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How Building Bonds in the Classroom Can Motivate Better Teaching

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A University of Missouri study found that students who feel their teachers care about them also report receiving better instruction. The results showed that yes, students across grade levels rated caring teachers highly in the areas of cognitive engagement, problem-solving, and instructional monitoring. As it turns out, yes.

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To Be Ready for Kindergarten, Teachers and Researchers Say Social-Emotional Skills Are Key

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That job has become more difficult in recent years, according to numerous surveys , research studies and EdSurge interviews, as the last few classes of kindergarteners have shown up lacking some of the basic skills and competencies that educators and school leaders had previously come to expect. We don’t always expect that.

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Why Are Colleges Hesitant to Train More Early Childhood Educators?

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Pima Community College in Arizona offers students Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training instruction—a model that helps students strengthen their math, reading and writing skills while they prepare for a career—only in subjects that lead to jobs with “family-sustaining wages,” such as information technology and construction.

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Journeying Back to Joy in the Classroom

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The first activity I tried in class was a pre-writing workshop, speed-dating-style. The value of play in the learning process and in the classroom has been well-studied and documented in early childhood education, but for a variety of reasons, once students reach higher grades, we see less and less playfulness. 15 (May 2021): 57-73.

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Journeying Back to Joy in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

The first activity I tried in class was a pre-writing workshop, speed-dating-style. The value of play in the learning process and in the classroom has been well-studied and documented in early childhood education, but for a variety of reasons, once students reach higher grades, we see less and less playfulness. 15 (May 2021): 57-73.

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To Combat the ‘COVID Slide,’ Tutoring Program Pairs Elementary Schoolers with College Students

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In an ordinary year, when schools let out for the summer, many students experience learning loss —also known as “summer slide”—where their knowledge retention and cognitive development slows or recedes. About 230 miles east of Hampshire, in Knoxville, Tenn., That can be very challenging,” Speer says.

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Can Chinese Edtech Regulations Stifle a Culture of Striving?

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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. I think that will be a huge problem going forward.”

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