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Hundreds of STEM Grants Have Been Terminated. K-12 Math Educators Will Lose Out

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For more than a decade, McLaren and colleagues have brought games like this to Pittsburgh area schools to test their technology and learning theories. According to Ross, NSF cuts to STEM education projects dwarfed all other award terminations. This signals to STEM education researchers the consequences of failing to intervene sooner.

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Top STEM Schools in Georgia Host High-Tech Personalized Classes Without Hours of Screentime

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Students must be high achievers in middle school with recommendations from math and science teachers, in addition to high test scores. In that class, two students choose a peer-reviewed article and lead seminars every Friday. Pedersen says the lack of testing allows more time for laboratory experimentation.

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My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It.

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I implemented writing reflections to help students recall their feedback from prior assignments and collaborated with a colleague to develop a teacher guided peer review system, which eventually yielded an app called Floop that made the peer review data visible and simpler to manage.

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New Research Proves Game-Based Learning Works—Here's Why That Matters

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students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests. Now a soon-to-be released study from Vanderbilt University demonstrates the impact of rigorous, peer reviewed research into curricular tools, in this case showing that students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests.

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How U of Michigan Built Automated Essay-Scoring Software to Fill ‘Feedback Gap’ for Student Writing

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The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. The M-Write program started in 2015 as a way to give more writing feedback to students by enlisting other students to serve as peer mentors to help with revisions.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

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On an ordinary June morning, kids descend on the campus of Auburn University to try science experiments at the college of education’s annual STEM camp. It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students.

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The BEST Test-Taking Strategies

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State testing season is just around the corner, and we know the pressure it brings… not just for students but for you as their guide and biggest cheerleader. To help make test prep a little easier, were sharing the BEST test-taking strategies that set your students up for success!

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