The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. That’s hard.

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Learning Science Charter School Lesson Plan Social Studies 145

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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Local History Civics Lesson Plan Social Science 130

Digital Promise

AUGUST 27, 2019

Ask about the learning sciences research used to design and build edtech products. With the lack of clear standards in the current edtech marketplace and a history of widely varied research methodologies used to create edtech products, it’s not wrong to feel suspicious of edtech vendors’ research.

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EdTech Learning Science Lesson Plan Research 123

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

These cross-curricular connections can reinforce and support students’ learning of other disciplines while still giving them the exciting, eye-opening moments that come with learning science. Learn more about Studies Weekly’s hands-on science curriculum and how you can encourage your students to be explorers!

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Elementary School Education Lesson Plan Social Studies 52