Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2019

However, this model of instruction does not align with our emerging understanding of how students learn science best.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The model is built on a whole learner framework of adult literacies, cognition, social-emotional learning, and learner background—all of which research shows are essential factors of learning. Individual anxiety may have also swelled over time, weighing heavily on their current ability to learn.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

A law passed in Idaho in 2021 not only required all districts to teach reading using “evidence-based” instruction, it also required K-12 teacher preparation programs housed at any state institution of higher education to prepare teachers according to that reading plan. It gives me understanding of what’s going on,” Omar said.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 15, 2021

Mathematics achievement is a national challenge, with persistent inequities across K-12 student subpopulations. As a foundation for all STEM disciplines, low math proficiency limits access to economic opportunity, and the failures of the current K-12 education system disproportionately impact students of color.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

What defines an exemplary edtech company that serves K-12 needs? Barry Malkin , CEO of Carnegie Learning , recognizes the need for research to drive edtech product creation, and his company has been leveraging data on the science of learning to ensure the efficacy of its tools. Best Places to Work 6 years in a row.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

While there has been considerable focus on developing K-12 computational thinking pathways in major U.S. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This type of project reflects the best intentions of the Next Generation Science Standards , which encourage teachers to enable students to learn science by doing. The next day, after water had had plenty of time to drain through the systems, the students would test the pH levels for a final determination.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

One critical aspect of personalized learning is too often missing: the use of learning sciences research to best understand and reach each learner. Maker Learning and School Leadership. Putting Learning Science Research to Work. What’s Innovative in K-12 Public Schools?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2016

Patti is the Director of Adult Learning Initiatives at Digital Promise. We see more and more evidence that technology use in K-12 education is expanding to include adult learners as well — namely the 36 million learners who have low literacy, numeracy, and job skills. You can follow her on Twitter at @patticonstan.

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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.,

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2024

The participation of HBCUs is notable in part because they play a key role in training future K-12 science teachers. Historically Black colleges and universities have an outstanding reputation in terms of building science courses in their undergraduate and graduate programs,” Schneider says. “The

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ED Surge

JANUARY 4, 2023

Listeners to the EdSurge Podcast like to learn about brains—and what research shows can best reach and teach them. Our two most popular episodes of 2022 addressed just that subject, exploring fresh findings in learning science and how educators can apply them. Educators Are Demoralized. What's the Way Forward? By Jeffrey R.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 6, 2021

How can K-8 teachers integrate computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) into classrooms? Algorithms are “precise step-by-step plans or procedures to meet an end goal or to solve a problem” (Shuchi Grover in Computer Science in K-12: An A-To-Z Handbook on Teaching Programming ).

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Digital Promise

MARCH 14, 2018

At the same time, a growing field of learning sciences research offers more precise knowledge of how learners learn. In our latest report , we chronicle LPS’s partnership with ReadWorks , a nonprofit that leverages learning sciences research in support of its mission to help address gaps in students’ reading achievement.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 22, 2019

Advancing Computational Thinking Across K-12 Education blog post and report. Based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants #1742011 and #1741956. To get more information about the game, leave a comment with your email address below. Want to know more about Computational Thinking?

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2021

When I left the classroom to take a job as the science lead for the Kansas State Department of Education, my hope was to do what I could to shift the system so that great materials and professional learning were the norm rather than the exception. That was 2010, and A Framework for K-12 Science Education was out for public review.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

A nonprofit organization, Deans for Impact, is working with them toward this goal, and as part of this effort, it administered a test to more than 1,000 teaching students at these six schools in the fall of 2019 to see how much learning science the teacher candidates understood. Future of Learning. Choose from our newsletters.

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

The amount of units isn't particularly staggering — it's usually somewhere between eight to 12 semester units — but with the amount of hours that's necessary, especially given that I'm doing the internship on top of the residency, it is pretty busy, yes. And they're not just learning each language, they're also learning in each language.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2016

We see more and more evidence that technology use in K-12 education is expanding to include adult learners as well — namely the 36 million learners who have low literacy, numeracy, and job skills. It turns out, yes.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

For instance, it is available at no cost to schools and districts and has the potential to expand access to engaging, authentic science experiences to K-12 students who otherwise would not receive such learning opportunities.

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Digital Promise

MAY 22, 2017

What will the next generation of learning in the STEM fields look like? According to newly released K–12 science standards, it will involve a lot more practice, with lessons that are experiential and investigative. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

To make this process easier, we are pleased to launch the Digital Promise Research@Work video series, introducing 12 research topics that support education practice. The first video tackles a challenging question: How can educators motivate students?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2020

Friedman recommended several resources, including The Kennedy Center’s daily lunch doodle with children’s book author Mo Willems and the PBS Kids Play and Learn Science app which provides ideas for hands-on, non-screen science projects. Also, caution parents about any part of that website that isn’t so great.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Amid STEM Enthusiasm, Stepping Back to Consider the Broader Purpose of Teaching and Learning Science. The push for STEM initiatives — coding workshops for elementary school children, or extended-day science experiments for middle school students — reigns at the forefront of the education conversation today.

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2017

The third installment in Digital Promise Global’s Making Learning Personal For All series, “ Supporting Research-Based Personalization for Reading Success, ” provides an overview of the learning science research behind learning to read.

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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.”. “The activity might light the spark that creates a deeper purpose, but even if it doesn’t, it’s the experience of trying on something new, seeing how it feels and then, hopefully, opening yourself up to try the next thing.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

We heard from a college president who moved into a dorm on his campus during a COVID-19 lockdown to learn more about the mental-health challenges students face. And we heard from a K-12 teacher who was among the thousands of U.S. When he was 12 years old he marched with Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Disclosure: Bang is a member of the K-12 action commission at This Is Planet Ed’, where I’m also an advisor.) The teachers participating committed to creating lesson plans — like the shade simulation — that will be made available freely for others to use on platforms including the website SubjectToClimate.org.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012. Possibly as a result, the average first- through fourth-grade student spent just 2.5

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Here too, developers can look beyond RCTs and use other methods to quickly collect data, such as short-cycle pilots.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Chatbots that leverage AI are going to be a kind of intermediary a translator, says Zachary Pardos, an associate professor of education at the University of California at Berkeley, who is one of the editors on a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Learning Analytics that will be devoted to generative AI in the field.

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