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We can teach math better–here’s how

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In the meantime, many educators—and even entire schools and districts—continued using outdated teaching methods or only engaged in phonics instruction with students in need of remediation. Unfortunately, the math instruction most students receive is not based in the science of math—but it could be.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Content areas, such as math and science, and other areas like memory, executive function, and social-emotional development are being informed by research. Brain-based learning is an educational framework that informs teaching methods by leveraging scientific knowledge about how the brain learns and develops.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Content areas, such as math and science, and other areas like memory, executive function, and social-emotional development are being informed by research. Brain-based learning is an educational framework that informs teaching methods by leveraging scientific knowledge about how the brain learns and develops.

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Post-pandemic, a new era of teaching and learning

eSchool News

At the same time, the reliance on technology brought challenges, including limited access to high-speed home internet, lack of adequate devices for students in low-income households, and difficulties in adapting teaching methods for an online environment.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

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The study, which occurred over three semesters, randomly assigned students to either learning through lectures, the old-school way, or through “active” calculus instruction that emphasizes student engagement. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models. Its conclusion?

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The future of learning spaces is open ended

eSchool News

I thought about what experiences could happen in those spaces, extracting the qualities and characteristics of technology, space and teaching methods that could be applied to each space. In this space, educators are not positioned as lecturers, at the front of a class. A space for the birth of ideas. A room for adventure.

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Latest AI Announcements Mean Another Big Adjustment for Educators

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Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall. Kids will wind up hating baseball, not loving math.”

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