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Elevating Math Education Through Problem-Based Learning

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Real-World, Meaningful Problems This kind of scenario — linking the drama of mountaineering with work on percentages in middle school math — can effectively be used in a problem-based learning (PBL) approach in the classroom. And that's how people learn math. You may have heard a lot about PBL in recent years.

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Why we should be teaching students economic literacy

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As students return to class this back-to-school season, many parents may think their own teenagers will be taking an economics course, given the topic’s importance. a stark 50 percent of states—require that high schools even offer an economics class as part of the curriculum, according to the Council for Economic Education.

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How 3D printing is changing education

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Amid this technology-driven educational environment, 3D printing offers students the following: helping to facilitate differentiated instruction, increasing student engagement, expanding practice opportunities, and scaling up standardized instruction. As a result, students can be creators rather than just consumers.

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3 ways to make inflation interesting for students

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Related : Why we should be teaching students economic literacy Problem-based learning helped boost my underserved studentsengagement. A discussion about the effect of inflation on seniors and those with fixed incomes will hit home for many teens.

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Lessons from an online teacher: Supporting phenomena-based learning

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Established in 2005, Agora Cyber Charter School is an online public school for Pennsylvania students in kindergarten through 12th grade that is accredited by the Middle States Association. I enjoy using Science A-Z is because it is research-based with a problem-based learning approach. There is also a free trial.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

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The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. They soon realized that their strategy for letting teachers put together their own math instruction was part of the problem.

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Calif. district boosts NGSS resources

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Pasadena Unified School District is addressing the new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for California by providing its K-6 teachers and students with STEMscopes California, a hands-on digital STEM curriculum built to meet the California NGSS standards. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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