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A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning

Cult of Pedagogy

Rather than piling up points and calculating averages, students work toward proficiency in these durable skills, and their progress is tracked over time by every teacher. All of (the teachers) are assessing reading artifacts, writing artifacts, research artifacts, Messer explains, with the same rubric across our building.

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The Power of Claim-Evidence-Question

Catlin Tucker

This evidence can be drawn from various sources, such as research articles, data sets, personal observations, or historical examples. This phase underscores the significance of critical evaluation, research skills, and reasoning.

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Can Colleges Reach Beyond Campus to Foster ‘Digital Equity’ in Communities?

ED Surge

But just off campus in the surrounding neighborhoods, high-speed internet is hard to come by, and it tends to be expensive for folks in a county where Census data show the median household income is $36,802, and the poverty rate is 19 percent, according to Jochai Ben-Avie, chief executive of the nonprofit Connect Humanity.

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6 Degrees of Separation Game for History

Students of History

They encourage critical thinking, creativity, and research skills. They also enhance your students' ability to perceive the intricate web of human history. Step 3: Research Allow students to work together (I like pairs or groups of 3 for this activity) and give them time to research and explore the vocabulary terms.

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Psychology as a school subject - what are the benefits?

Jonathan Firth

7) Psychology helps to build independent research skills. While this factor is not unique to the subject, psychology is an excellent vehicle for building independent research skills. 8) Psychology COMBINES literacy, numeracy and health & wellbeing. 9) Psychology lends itself to cross-curricular learning.

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Genealogy course takes high schoolers deep into their family histories

The Hechinger Report

Over the course of the semester-long class, students research their own family histories, tracing one line back as far as they can through birth, death and marriage records, Census records, and church records, primarily. Brunelle taught the students how to do genealogy research online, in libraries and at the local city hall.

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Defending the liberal arts: How my students took the higher-learning plunge, from the banks of the St. Lawrence

The Hechinger Report

Everywhere we looked, we saw questions of values: The wisdom of environmental engineering toward human wants, the need for electrical power in a northern climate, the mutual desires of each country. My students were starting to figure things out, using their critical thinking skills. This process begins in our first-year programs.

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