eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Projects can be individually completed or a collaborative effort, promoting group work and social skills. Some ideas of what PBL might look like in a first grade classroom include: A group of strong readers begin reading nonfiction books about a topic of their choosing and write their own story about the topic.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2024

Sophia Birk, a digital nomad currently living in Poland, is an international member of the AATT team of educators and a math aficionado. Maths is one of two compulsory GCSE subjects. Maths teachers aim to ensure learners leave school with well-developed numeracy capabilities. The GCSE exam certifies their efforts.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It’s pretty well known in educational circles that cooperative learning is supported by research, but so many teachers still struggle with it, so when things don’t work well, they give it up. They communicate what students should know and be able to do in math, music, writing, and so on. Come back for more.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

Whether launching school projects, openly exploring math and science concepts, constructing novel inventions or imagining innovative companies; this kind of a space symbolizes birth. The space acts as an open-ended explorative think tank for education, where kids can purposefully dream, explore and create. A room for adventure.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Instead of just throwing the furniture into the classrooms, I went in and helped their teachers learn how to use it for small-group work and individual work. Jump in and try a lesson of the new reading or math series you’ve adopted. They’re starting with their middle schools, and it’s a big change for everyone there.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

They were used by students to play games and practice basic math skills. Both Tonja and I worked with separate groups of students. Her group focused on changing improper fractions to mixed numbers and my group worked on adding and subtracting mixed numbers. And there was no pandemic.

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Teach Hub

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Boddle is an educational math game that targets students in kindergarten through sixth grade. It is tailored to meet student needs individually, providing practice and assessments that target specific areas while integrating gaming into math instruction. Why is Boddle Effective for Math Instruction? Small-Group Rotations.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Tavares Perkins , a fourth grade math and science teacher at Classical Studies Magnet Academy in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been teaching for 12 years and was nominated by the parent of a student. Perkins hosts an annual math carnival for the school and leads a group of students who perform community improvement projects around the city.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

We’re in the middle of a guided math lesson and my students are scattered around the room like two dozen Cheerios that just exploded out of their box. Some are in groups, backs arched over skill-specific games, giggling and rolling dice. Others are hidden, tucked away in cozy nooks within the room, exploring and discovering in pairs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Admittedly, about 80 percent of them were doing well, but I was having real trouble helping the remaining students gain a firm grasp of math concepts. The site features open resource math materials and many of the problems are designed in such a way that students have to solve and explain their answers.

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Beyond the Worksheet

JANUARY 13, 2025

With some creative winter-themed math challenges, we can make that transition smoother and keep our students engaged and learning. Why Winter-Themed Activities Work Lets face it: post-break vibes can feel sluggish. Winter-themed math activities combine creativity with curriculum goals, making learning feel fresh and exciting.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Using the second/third grade pod as an example, Allen explains how two teachers start their morning together with a group of nearly 58 students who work on their own tablet devices. Each student is assigned an individualized learning schedule that involves group work or one-on-one interventions with a teacher.

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From the Pond

APRIL 1, 2025

Spring Into Counting: Hens Nest Math Warm-Ups for K1 Looking for a sweet and simple way to warm up your math brains this spring? This spring-themed activity is perfect for small group work, independent exploration, or quick daily number warm-ups that dont require a lot of prep. Buy the bundle here.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Group work is a great tool in a STEM teacher’s arsenal, and one of the most important ways that modern teaching is deviating from the traditional lecture (Freeman et al., Unfortunately, managing group work as a teacher is a honed skill that requires time, practice, and initially involves some risk. Jacobson, K.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In northern New Mexico, Taos Academy Charter School , where one of us, Elizabeth LeBlanc, serves as the director of teaching and learning, uses a flexible schedule to conduct one-on-one and small group work in the afternoons and to offer on-demand support through Homework Hotlines in the morning.

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k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

There is a stronger emphasis on interdisciplinary learning, where subjects like science, math, and technology are integrated to reflect real-world applications. There is also an emphasis on real-world applications to make math more relevant and engaging for students.

