The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

One way advocates are trying to encourage more science time? Adding outdoor classrooms to elementary schools. But embedding science instruction into other subjects has had positive results, said Jenny Sarna, director of director of the NextGenScience project of nonpartisan research agency WestEd.

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Elementary School Learning Science Humanities Teaching 138

ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Why All of Us Could Use a Lesson in ‘Thinking 101’ Human brains are wired to think in ways that often lead to biased decisions or incorrect assumptions. A new book by a high school history and civics teacher collects innovative strategies, and argues that getting the issue right is crucial for building a strong democracy.

Civics 84

Civics Psychology Humanities Elementary School 84

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Floyd County and Pikeville educators participated in a series of South Fayette School District classroom visits to observe students work and learn more about computing pathways. At the elementary school, the teams tinkered with the interactive digital stories children created using Scratch, a block-based programming language.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Learning games that have compelling, obvious goals are significantly more popular among elementary school children than those that don’t. The” what” and” why” of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. To read more on Student Motivation, visit the Research Map.

Educational Technology 90

Educational Technology Psychology Education Elementary School 90

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

On July 17-20, Pizmony-Levy led a first-of-its-kind professional development institute for NYC public elementary school teachers who want to teach climate change in any subject. Teachers who signed up were responding in part to Mayor Eric Adams’ Earth Day commitment to soup up green learning.

Teaching 97

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 97

ED Surge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

What the Maps in Our Brain Tell Us About the Learning Process. To fit all the billions of neurons in the human brain into our heads, they're organized so that brain regions are carefully mapped to things like vision and hearing. Sometime early in elementary school, kids are put on one of two paths: regular or gifted.

EdTech 85

EdTech K-12 Tutoring History 85