A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2011

I downloaded an application called “free graphing symbolic calculator” which actually helped me more in AP Calculus than my actual calculator. I downloaded the “organic chemistry essentials” application to help me with new concepts, such as biomolecules and synthesis strategy. After the AP chemistry test, we started organic chemistry.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

We know a lot about mathematic tools and apps and different databases for social studies.” ” Research Partnerships When you assign a project to students that requires research, you don’t have to navigate it all on your own. which is studying patterns in the national decline in school librarian positions.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Executive Function Skills : Research shows us that this work can support executive function skills like listening, turn-taking, impulse control, and working memory. Research shows that by combining physical activity with words, there is greater retention, so use this to your advantage! Right Angle: Go to a corner.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 7, 2025

During his doctoral research in 1955, Maassab sat in the back of an auditorium as his professor announced Jonas Salk’s successful creation of the Polio vaccine. Maassab’s colleague, Rashid Bashshur, recalls this as the moment Maassab dedicated his life’s research to developing a safe and effective vaccine for influenza.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Students used their cellphones to download an app to both create and read QR codes. To tie in with their study of the English monarchy in the Elizabethan-Stuart era, they researched websites to find quality information on selected, relevant topics. They then created QR codes for those websites. Students in Ms.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Research shows that students who engage in structured science learning develop stronger vocabulary, analytical thinking, and reading comprehension. If you want to dive deeper, download our free eBook, Rethinking Literacy in K-5 Classrooms: How Social Studies and Science Drive Academic Success.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 14, 2025

Scaffolding is a research-proven method of leading students along this path. 2 In Studies Weekly, the task of reading grade-level text is modeled with plenty of scaffolding that the student can then use to approximate the task on their own. Help students level up their skills with Studies Weekly. Shanahan on Literacy.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

What research has to say about reading instruction. 2022), “Using the annotating strategy to improve students’ academic achievement in social studies,” Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning , Vol. It takes time to learn, but it seems to be well worth your while. 10.1598/0872071774.10.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

JUNE 27, 2021

Integrating science and social studies with reading is a must. Due to testing and/or district and state requirements, social studies and science often take the back seat. While I can’t say that I get it in every day, I do carve out time for intentional science and/or social studies instruction.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the Digital Promise Data Equity Cohort, districts are engaging in an Inclusive Innovation research and development (R&D) process to identify equity gaps within their data systems and create action plans to use data interoperability to promote deeper understanding and more equitable outcomes in their schools. what’s your opinion?—but

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

I also pay attention to what lights up their faces, and will often research their interests so that I can ask them questions later! Research reliably points to this emotion derailing kids’ ability to learn (Immordino-Yang & Damasio, 2007). Tier 6: Test Pulling Nate When I was in high school, I cheated on a social studies test.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

APRIL 25, 2013

Research projects have a bad wrap these days. I certainly remember completing my fair share of boring research projects, but it doesn’t have to be that way…not even close! In fact, my students have been begging me to assign a state or country research project. It is easy to get kids REALLY excited about geography.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

Both technologies have made their way into classrooms, leaving educational researchers wondering about their differences and implications for learning. The McGraw Hill program is releasing a social studies and language arts component that integrates the two content areas. What does AR look like in the humanities?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

They noted the menu of research reports, graphics and videos, and the “About” page describing the site as a project of a “nonprofit research organization” called the Employment Policies Institute. High School social studies teacher. They got duped.”. Or, as one student put it, loudly, “fudge nuggets!”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In the middle of all this activity, seventh-grader Jacob Higuera sat alone with his laptop, intently typing out a social studies assignment. Jacob Higuera, a seventh-grader at the Innovation Academy, completes a social studies assignment on his laptop while students take part in other lessons in the background.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

NOME, Alaska — Before they got down to business for the day, students in Devin Tatro’s social studies class were offered a quiet moment of self-reflection: On this golden fall afternoon at Nome-Beltz Junior/Senior High School, were they feeling chipper, distressed or somewhere in between? That’s not a given in rural Alaska.

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ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

Research & Present: Early Economic Policies of the Great Depression The Hoover and Roosevelt administrations both worked to develop economic policy ideas to address the banking crisis and the Great Depression.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

In the weeks ahead, the girls would weave the interview and their own research into four individual narratives about Millones, one of several immigrants telling their stories at King, where nearly a quarter of the students were born overseas. For now, however, they were mired in the initial research and needed to get out of their own heads.

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Rockin Resources - Social Studies

APRIL 8, 2022

I did a little research for you and now you can share some facts along with a free download activity in the free album – What is Earth Day? Looking to celebrate Earth Day in your classroom this year? We all know Aesop’s fable, The Ants & the Grasshopper, where a family of ants bustles. The post What is Earth Day?

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Rockin Resources - Social Studies

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I did a little research for you and now you can share some facts along with a free timeline download on – Who was George Washington? Are you looking for information on George Washington to a Revolutionary War unit or President’s Day? George Washington (1732-1799) was the first president of the United States.

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Rockin Resources - Social Studies

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

I did a little research for you and now you can share some facts along with a free timeline download on – Who was Abe Lincoln? Or maybe you’re teaching the character trait of honesty? Don’t forget to give your kiddos details on Abe Lincoln! Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865).

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Heinemann Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Inquiry that builds knowledge and understanding can be found through researcher's workshop. Learn about inquiry frameworks with downloadable forms.

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ACRE

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

They evaluate earning potentials and various salaries and research the cost of living around the United States. Download Budgeting Basics Resources for Digital Classrooms: Do you use an online learning system for your classroom? They then complete an activity where they shop for school supplies on a tight budget.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? For a Socratic Seminar in your social studies class, rearrange your classroom to resemble a circle. Last time, we discussed using AI to make learning more equitable.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? For a Socratic Seminar in your social studies class, rearrange your classroom to resemble a circle. Last time, we discussed using AI to make learning more equitable.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2021

Wells, Shirley Chisholm or Denmark Vesey from his high school social studies textbooks. That kids can download the material on their phones makes it “really accessible,” he added. And while social studies curricula differ vastly across the U.S., Subscribe today! He learned about them through an app on his phone.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

The Federal Communications Commission estimates that about 21 million Americans lack broadband access, with an independent research group indicating the actual number is twice as high. “A lot of our kids don’t have internet access,” said Coe, who knows students who routinely head to the library or the town’s McDonald’s to get online.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Eager to help plug these gaps, Sanchez began drafting course materials on labor for Rethinking Schools, a publisher that co-launched the Zinn Education Project to develop curriculums on workers, women, people of color and social movements. You can’t always get what you want, but you get what you need.

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Cult of Pedagogy

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

” At an evocative point in a story (or a point of uncertainty in science or social studies), we ask open questions like: “What are you thinking?” Thinking together demands collective participation toward a collaborative end. “What are you thinking?” Over 50,000 teachers have already joined—come on in.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 6, 2025

Making practices like these a regular part of students’ reading and research habits will help them become more critical consumers of news and media. One social studies related word that will get their team to guess the word and each card is worth five points. Kids are put into three teams. 1 point per card.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

We have members here from our Teaching for Black Lives study groups ; if you’re in one of those groups, please add T4BL after your name on Zoom. Formally, he was the director of a place that we hold very dear, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Hagopian: Incredible research you did on that. Thanks, T.

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