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Wow! This inquiry-based, technology-rich school has no tech staff

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With the support of a teacher or parent as facilitator, students research, design, plan, implement, and reflect on their learning. I love the way the CERCA Framework (which stands for Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterargument, Audience) builds students’ critical thinking and argumentative writing skills.

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Twig Education Announces Launch of Twig Create Multimedia Makerspace

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“The pandemic has shed light on the need for student agency and inclusion, along with an emphasis on content-rich knowledge to support language learning effectively in literacy, history, social science, and science applications,” said Catherine Cahn, the CEO of Twig Education.

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Getting Older Students Excited About Science Class

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As students move into middle and high school , it becomes increasingly challenging for them to maintain excitement and enthusiasm for subjects like math and science. Here we’ll explore a few key areas to help you make science class more appealing so your older students will get excited about science class again.

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8 maker tools to inspire next-gen innovation and design

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In a conversation with Education Week , Bdeir said schools need to find ways to make science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) education more fun, engaging, and accessible for students. “I But when she arrived at the MIT Media Lab for her master’s of science degree, “it was the exact opposite.

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Using the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Framework to Examine an Authentic Project-based Research Symposium

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The courses that focus on research are foundational for social sciences majors. For many students in these courses, it is their first exposure to learning and applying the process of scientific inquiry, critical thinking and analysis, research and design, literature review, and statistical analysis.