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Strategic Minds of the Early Acheulian Toolmakers

Anthropology.net

Exploring early Acheulian technological decision-making: A controlled experimental approach to raw material selection for percussive artifacts in Melka Wakena, Ethiopia. Related Research **Lemorini, C., & Plummer, T. Functional insights into Acheulian tool use from wear pattern analysis." Quaternary International. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2022.03.014

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Carving the Mind: Middle Paleolithic Engravings and the Dawn of Symbolic Thought

Anthropology.net

The Engraved Stones of the Levant The researchers focused on five artifacts from four archaeological sites: Manot Cave, Amud Cave, Qafzeh Cave, and Quneitra. The artifacts themselves varied in form—two engraved Levallois cores, a flint plaquette, and two incised cortical flakes—but each bore markings that required closer scrutiny.

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Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils

Sapiens

Their remains and the artifacts found with them shed light on this major turning point in human evolution. Ksâr ‘Akil 4 remained unknown to researchers until 2019 when we—an archaeologist and a biological anthropologist—found a photograph of those teeth within towers of carboard boxes of documents from the Ksâr ‘Akil excavations.

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A 5-Step Plan to Improve Professional Learning in Your School

ED Surge

According to the 2019 Hanover Research report “2019 Teacher Perspectives on Professional Development,” 92 percent of teachers reported that the most satisfying professional learning experiences were those which external partners provided. From there, you can construct a solid professional learning plan for your team.

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Learner Variability in the Classroom through Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

“I’m not just a math teacher; I’m a teacher of the whole child,” Bethany Orr, a fourth grade teacher in North Carolina and Iredell-Statesville Schools’ 2019 Teacher of the Year, reflected after earning a learner variability micro-credential on self-regulation.

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How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School

Studies Weekly

A unique feature of Studies Weekly’s Social Studies is that students can cut up their publication copies and turn them into learning artifacts like posters, graphic organizers, and visual aids. After students make their artifacts, they can practice listening and speaking skills by using the visuals as teaching tools.

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Old school buildings give new life to child care centers

The Hechinger Report

But artifacts from the building’s former life serving older kids remain. Across the country, shuttered schools like Cold Springs Elementary in Missoula, Montana, are being remodeled and repurposed as centers for early child care.