Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Introduction This week in the classroom was packed with diverse activities and learning experiences. Here’s a quick overview of what we covered: Concluded our unit on Native Americans in Ohio Held a commemorative lesson on 9/11 Began a new unit on European exploration Utilized various EduProtocols and tech tools including Gimkit, Blooket, and Storyfile Each day brought its own set of challenges and opportunities as we worked through these topics and experimented with different teaching met

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Lesson Plan Social Studies History Teaching 99

Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

As children across the United States return to school, playground equipment like jungle gyms and monkey bars once again take center stage. While these fixtures have been playground staples since the 1920s, they have also become symbols of parental concern due to the potential for injuries. Yet, new research from Dartmouth anthropologists suggests that risky play, such as climbing and swinging, fulfills an evolutionary need crucial to child development and resilience.

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Anthropology Heritage Humanities Cultures 96

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

One of the country’s richest nonprofits focused on online education has been giving out grants for more than a year. But so far, the group, known as Axim Collaborative, has done so slowly — and pretty quietly. “There has been little buzz about them in digital learning circles,” says Russ Poulin, executive director of WCET, a nonprofit focused on digital learning in higher education.

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EdTech Government Education Research 73

All Things Pedagogical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

I am writing this on a Friday night instead of Sunday morning. I am doing this mainly because I think the feeling that I am feeling right now and that I have felt all week will probably disperse a bit by Sunday and I want to try to accurately capture that feeling for others. This is mainly because I know I am not the only one that is feeling this thing and it is something that happens right about now in September every year (at least in my part of the world).

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Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Measurement That Matches Theory: Theory-Driven Identification in Item Response Theory Models By Marco Morucci , New York University , Margaret J. Foster , Duke University , Kaitlyn Webster , Independent Scholar , So Jin Lee , Harvard University and David A. Siegel , Duke University Measurement is the weak link between theory and empirical test. Complex concepts such as ideology, identity, and legitimacy are difficult to measure; yet, without measurement that matches theoretical constructs, caref

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Political Science 34