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Student teachers fail test about how kids learn, nonprofit finds

The Hechinger Report

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. Weekly Update.

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The Research Behind the TED Talk: Angela Duckworth on Grit

Digital Promise

Angela Duckworth, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was teaching seventh grade math in New York City public schools when she noticed that her best students were not necessarily her smartest students. There are many factors that influence student learning.

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OPINION: It is time to pay attention to the science of learning

The Hechinger Report

All these ideas are established learning science. Related: Student teachers fail test about how kids learn, nonprofit finds One of the first principal syntheses of these findings with clear recommendations for the classroom was a 2007 federal report, “ Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning.”

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How to Build Strong Relationships During the Edtech Purchasing Process

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As Zach Desjarlais, Director of Instructional Technology at Vancouver Public Schools (VPS) , puts it, “If there’s a need, a gap, or something to fill, we’d like that to be identified by data. Ask about the learning sciences research used to design and build edtech products. In what context were these studies conducted?

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Why This Large Illinois District Is Rethinking Its Approach to Edtech Procurement

ED Surge

Spread across more than 40 individual buildings, Rockford Public Schools is the third largest school district in Illinois. Here, she explains how Course of Mind: ISTE’s learning sciences initiative factors into that ambitious plan. EdSurge: Why did you enroll in the Launch into Learning Sciences course ?

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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

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

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

In Ohio, a new state law requires all of the state’s public school teachers and administrators to receive training in the science of reading, including high school content teachers. Topliffe recalled breaking down the word “democracy” by its parts to support comprehension and pronunciation.