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The Case For Applying Cognitive Psychology in Your Classroom

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How Learning Science Happens Cognitive psychologists interested in the science of learning use the laboratory-to-classroom model to conduct research (Weinstein & Sumeracki, 2019). Our research most often begins in the basic laboratory level.

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'Better Every Semester': How Faculty Use Open Educational Resources to Improve Courses

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When Melissa Hardy took over a biology laboratory class at Salt Lake Community College, she inherited a commercial lab manual that left much to be desired. Much of the attention that open educational resources have earned focuses on their low cost. It was out of date. It didn’t align with the structure of her course.

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The Secret to Learning Any New Language May Be Your Motivation

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Without that intrinsic personal motivation, it’s hard to reach the levels we expect and hope,” says Parandeh Kia, associate provost for educational technology at the institute. We can’t just use a college textbook, we go through it so fast.” Achievement is not comparable.” government. Gary Hausman, who runs the institute. “We

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

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High-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) are educational resources designed to effectively support student learning. They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials carefully crafted to meet the needs of diverse learners and facilitate meaningful learning experiences.

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What a Reinvented College Looks Like: 4 Alternative Higher-Ed Models

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Instead, there will be large open spaces for laboratories, and areas designed for students to work in groups. The college is moving away from textbooks to free open-source online materials. What’s different: The campus will have no classrooms and no lectures. The core of the curriculum will be long-term student projects.

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We Tried Lifeliqe to Explore What Educational VR Content Actually Looks Like

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I was in the beta version of a beautiful virtual laboratory with white walls, microscopes, icons representing different environments and a teleportation station that would take students to the various scenes within Lifeliqe. According to Homola, the laboratory will come to function as a hub for classroom experiences.

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Why ‘Black Box’ Software Isn’t Ready to Teach College

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But she has real ambivalence about how adaptive learning is moving from the laboratory to the classroom. And my response to that is, I completely believe that most—99.999 percent—of the educational-technology companies out there are ethical. Like textbooks—that's a classic example. That's not a question to me.