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Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

I can solve multi-step math problems using equations. I can show respect during group work by listening and taking turns. Instead of Good job or Needs work, get specific: You explained the first step clearly, but your second step is missing a key detail. Try going back and checking your math.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The most problematic strategy that many students try instead, he argues, is what he calls “mimicking,” which he has especially found in the math classes he studies. These are the students who end up hitting a wall when math courses move from easier algebra to more advanced concepts in, say, calculus, he argues.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2018

How should both groups work together? So when we get these raw table rankings from 1-40 and America finds itself at number 23 in maths, moral panic sweeps Congress, and the consequence is that people draw a straight line and say, “We’re going to do a lot more maths in school now. I don’t know how to feel about it.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Thomas School near Seattle has concentrated on beefing up the school’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for the past several years and plans to strengthen it even more in the future. 5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces. jena.passut_7651. Tue, 04/24/2018 - 08:13. The independent private school in Medina, Wash.,

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Computer science can be added to any core curriculum—math, science, language arts, social studies, history, or even art. Collaboration and group work is fundamental. But as students work on more advanced projects, the tasks can quickly get difficult. In LASD, computer programming using MIT’s.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 9, 2018

If your handwriting is messy, try out the “Ink to Text” option, or for math and science, check out “Ink to Math.”. By the way, there’s no need to click “save” for anything you do in OneNote — it’s all saved automatically as you work.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2018

Thomas School near Seattle hopes to encourage students to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by starting them young and engaging them with cool, new learning spaces featuring robots and 3D virtual reality computers. You can share with a large group or focus on smaller group work,” Dickie says. “You

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 25, 2021

For instance, a student who is strong in math might spend less time in math class, while a student who is strong in science might spend less time in science class. While students in most schools spend equal amounts of time in each subject every week, students at Legacy High School have the ability to determine much of their schedules.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2018

To accommodate this teaching style, our classrooms are being redesigned from larger, lecture-style spaces into smaller, collaborative rooms conducive to group work. Since we implemented our PBL model, data shows that in one year (2016 to 2017), reading comprehension scores increased 8 percent, math application increased 9 percent.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2020

You may love what the app can do (like gamify math or quizzify science) but the technology required is more than you can handle or might require hours of time just to learn. Use the questions during a student-directed virtual (like Google Hangouts or Webroom.net) or in-person study group to prepare for an upcoming quiz or test.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 24, 2015

Students will be turned off from reading or math if they’re constantly required to tackle content or lessons that are too difficult for them to understand. Implement a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD ) policy that allows students to use mobile devices for lessons and collaborative group work.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2017

So when we incorporate social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies into our instructional practice, for example, we intentionally weave the strategies into the math instruction. However, we do not prescribe the layout, nor do we require uniform furniture.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2017

This involves group work to solve authentic problems, choice and independence, technology as a learning tool and a focus on college, career and civic readiness. Instead of teaching English, math, history and science independently, projects often weave multiple subjects into the same learning experience.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

Example : Zearn has seen fast success for a math curriculum, a crowded category that’d normally take time to break into. But Zearn has effectively carved out a space for themselves with a differentiation-friendly curriculum that mixes digital lessons and in-person, teacher-facilitated lessons and group work.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Introducing that group of kids to AI is another way to help bring it into the school because they bring those conversations into the classroom and share with their friends and teachers. We see each other on Zoom meetings or chat on our WebEx channel, but this was an opportunity to get a group working together that was really diverse.

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Teacher Mood

MARCH 15, 2025

Spring is here, and that means more than just blooming flowers and warmer daysits the perfect time to refresh your classroom activities with engaging spring addition and subtraction practice in math! In fact, this resource is packed with 60 pages of differentiated practice that will make learning math facts fun and effective.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2018

I don’t post enough about high school so I’m thrilled with her article: Some students study more productively in groups, working with their peers. Online groups and forums allow them to ask questions and learn from each other outside the traditional classroom in a space where they typically turn to for studying anyway.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2020

I teach at the Urban Assembly School for Math and Science for Young Women , an all-girls school serving grades 6 through 12 in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y. Kayla: I miss being in class and doing the hands-on activities like gym, labs and group work. I miss the teachers, the dean, my friends. I miss going out for halal food.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

It only says something about whether students have yet attained the reading, writing, and math skills they will use to gain knowledge in college or career training; it makes no statement about what they are capable of learning.” It didn’t even occur to me that it could possibly be a positive.”

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Organized Classroom

APRIL 7, 2025

Because _ struggles in reading, he/she had a hard time with math story problems, which resulted in the lower math grade this semester. really worked hard with the reading strategies this school year and I am super proud of his/her progress throughout the school year! There has been a limited contribution to group work.

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