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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

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What’s the Use of Lectures? Let’s start with one of education’s most hallowed traditions: the lecture. In his 1971 book “ What’s the Use of Lectures? The author’s work did not discount the fact that there are inspirational teachers whose lectures are so compelling they can hold student attention for hours.

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Building Community in Virtual High Schools

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In response to the challenges of COVID, a dissatisfaction with local in-person schools, and increasingly diverse needs of the high school student population, enrollment in US virtual schools is now over 300,000 with about 20% of students taking at least one online course. Social Media Integration.

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Creating A Digital Study Plan: Tips And Tools for High School Students

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With school back, let’s talk about the most efficient ways to study. According to research conducted at Stanford University, over 70% of high school students report feeling stressed about their academic workload. Numerous online resources exist where you can find lecture notes, study guides, and other helpful materials.

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Teacher Engagement Part I: Understanging Cognitive Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

I have always found my work designing lessons–first for high school students and now my graduate students–to be mentally stimulating and cognitively challenging. A lecture or mini-lesson followed by a worksheet or pencil and paper practice does not require much design work. Teachers as Architects of Learning Experiences.

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Teachers: This change is causing dramatic gains in student achievement

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That’s exactly what is happening at Trailside Middle School in Loudoun County, Virginia; at high schools in Gaston County Schools, North Carolina; and at a few other pioneering classrooms around the country where I have had the opportunity to work with innovative educators. Learn from the best innovations in education!

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Colleges Remake Remedial Education by Going Back to High School

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It’s a statistic no educator—or student—would boast about: Half a million high school graduates , or about one in four, can’t perform math or write English well enough to avoid having to take remedial classes when they get to community college. In Tennessee, the seeds for success were planted in 2011, when a study showed.

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

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For example, completing homework requires executive function skills, and the benefits of homework increase as students move into middle school and high school. Synchronous online learning allows you to build a community, discuss and interact over content, and helps your learners to maintain a regular schedule.

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