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PROOF POINTS: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Four new studies on project-based learning. Project-based learning, a popular practice that uses lots of poster boards and student presentations, is billed as an antidote to boring classrooms where teachers drone on. 3rd grade science. Developer: Michigan State University Research. Curriculum. Curriculum.

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PROOF POINTS: The surprising effectiveness of having kids study why they failed

The Hechinger Report

For the first eight sessions, half the students had a traditional review class. The kids who had been taught via traditional, explicit instruction switched to reviewing the remaining algebra topics through their errors. And the kids who had been correcting their errors received eight sessions of traditional test prep.

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The science of talking in class

The Hechinger Report

Related: A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children. Do kids still learn well from peers when one student is dominating the conversation or when a partner is slacking off and forcing you to do all the work? These studies didn’t document behaviors during a conversation.

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Standardized Tests Aren’t Going Anywhere. So What Do We Do?

Cult of Pedagogy

After all, framed that way, teachers give hundreds of standardized tests a year, even those who do learner-centered assessment, project-based learning, or otherwise collect evidence of student learning in ways that are considered alternative or non-traditional.

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Student ed tech entrepreneurs argue they know what classrooms need

The Hechinger Report

“Some of those things can be more engaging than your traditional, boring dashboard, but at the end of the day, I want to do my Instagram on Instagram.”. He has gone on to create a platform called Be Anything to support project-based learning.

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Two studies point to the power of teacher-student relationships to boost learning

The Hechinger Report

“These studies are important because they tell us that teacher-student relationships matter,” said Tyrone Howard, a professor of education at the University of California, Los Angeles, who is writing a book on the research about students’ relationships with their teachers and how well they learn. ”I Sometimes the students moved classrooms.

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AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

Anthropology News

As we turned our attention to diagnostic apps, my primary goal was less focused on helping students learn to use the technology effectively and more focused on supporting their understanding of how the technology is situated in the social world. To that end, the class activity had three main components.