k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam’s work is grounded in the belief that education must be both empowering and compassionate—equipping learners not only with knowledge, but with resilience, empathy, and the confidence to shape a better world. From a young age, I was captivated by a single question: “Can learning be more meaningful than memorization?”

Interdisciplinary

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

Exploratorium: Science Snacks The Exploratorium, a renowned museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco, offers Science Snacks–free, hands-on STEM activities designed for students in grades 3-12. Each lesson poses a big question–like “Why do stars twinkle?” or “Can a tree grow without seeds?”–and

STEM

eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

It allows teachers to view the funds of knowledge composers bring to a task and create entry points for support. The objective process lens encourages teachers to ask key questions when designing instruction: Do students have a clear idea of how to execute the formal need? Policy Sciences , 4(2), 155–169. Rittel, H. Sharples, M.

Writing

eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

The platform covers all subjects–from vocabulary and reading strategies to science, social studies, and math–through catchy songs and interactive lessons. Furthermore, it’s a powerful tool for developing literacy skills and content knowledge in a way that resonates with children across grade levels and learning styles.

Quizzes

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

This uncertainty can be daunting, but one thing is clear: Foundational knowledge in computer science will be essential, no matter what paths they choose. How can we ensure that all students develop the computing skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in an increasingly technology-driven workforce?

Science

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. It also connects to other issues, such as the rigid class sequences that some experts warn block certain students from advancing in math and that exclude courses like data science that would be useful for students future careers.

Math

eSchool News

JULY 29, 2025

Is it to brainstorm, generate ideas, verify knowledge, or seek clarification? Embedding questions such as “What did the AI tool help you learn?” This aligns with cognitive science research on the “generation effect,” which shows that learning improves when students create their own responses rather than passively consuming information.

Critical Thinking

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam’s work is grounded in the belief that education must be both empowering and compassionate—equipping learners not only with knowledge, but with resilience, empathy, and the confidence to shape a better world. From a young age, I was captivated by a single question: “Can learning be more meaningful than memorization?”

Interdisciplinary

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

Odgers, a professor of psychological science and informatics at UC Irvine, launched a national survey to investigate the use of AI among teens, parents and educators. With AI, though, no one yet fully understands how it works, so parents can’t pass that knowledge down. “In

Essay

Faculty Focus

JULY 24, 2025

The increasing internationalization of higher education does not automatically lead to global knowledge and skill exchange in the classroom. Such a method enables international students to share their diverse expertise and breakdown assumptions about where and in whom relevant knowledge and information lies.

Ethics

Faculty Focus

JULY 24, 2025

The increasing internationalization of higher education does not automatically lead to global knowledge and skill exchange in the classroom. Such a method enables international students to share their diverse expertise and breakdown assumptions about where and in whom relevant knowledge and information lies.

Ethics

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. ’ and then applying it to new knowledge.” To make the tents more useful, students are then asked to answer a retrieval question on the back of the paper and turn it in at the end of class.

Multiple Choice Questions

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. Building Interdisciplinary Courses: Choosing Scope and Mixing Knowledge Creating a solid interdisciplinary course starts with a clear scope and thoughtful mixing of knowledge. Yang et al.

Interdisciplinary

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. Building Interdisciplinary Courses: Choosing Scope and Mixing Knowledge Creating a solid interdisciplinary course starts with a clear scope and thoughtful mixing of knowledge. Yang et al.

Interdisciplinary

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Given this reality in which AI can provide and synthesize information for and to our students at their requests in seconds, it is not completely paranoid to ask the question, What can we, as college instructors, offer our students in the age of AI? What college instructors are needed for, he said, is to motivate our students to learn.

Instructors

Priceless Ponderings

MAY 18, 2025

6 Easy Science Activities and experiments MAGNETS how do they work? Thats where simple science meets wonder. Below are some playful and educational activities with magnets that turn your classroom or kitchen table into a mini science lab. Stay ahead of the game with MY FREE curriculum road map for science. The cool part?

Science

Tim Manson

JULY 10, 2025

On John Dunlosky’s Strengthening the Student Toolbox on Retrieval Practice On The Delivery of Learning On Cognitive Load Theory On Activity in lessons On Questioning in the Classroom on Dual Coding Top ten. As a Vice Principal, I have a deep knowledge and understanding of what works and what does not work in my school.

Curriculum

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? This shift raises questions about the efficacy and long-term viability of conventional education methods. As a result, your role involves creating a learning atmosphere that encourages questioning and exploration.

Hybrid Learning

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This project started with a deceptively simple question: What arent our students telling us? I wanted to change thatnot just by asking better questions, but by building an open-access platform that would amplify student voices and inform actionable change. Not because they lacked courage, but because they didnt feel invited to speak.

