The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

A theme here at Proof Points is that many things that go on at schools are at odds with the conclusions of rigorous education research. Teachers ought to be learning more about what the last 50 years of rigorous, well-designed research has uncovered, confirmed or refuted when they start their profession. Future of Learning.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

AI systems can be defined as software or machines that are able to perform tasks we typically associate with humans. At times their performance can resemble humans. Some people are excited by the possibilities, some are scared, and others aren’t even sure what’s possible and what’s science fiction—there is a lot of hype out there!

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

To deepen this work, Digital Promise has launched the Center for Inclusive Innovation , which will partner with districts and communities to pilot a research and development(R&D) model radically centered in amplifying marginalized voices. Lessons learned include: Network weaving activities are essential. Reimagining learning.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the report “Healing, Community, and Humanity: How Students and Teachers Want to Reinvent Schools Post-COVID,” Justin Reich and Jal Mehta consider that one of education’s biggest challenges in the years ahead will be to harness “the experience and urgency for change” and apply that energy to the sustained improvement of schools.

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ED Surge

MAY 22, 2024

And while CEO Barry Malkin is excited that today's artificial intelligence has the power to personalize education in ways we couldn't have imagined just a year and a half ago, it hasn't changed how Carnegie approaches AI: with humans in mind. We have the researchers who have studied it for 25 years. And grow, they have.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. The hope is these lessons will also spark students’ interest in science at a young age. Such efforts can only improve current practices.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 30, 2019

Drawing from both learning sciences research and feedback from educators, we developed this framework to support teachers in identifying where their students can leverage computational thinking. Integrating computational thinking is not just another add-on, but can be a true value-add for teachers in any subject area.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 19, 2018

Every day across the nation, students walk into schools with backpacks full of diverse experiences that impact how they behave and learn. At the same time, advancements in learning sciences paint a more dynamic and optimistic picture of human development than has ever existed before.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But what if those typical metaphors for our brains are limiting our capacities to think and learn? Paul, who says she reads academic journal articles for fun, first encountered this argument when she came across a 1998 paper by philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers, who argued that the human mind extends into the world around it.

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

Memorizing formulas and drilling in the “proper” approach through repetition too often take precedence over conceptual understanding and experiencing multiple strategies, both of which are important according to research. and Antonio M. How can we make students feel like they belong in the math classroom? Tips for Promoting Math Engagement.

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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 AI chatbot can spit out long-form answers to just about any question, in a way that sounds eerily human. What Will ChatGPT Mean for Teaching?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

At least at first, the ChatGPT Enterprise accounts will be available only to faculty, staff and researchers who submit proposals for how it could be used to further student success, generate new research and streamline organizational processes. Researchers, for example, will be able to use these tools to synthesize large data sets.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Based on SPICE research and design work, the SPICE team has articulated a framework (Figure 3) that can guide curriculum designers in coherently integrating science, engineering, and computational modeling in K-12 instruction: The investigation is framed around an engineering design challenge (e.g., human impacts on the environment).

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. 100,000 Pyramid: Maker Research Edition. Come and have fun with the $100,000 Pyramid Game: Maker Research Edition. Let’s use VR for good.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 24, 2019

This is the fourth post in our series on “Powerful Learning,” a set of principles guiding our work supporting schools and educators to develop learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners as we introduce new technologies. Powerful learning must be inquisitive and reflective. “If Recall supports memory 2.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Given students’ interest in technology, educational technology tools are a promising way to motivate them to learn. Research shows there are four elements that help students become naturally motivated to learn: challenge , goals , feedback , and curiosity. Learning products as interactive tools. References. Boggiano, A.

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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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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

We’ve been doing research with New York City Public Schools for the past 6-7 years. If we don’t offer educators the opportunity to rethink their intellectual ideas — about climate change, science, inequality — it makes it really difficult to do this work.” Kids come in with, ‘Humans harm the earth and the earth is dying,’” she said.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

We talked with Neil Selwyn, a research professor at Monash University in Australia and author of the provocative book "Should Robots Replace Teachers?" What the Maps in Our Brain Tell Us About the Learning Process. Learning science is always advancing, yielding new insights about how people gain and retain knowledge and skills.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 5, 2019

We want to pause that momentum and turn discussions towards the learning goals that will matter most in the community — and really get concrete about what that learning looks like in everyday interactions.”. What we now know in learning science is that learning is complex, often unpredictable, and a socially developed phenomenon.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2016

The clarity of a good poem is the ideal tonic for the meandering writing so often characteristic of grants and research papers. That’s just the writing, not counting the time spent on doing the research. Clearly written papers and research grants are more likely to pass through peer review than ill-phrased offerings.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Our Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) network connects local ecosystems around the country that bring together educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, funders, and other community stakeholders to support transformative teaching and learning. Researchers discussed their role as partners shaping the future of learning science.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

She became passionate about this subject after delving into research on children's development and realizing the underinvestment and lack of services in this area. Mahajan shares, “Rocket Learning’s mission is to make quality education and learning accessible to every child from the earliest stage possible.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Katrina Stevens, Director of Learning Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, also shared a vision for how mature EdClusters can collaboratively design, evaluate, and scale promising tools and practices. Kim Smith details a re-calibrated vision for #edclusters and League of Innovative Schools. REPORTS FROM THE FIELD.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Research shows links between language learning and other enhancements — more flexible thinking, greater empathy, protection against age-related cognitive decline — although findings are hardly robust. In some academic fields research is going global. Weekly Update.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Unlike computer science (which exists as a stand-alone discipline) and coding (which exists as a discrete skill), computational thinking is intended to be integrative in nature.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

It’s a hard thing to measure, but learning science suggests that this is the case.”. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. That’s what Kristina Zeiser of the American Institutes for Research wonders. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update.

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Jonathan Firth

DECEMBER 11, 2019

None of these ideas are supported by mainstream psychological science; a linked study of psychology researchers found 0% endorsement in every case. Other studies have found widespread support for myths about learning, even among highly educated people. This is an article based on my research study: Firth, J.

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2024

As a professor of reading and children’s development, specializing in children’s digital tools, I've researched what works and what doesn't when it comes to coaching children to read. Research indicates that such narrative disruptions confuse young readers and hinder readers' empathy for the characters.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

And there are thorny and unresolved ethical issues around how much and in what instances it's appropriate to have a bot perform tasks that were once thought only things that humans could or should do. There’s also the question of how AI literacy fits into efforts to teach coding skills in schools.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

These days, proponents of learning analytics are exploring how the advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools bring new possibilities and raise new ethical questions for the practice. One possible application is to use new AI tools to help educators and researchers make sense of all the student data theyve been collecting.

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