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Would You Rather: Transfer and Apply

Catlin Tucker

How can we create a learning environment where each student feels confident applying the knowledge and skills they’re acquiring? This approach often fails to recognize and accommodate the diverse ways students understand and express their knowledge. This could be a specific skill, concept, or knowledge area.

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The Power of Connect, Extend, Challenge

Catlin Tucker

Learners can more effectively assimilate and interrogate new concepts by connecting new information to prior knowledge, extending ideas beyond initial comprehension, and pinpointing areas of challenge or uncertainty. Extend: Encourage discussion on how this theme might be relevant in different cultural or historical contexts.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

and globe accelerate toward the use of renewable energy to fuel power grids, there is an acute pressure to build an educated workforce and a knowledgeable public who will understand and support these changes. There exist major gaps in teacher knowledge and the availability of curricular tools to support this type of learning.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

Edsurge

Department of Education and will last five years. The collaboration, researchers from Michigan State and Alabama A&M say, is rooted in an equitable sharing of knowledge and best practices between the institutions. He’s also a member of the research team who’s tasked with helping develop project-based, culturally responsive lessons.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 10 dedicated educators

eSchool News

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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Sneak a peek at 8 eSN K-12 Hero Awards contenders

eSchool News

and found the trainers to be very knowledgeable and supportive,” she said. His dedication to excellence and steady support have created a culture of achievement and growth at Clover High School. LeCleir-Salas also gave high marks to S.P.I.R.E.’s s flexible professional learning program. “We reading intervention program.

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“How Are You Doing Today?” A Survey for Starting Each Class

Faculty Focus

Our role as educators extends beyond the dissemination of knowledge. This means that every one of us has the power to positively influence academic culture. Well-being and student–faculty interactions in higher education. Higher Education Research & Development, 41 (2), 562–576.