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💡🧲 Physics! Meet our Top Physics Tutors & Discover Curriculum for Kids

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At MIT—widely considered the top physics program in the U.S.—introductory —introductory courses follow the TEAL (Technology-Enabled Active Learning) model, combining guided discovery, collaborative problem-solving, and real-time feedback to build both intuition and mathematical rigor.

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Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

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By explicit instruction, I am speaking of the I-do, we-do, you-do strategy, where the teacher models a concept or skill, engages students in targeted practice, checks and corrects understanding, and then gives students more independent practice, with more checking for understanding and corrective feedback.

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Using technology to support learning through movement

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Get feedback, work out any kinks, and get it to the point where the teachers love it before expanding it to other classrooms and/or schools. At our district, we started with installing the L system in an elementary school that serves grades 3-5. If you are purchasing equipment, do a trial run first with one classroom or one school.

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When It Comes to Picking Edtech, Are Schools Listening to Teachers?

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South says that “exponentially increased” the amount of edtech feedback teachers were sharing with their districts. Even if a district wasn't intentionally seeking out educator voice, they got a whole lot more than they ever had in the past,” he adds. Take physical education, for instance.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

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However, the struggle will be to expand innovation in core subjects and beyond, including integrating technology into ancillary K-12 areas such as CTE, music, physical education, health, and the arts. Artificial intelligence-based digital assistance drives immediate feedback to students.

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How to Assess Learning in a Pandemic

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Even during the pandemic’s early days, some professors decided to toss out their grade books , figuring that high-stress assessments weren’t appropriate given the uncertain circumstances, which saw students sent away from campuses, sometimes without tech tools or internet access. And I was very parsimonious in giving good grades.

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The Greatest Enemy of Creativity in Schools Isn’t Testing. It’s Time.

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The kind of assessment I talk about most is dialogue with others, or feedback, and then dialogue with self The second stage is elaboration, where students will mess around with their initial questions and their engagement with materials. I’ve taught every grade, K-12. Part of that is justifying a grade.