Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

But new ways of teaching like station rotation and fluid-schedule flex models can hit a snag when they run up against the familiar one-teacher-one-classroom setup. According to the authors of a new report, it’s not schools that need a “rethink” as much as school staffing.

Teachers 160

Teachers Coaching Mental Models Culture 160

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

She makes a concerted effort to encourage Latino students at her high school to take computer science classes. Antonio Vigil is director of innovative classroom technology at Aurora Public Schools in Colorado. But one of the first obstacles she has to help them overcome is their own self-doubt. “I

Knowledge 146

Knowledge Educational Technologies Technology Education 146

Lab to Class

MARCH 31, 2024

Perhaps books will have a diagram or teachers will attempt to explain a way to visualize a higher level math concept, but rarely do math textbooks and other math exercises for middle and high school explicitly focus on visualizations.

Math 52

Math Mental Models Textbooks Study 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In a comparable way, in America, our industrial schools have achieved much but at a high price. Nearly nine out of ten students graduate high school. Yet, according to Gallup polling of students , more high school students are actively disengaged in school than are engaged.

Mental Models 134

Mental Models Achievement Failure Art 134