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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

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Working in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies has shown me firsthand that our students face a world full of messy, tangled problems. For example, a course on city growth might pull from earth science, social studies, money matters, and city planning. 2024) studied adding interdisciplinary learning in nursing classes using games.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

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Working in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies has shown me firsthand that our students face a world full of messy, tangled problems. For example, a course on city growth might pull from earth science, social studies, money matters, and city planning. 2024) studied adding interdisciplinary learning in nursing classes using games.

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How a Professor of Hip-Hop Is Breaking Boundaries With First Peer-Reviewed Rap Album

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His career path took him from a K-12 English teacher to doctoral student at Clemson University, then to his current role as a professor of hip-hop at the University of Virginia. He’s no stranger to working in a mix of media.

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Gale’s Political Extremism and Radicalism Series Wins 2022 SIIA CODiE Award

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The company currently serves the K-12, higher education, professional, library, English language teaching and workforce training markets worldwide. About the CODiE Awards The SIIA CODiE Awards is the only peer-reviewed program to showcase business and education technology’s finest products and services.

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My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It.

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Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. Having a snapshot of real-time peer review data gave me more insight into how students were using teacher-developed criteria to evaluate one another.

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Florida Department of Education Approves Lexia Learning for ELA Intervention Courses

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Developed to address the decades-long gap in reading proficiency across the nation, PowerUp is designed to enhance core English language arts instruction for struggling readers in grades six and above. The Florida Department of Education reviews instructional materials by subject on a five-year adoption cycle.

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How to incorporate real-world connections into any subject area

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For instance, principles from science can be linked to literature they are studying in English class. Similarly, concepts from physics can be applied to understand advancements in medical studies. As they engage with the content from different perspectives, students will apply their learning in real-world contexts.