Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Teachers change brains. While we often don’t think of ourselves as brain changers, when we teach we have an enormous impact on our students’ cognitive development. To understand how teachers change the brain, we need to begin with a reasonably new understanding of the biology of learning. Hence, the role of teaching.

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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 technology should augment what the teachers are already doing in the classroom and amplify their impact on student learning outcomes. For example, displays need to be simple and relatable for educators.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Online learning lets children learn from the comfort of their own homes and gives teachers a chance to set their own schedules. However, some parents and teachers are worried about the social growth of students who are learning remotely. When discussing healthy web use, parents and teachers should address the topic of social media.

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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. Could those positive feelings also have an impact in the other direction, leading teachers to up their instructional game? This teacher makes lessons interesting.

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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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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

By prioritizing cultural responsiveness, school leaders can foster a sense of belonging and empowerment among students, teachers, and the broader school community. Key components include embracing diversity, promoting equity, and honoring the strengths of all learners.

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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. The teachers and the students are loving it; they’re thriving.”.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2024

We interviewed parents, teachers, school leaders, smartwatch makers, digital media experts, child development specialists and child psychologists to understand what was driving this trend among tweens, how it works in practice, and what the possible risks are. And watches, like most other devices, are built with persuasive design.

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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. This means considering how tech impacts students and teachers — and how students and teachers shape the learning possibilities that tech provides. or “does LOGO work?”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Everest Knowledge Through Experience The influence of constructivist theories has been instrumental in shaping PBL, from Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which argues that knowledge is constructed through experiences and interactions , to Leslie P. One main stumbling block is a lack of teacher training in PBL methods.

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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.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2025

It contributes to cognitive development, problem-solving abilities and logical reasoning essential skills across all subjects and future career paths. It contributes to cognitive development, problem-solving abilities and logical reasoning essential skills across all subjects and future career paths.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As a result, in this blog, we will look at the intrinsic values of learning games and how they might help with cognitive growth. Engaging Young Minds: The Power of Educational Bini Games for Cognitive Growth Cognitive development develops at a surprising rate during a child’s early years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2022

With the assistance of the right bilingual program and teachers, your child will have a better chance of acquiring, retaining, and deftly using multiple languages. A Boost in Cognitive Development. These schools can focus on your mother tongue, English, as well as other languages that your child might be interested in acquiring.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

For years, research has shown that socioeconomic status is associated with differences in school readiness, cognitive development and achievement. Teachers can be trained in brain-based learning to help students build and strengthen working memory.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Just like math or literacy, social emotional skills and mindsets build toward more complex skills - like self-direction, curiosity and purpose - as students develop. Such a developmental trajectory is proposed in the Building Blocks for Learning , which I developed for Turnaround for Children.

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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”. 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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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

MARCH 15, 2019

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. And it characterizes social-emotional learning as the missing piece of education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

I invest in education technology, but decades before I knew what a venture capitalist was, I was a history teacher in a small town in America’s heartland where I started my school’s first “Internet club.”

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

about half the teachers who responded said their [Massachusetts] districts had adopted scripted programs in math and writing – and 60 percent in phonics and spelling – which reduce a teacher’s autonomy in instruction. Strauss noted in her article that researcher R. Clarke Fowler found that . Clarke Fowler found that .

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Nathan Holbert, an associate professor of Communication, Media and Learning Technology Design at Teachers College, Columbia University says the market is saturated with “poorly designed, thoughtless, apping experiences,” and it may prove difficult to find games teaching academic skills.

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Teach Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

Whether it’s a tangible award like a prize from the prize box or simple praise from a teacher or peer, or a display of students’ work, students are more likely to try. Not only does it enhance cognitive development and understanding but it also improves memory retention and comprehension.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 3, 2019

Thank you, Jane Sandwood, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, for discussing some of the online options to make teaching music easier, more effective. New Statistics Linking Music Education to Cognitive Development. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Research from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine shows that physical activity can have academic benefits, stimulating kids’ cognitive development and improving their learning outcomes. “It’s a developmentally critical behavior through which kids learn.”

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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. And yet I do, largely because they were presented to me in novel ways, the taxonomy set to a song, and the drama of plate tectonics explored in a skit.

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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. And yet I do, largely because they were presented to me in novel ways, the taxonomy set to a song, and the drama of plate tectonics explored in a skit.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Now, in today’s connected classroom, creativity has become the newest transformative tool, the buzzword that indicates a curriculum is on the cutting edge, that teachers are delivering their best to students and differentiating for varied needs. New Statistics Linking Music Education to Cognitive Development.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Credit: Wade Tyler Millward / EdSurge Finding and training new teachers is just one of the many challenges for business owners of licensed home-based preschools like Bolden-Kramer. Credit: Wade Tyler Millward / EdSurge Part Teacher, Part Executive Home-based preschool operators straddle the business side and the teaching side.

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Teach Hub

MAY 24, 2024

Social-Emotional Learning Art class extends beyond a student’s cognitive development, it can also impact their social- emotional learning. Allocate funds for basic supplies and materials that will inspire students to create as well as invest in professional development for teachers.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

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. In his view, there was hope for every child. Playful Learning and Hard Fun.

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Brown Bag Teacher

MARCH 6, 2024

Check out some of teachers go-to supports when working on the numbers chart! They foster sensory integration and cognitive development. Snag the Kindergarten Numbers Here Snag the 1st and 2nd Grade Numbers Here The post Count to 120 with Number Charts appeared first on The Brown Bag Teacher.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The trend has seeped into schools, where teachers and leaders have grown frustrated by the introduction of yet another digital distraction to students’ learning, even as more districts enact cellphone bans. Teachers and school leaders would vouch for that. It all just gets in the way of what teachers are trying to do.

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