TeachThought
JUNE 5, 2024
Questioning in the Classroom: An Updated Guide by Terry Heick If the ultimate goal of education is for students to be able to answer questions effectively, then focusing on content and response strategies makes sense. If the ultimate goal of education is to teach students to think, then focusing on how we can help students ask better questions themselves might make sense, no?
ED Surge
JUNE 5, 2024
As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, conceptual understanding often involves understanding the “why” of a mathematical concept ; it’s the reasoning behind the math rather than the how or the steps it takes to get to an answer.
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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 5, 2024
Niki Elliot skipped the fifth grade. She was so smart that she could have skipped another, she said, but her mother didn’t want her in class with older boys. And so she was always bored in school. She had a “near photographic” memory and didn’t need to study, she said, so she never learned how to. She remembers finishing her assignments in five minutes and spending the next 30 waiting for her classmates to catch up.
Education Week - Social Studies
JUNE 5, 2024
South Carolina state education officials did not add AP African American Studies nor AP Precalculus to the 2024-25 roster of courses.
Life and Landscapes
JUNE 5, 2024
Frankfortians! I am coming to town with all 33 of my book titles to sell at the Capital Expo Festival in Frankfort, Kentucky this Friday and Saturday, June 7th and 8th, 2024. Come Downtown to 2nd Street between Shelby and Capital Avenue, say hi and take a look! I am booth 7A! www.vanstockum.
Political Science Now
JUNE 5, 2024
Linette Sanchez is a first-year Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her subfields are American politics and methodology. Her research interests include race and ethnic politics, Latine politics, and immigration. Currently, Linette is researching the political participation of children of undocumented immigrants in the United States and how their political actions are driven by higher beliefs of political efficacy.
Political Science Now
JUNE 5, 2024
Meet Dr. Matthew Stein APSA Member since 2018-Present Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences College of Southern Nevada How did you learn about APSA? When did you become a member of APSA, and what prompted you to join? I was introduced to APSA as a PhD student at Temple University. The (amazing) chair of the political science department, Robin Kolodny, ensured that doctoral students and candidates had APSA memberships.
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