Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Computer Science (CS) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are popping up all over. How do we recruit and retain a diverse student body in elective STEM classes such as computer science and engineering? Teachers inherently love to share their knowledge and to help others succeed.

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Science STEM Failure Middle School 110

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). At least, that’s according to a randomized study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. That can relieve the pressure they feel around advanced math, freeing up mental space to devote to science, Zuniga adds.

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Instructors Lecturing STEM Study 201

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

By distilling a lecture’s knowledge into a set of handy flashcards, teachers can ensure their students’ progress and performance. Its enhanced accuracy in math and vast knowledge base make it the ideal option for teachers teaching advanced-level courses in STEM subjects.

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Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 289

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Even with all our new technology and the amazing strides we have made in the science of learning, our sons’ classrooms in Gastonia look a lot like my classroom did–and an awful lot like my father’s, who was born in 1923. School used to be about gaining a shared body of knowledge. Gastonia has potential! The world is changing.

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Learning Failure Language Languages 246

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2016

Discovery Education and 3M have opened the annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a national science competition for students in grades 5-8. The Challenge rewards students who use their science acumen and innovative thinking to create new ways to solve the issues we face every day. “The

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STEM Failure Science Communication 141

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

US News blamed math knowledge for a 33% failure rate by Oklahoma high school seniors on their exit exams. Now, they want to use their kids’ native interest in online gaming to scaffold math knowledge. In a world where teachers still suffer too often from tech failures, this is a welcome change. Fee or subscription.

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Math Failure Gamification Knowledge 152

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Originally inspired by the efficiency of factories and certainty of science, the mass education movement largely sought to standardize and sterilize schools nationwide. They require self-directed learning and interactions with abstract knowledge and the application of higher order thinking skills.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

13 Positive effects only show in narrow areas such as alphabetic knowledge in younger students. According to the DOE’s Institute of Education Sciences, this term can be used when there is a rationale, based on research findings, that the practice is likely to improve student outcomes, with ongoing efforts to examine such effects.

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Disabilities Learning Disabilities Evaluation Language 282

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

— Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. The excitement comes from the possibility of both success and failure. This kind of playful experimentation is essential in the classroom.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 338

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

We have decomposed knowledge points to the super nano level,” says Li. “We While the student tackles subjects online, the AI generates ongoing analysis of the student’s state of knowledge. He was already using physics knowledge in real life! So we know that individual tutoring by a person is extremely effective. recalls Li. “I

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Teachers Intelligence Coaching Failure 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

We pool all their knowledge together, so that they can actually create a useful, unique contrivance within one school year. They are integrating computational thinking and computer science in with microelectronics and the internet of things. Learn from failure. And these students will address a real-world problem. Not at all.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

In the 1960s, the federal government started pushing more achievement tests and public education began to focus more on raising standardized test scores in math and science, which led to decreasing time spent in the very courses that instill, teach and develop creativity and personal identity. But that hasn’t always been the case for me.

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Art Education Multidisciplinary Students 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

A nod from a top science magazine to the game many parents wish their kids had never heard of should catch the attention of teachers. Required to understand the game’s big picture because few are based on common knowledge. Make failure fun. This follows Common Sense Media’s seal of approval. Align goals with learning.

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Writing Reading Teaching Evaluation 199

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

The vehicle for teaching these ideas is history, science, and literature, but they aren’t the goal. Transfer of knowledge is critical. Failure is a learning tool. Students are expected to attempt a solution using tools at their disposal (such as prior knowledge, classmates, and classroom resources) before asking for help.

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Critical Thinking Textbooks Gamification Knowledge 163

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JANUARY 28, 2025

STEAM is an educational approach that includes science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Because art bridges the gap between creative expression and technical knowledge. A child designing a rocket for a science project might include unique colors and designs, connecting creative thinking with engineering.

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Art STEM Math Critical Thinking 135

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2015

That means new teachers must learn how to teach science, technology, engineering and math on-the-job. But it turns out too often, no one is tasked with providing that knowledge. Once a problem is solved, ask students to retain that knowledge, transfer it to other classes, and teach their friends. Try, fail, try again.

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Teachers Plagiarism History Math 139

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Experiential learning is enhanced , offering a safe platform for hands-on activities like science experiments. With that knowledge, when I moved to Jakarta International School in Indonesia, and with the help of several dear colleagues, we began creating student-centered programs. Did we have failures? Absolutely.

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Learning Gamification History Learning Outcomes 194

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

What do you do when standing in front of a room full of students who have suddenly surpassed your knowledge level as a teacher with 45 minutes of class time left? The students rose to the challenge and quite rapidly went well beyond my knowledge level, the requirements of the rubric and even the course curriculum.

