology to improve and expand teaching methods can help students learn about music quicker and give them a variety of different learning techniques. In a small classroom this is ideal and students can also learn at home on their tablets and smartphones. New Statistics Linking Music Education to Cognitive Development.

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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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