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OPINION: Many teachers see social-emotional learning as the ‘missing link’ in student success

The Hechinger Report

As instructors finalize lesson plans and schools across the country head back into session, there’s been a recent and significant surge of interest in social and emotional learning (SEL) curricula at both the federal and state levels. The positive connections between SEL and students’ academic achievement are encouraging.

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Arkansas schools hire untrained teachers as people lose interest in the profession

The Hechinger Report

She is 35, and this wasn’t exactly her plan. “My My degree is in psychology but I’m teaching history! She uses the New York Times lesson guides, the U.S. Doing lesson plans, tracking learning and engagement is not as easy as I thought it would be. Constitution, and quizzes to teach civics.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

Schools that implement comprehensive emotional learning and well-being programs saw a 10% reduction in absenteeism rates within a single academic year, according to a 2019 Journal of Educational Psychology study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 111(3), 502-517. Darling-Hammond, Linda. Jones, M., Department of Education.

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Beyond Screens: The Benefits of Paper-Based Learning for Elementary Students

Studies Weekly

Current Directions in Psychological Science , 27 (5). Frontiers in Psychology , 10. Click here for a sample of your state’s Studies Weekly print curriculum. References American Optometric Association. Children’s Vision & Screen Time. Annisette, L. E., & Lafreniere, K. Backes, B., & Cowan, J. Fernandes, M.

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All the ways to teach vocabulary

Maitri Learning

This may contribute to a self-efficacy decline (Volkman, 2017). Have a few sets of vocabulary cards available each week. Use the 3-period lesson to teach the vocabulary but then, have the cards out so the child can look at them on their own. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 92(2), 140-160. Rueckla, J.

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The Impact of a Teacher

Studies Weekly

You balance lessons, planning, creating, preparing, copying, data assessing, meetings, grading, paperwork, responding to emails and phone calls while trying to teach the students in your care. Research in neuroscience and psychology explains these lasting benefits. You do this day after day, week after week.

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Teaching among the ashes: ‘It’s not just your house that burned, it’s everyone’s’

The Hechinger Report

A year and a half after the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history, students are coping with the psychological consequences of living through a megadisaster that sent them running for their lives. It was a 180 turn.”. I just think we’re in for a big storm for a while.” But I can’t.”

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