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What Student Leaders Think About the Future of Education

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There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. Outcomes, Testing and Grading Which methods of assessment best measure learning and ability? Are standardized tests a fair gauge for predicting college success?

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Spaced Practice Works. A Learning Scientist Helped Me Understand Why.

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I passed the fraction test back to my pre-algebra class and an awkward silence filled the room. The rest were lost and stuffed the tests into their binders immediately after glancing at their grade. How can I space out the learning in this unit to combat the compartmentalization inherently promoted by curriculum designers?

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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

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The All-Black and Latino School Where Every Kid Can Code

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James Mills (left) and Kaiya Everett (right), two sixth grade students at DPA designing websites to host their original trivia games. Emily Tate / EdSurge) An expressed goal of the school, Ashton said, is to have 100 percent of students pass the AP Computer Science Principles exam by the end of 10th grade. “We

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Designing College Curricula for Student Success

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Curriculum must be created in a way that promotes access and diversity, but also provides students with learning experiences relevant to the 21st century and beyond, and prepares them to be successful in a changing globalized society. The third step in the initial design phase is to think about and plan the feedback and assessment procedures.

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Designing College Curricula for Student Success

Faculty Focus

Curriculum must be created in a way that promotes access and diversity, but also provides students with learning experiences relevant to the 21st century and beyond, and prepares them to be successful in a changing globalized society. The third step in the initial design phase is to think about and plan the feedback and assessment procedures.