eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

English language learners in particular benefit from developing context through film: their comprehension is aided by imagery and visual sentence frames, and their pronunciation by aural guides. These lessons are mapped to ELA and ELD/WIDA standards, as well as NGSS, Social Studies, and ISTE standards as appropriate.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

A study co-authored by MIT scholars concludes that widely disseminated school quality ratings reflect the preparation and family background of their students as much or more than a school’s contribution to learning gains. Angrist is co-author of a newly published paper detailing the study’s results.

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Schools Students Assignments Testing 243

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Making Time for Research The promise of media and technology to transform student learning has led schools in the U.S. One recent study of school spending estimated that up to two-thirds of software licenses are never activated. Reviewing research studies to determine effectiveness can be a complex process.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Another student could find photographs of places or inventions he wants to study and then create augmented reality-triggered videos of himself explaining what he’s learned. Sarah Roman’s students are doing it with Raspberry Pi in her English classes and Dan Ryder’s students are building with Little Bits in his Literature classes.

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