ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. Called Math 11 A and B, these classes, which students take as freshmen and sophomores, constitute a “leaky pipeline,” Weissman says.
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Imagine a school district as a ship navigating the vast and ever-changing ocean of education. Just as sailors rely on the North Star to navigate across uncharted waters, school districts can best stay on course with their own guiding light, an instructional framework.
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ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
The pandemic has largely changed public perceptions about the appropriate use of technology for young people, argues Katie Davis, associate professor in the information school at the University of Washington. “The pandemic forced us to confront the fact that technology is absolutely essential in our lives, and especially during crises,” she says. Now, she says, discussion is shifting to questions of “When is technology good?
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
NEWTON, Mass. — Shannon Vasconcelos fired up her laptop in a sterile conference room in a suburban office park, and right on schedule a mother and her daughter popped onto her screen. This story also appeared in GBH News and National Public Radio The two were in the Adirondacks on vacation, but not even that allowed them an escape from a process that had already begun to consume them: getting the daughter into college.
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
The post How Students’ Empathy for Others Motivates Them to Solve Challenges appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
It’s difficult to overstate how vital teachers, a key factor in student success, are to post-pandemic academic and social-emotional recovery. It’s troubling then, to be faced with signs of a teaching profession in decline — with alarming teacher shortages , fewer college students choosing to become teachers and many current teachers not recommending that others enter the profession.
TCI
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
In an active classroom, teachers have many options for student assessment. Along with notebook questions and tests, you can assess student performance through daily activities, group work, and writing assignments. These TCI assessment strategies will help you identify what works for your students and what doesn’t, so you can adjust your instructional plans accordingly.
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