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Motivation Failure Students Knowledge 120

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 17, 2015

I also have colleagues who think it takes a special brain to understand tech (the same way students think about math and science)–one they don’t have. A lot of learning happens through failure. With your knowledge and teaching skills, you’ll understand the directions and how they connect to the bigger picture.

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Technology Teachers Critical Thinking Failure 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Thus, learning objectives were reframed as quests—a staple of many role playing games—challenging kids to design a safe transport into the earth’s crust during science class or simulate court cases during civics. minimizing failure and providing immediate feedback for students.

Skills 168

Skills Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning Failure 168

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

classes This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. Tie-ins: Besides obvious connections to language and literacy, this is great to generate a conversation about symbols, idiomatic expressions, geography, science, culture, and more. Team Challenge Time required: 1.5

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Activities Learning Art Attention 172

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. For example, during group problem-solving, ask students to identify and reflect on common mistakes, transforming failure into an opportunity for growth (Dweck, 2006). Proceedings of the national academy of sciences , 111 (23), 84108415.

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 116

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Research published in the International Journal of Communication found that teenagers who played games performed better in math, reading, and science. The study’s author said games “appear to equip students to apply and sharpen knowledge learned in school by requiring them to solve a series of puzzles before moving to the next game level.”.

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Gamification Learning Culture Students 154

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Gardner and Barefoot have deep knowledge about community colleges, where they have worked as both faculty members and administrators. Offer highly selective degree programs in health sciences and technology. They must also redesign matriculated students' gateway courses that have unacceptable failure rates.

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Failure Instructors Evaluation Feedback 154

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. Tie-ins: Besides obvious connections to language and literacy, this is great to generate a conversation about symbols, idiomatic expressions, geography, science, culture, and more. A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity.

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Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

If a student drops out of college to take a job they are training for, should that count as success or failure? Traditionally, an institution’s mission is to help students get a degree to show they have acquired knowledge and skills. For many higher-ed officials, the answer has traditionally been no.

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Failure Students Questions Skills 124

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

If there is a personal project or business opportunity you’ve been interested in trying out, there’s no better time than the present to dive into something new and challenging, acquaint yourself with failure, pick yourself back up again, and build the muscle needed for high-growth, lifelong learning.

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Students Failure Beliefs Skills 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 29, 2023

It’s not about zeros and ones, or math and science. Taking a class can help you broaden your knowledge, and it can also help you see other teaching styles. Troubleshooting failure is one of the biggest things coders focus on, but kids might find this leads to frustration.

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Teaching Learning Styles Language Languages 143

Time 4 Kindergarten

JUNE 25, 2024

Reading is more than just deciphering words on a pageit's a complex cognitive process that opens doors to knowledge, imagination, and understanding. For educators, parents, and anyone fascinated by the art of teaching reading, diving into the science behind this essential skill can be both enlightening and transformative.

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Reading Science Failure Beliefs 52

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

But I’ve come to believe that contemporary instructional design sits at the intersection of three core disciplines: learning science, human-centered design, and digital marketing. Lesson 2: Ground yourself in the fundamentals of learning science. But listen for the underlying pain points.

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Feedback Failure Lecturing Reading 164

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

It just means that many of us struggle to operate simultaneously inside and outside of a system that was only built to test content-knowledge in a very standardized way. While we believe that it is essential for all students to be proficient in math, literacy, and the sciences, we believe that that is not enough.

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History Critical Thinking Learning Interdisciplinary 138

Faculty Focus

JUNE 30, 2024

If students don’t have the knowledge and skills necessary to accomplish the task, how can they acquire those? The basic construct refers to beliefs about the causes of success and failure and how much perceived control one has to bring about outcomes or to control one’s behavior.” (p. It needs to be accurate. References Pintrich, P.

Motivation 111

Motivation Beliefs Exams Students 111

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Each student is focused on different pieces of the content, learning through various means at unique paces, and has different experiences and prior knowledge to draw upon. Redesigning this course is going to be a journey of reflection and possible failure, but I am hopeful.

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Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 163

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

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Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

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Study Lecturing Assistive Technology Exams 165

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2023

Technology hasn’t been around long enough to beget standards that work for everyone (not withstanding ISTE’s herculean efforts), the set-in-stone of settled science. It’s fine to use student knowledge, but recognize the limitations. That’s harder than it sounds. Truth, that will never happen.

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Teachers Failure Learning Styles Lecturing 148

Faculty Focus

JUNE 30, 2024

If students don’t have the knowledge and skills necessary to accomplish the task, how can they acquire those? The basic construct refers to beliefs about the causes of success and failure and how much perceived control one has to bring about outcomes or to control one’s behavior.” (p. It needs to be accurate. References Pintrich, P.

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Motivation Beliefs Exams Students 103