Disabilities

Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

The key question is: how can we transform AI from a potential source of plagiarism into a valuable educational resource? AI is so new that the landscape of our knowledge is changing constantly. Examining science education in ChatGPT: An exploratory study of generative artificial intelligence. References Anthology.

Ethics

Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Start by Building Background Not all students enter the classroom with the same prior knowledge, especially multilingual learners. Try This: Imagine youre teaching a new ecology unit to your 8 th grade science class. Start with a question like: What animals or plants have you seen in your neighborhood? with guided questions.

Language

Teach Thought

JULY 11, 2025

It arrests emotion and spontaneity in pursuit of planning and precision, a logical trade in the eyes of science. Revisit Old Questions The simplest curiosities arise from old questions that were never fully answered, or that no attempt to answer was made. This approach is clinical and more than a smidgeon scientific.

Learning

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

In 2019, GCPS, in collaboration with multiple partners, created an AI readiness framework that focuses on six core areas: Data Science, Mathematical Reasoning, Creative Problem Solving, Ethics, Applied Experiences and Programming. These factors influenced the types of questions used. Join the GenerationAI movement.

Ethics

Lab to Class

JULY 3, 2025

We have all seen the stereotypical portrayal of the traditional school setting where a teacher stands at the front of the classroom and spends the entirety of class time giving a lecture and asking questions of the students. Science class could have a student be a helper for a science experiment.

Lecturing

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2025

These five competencies are crucial in developing students’ social and emotional knowledge and skills. Think-Pair-Share : A good way to get students to contemplate a topic, question, or concept, so they do not feel put on the spot for an answer. Social Science, Humanities and Sustainability Research. Dr. Raglena T. Vol 3, No 3.

Classroom Management

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 8, 2025

In the afternoon we will connect a number of blended learning and ‘science of learning’ strategies to this redesign work. We also will peek inside some deeper learning schools around the country to see how they’re approaching this instructional design work. Please bring your own examples and use cases of how you’re using AI!

Ethics

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2025

There was us doing the online school, and then over at the computer science department, they were trying to build a better blackboard. The product-makers may have no connection with students … They think that there is this fundamental idea that the [point] of teaching is to transmit knowledge. I think the official year was 2007.

History

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2025

These five competencies are crucial in developing students’ social and emotional knowledge and skills. Think-Pair-Share : A good way to get students to contemplate a topic, question, or concept, so they do not feel put on the spot for an answer. Social Science, Humanities and Sustainability Research. Dr. Raglena T. Vol 3, No 3.

Classroom Management

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 30, 2025

Solve geometric math escape room puzzles to find the exit Start your unit in style and find out what students already know about geometry by incorporating an escape room to assess prior knowledge. Escape the Science Fair: Solve puzzles comparing experimental and theoretical probability to repair science projects and open the lab doors.

Math

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

Hope Rising – Learn how the science of hope can inspire students, educators, and communities to thrive. The Knowledge Gap – An eye-opening exploration of the importance of building knowledge-rich curricula in education. called it eye-opening, and Jessica W. said it “ Totally made me change my teaching for the good.

Reading

Teach Your Kids

AUGUST 1, 2025

It builds analytical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and a habit of asking deep, foundational questions—skills that are valuable in everyday life and across a wide range of careers. Lauren creates a warm, engaging environment where younger learners feel safe to ask questions and excited to build a foundation in science and technology.

Curriculum

k12

JULY 10, 2025

These are a great chance for your child to ask questions, get clarification, and interact with their teachers, just like in a physical classroom. Support One-to-One Meetings: Some students are more comfortable asking questions in private rather than during group sessions. Encourage your child to participate!

Online Learning

Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 29, 2025

The knowledge and abilities of the two professions naturally overlap, but each is characterized by distinct set of complimentary expertise: together they heal, cure, and save lives. Everyone is taught the same math, the same science, the same history, and then they are tested and graded on how well they've learned it.

Knowledge

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

When science students combine their natural curiosity with engineering know-how, the sky’s the limit (literally, if you’re working on rockets)! It’s not a great joke, but creating a potato clock is a great science experiment for middle school. With its eyes! But don’t eat it.)

Middle School

k12

JULY 28, 2025

Industry certifications are credentials that demonstrate to employers your skills and knowledge in a specific area. The exams I’ve taken usually start with multiple-choice, ordering, matching, or drag-and-drop type questions. Please check with your advisor if you’re interested in learning more about your options.

High School

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. For decades, the federal government believed getting more students interested in science, math, and technology was a national security priority. Ted Cruz , the Republican chair of the Senate science committee.

STEM

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

What if you were a teacher but had no voice to speak your knowledge? I'm inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer's way of understanding plants, one that is grounded both in Western science and ancient wisdom. Children, like plants, like all living things, answer questions by the way they live. Wouldn't you dance it?

Language