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Are We Assessing What Really Matters in Education?

ED Surge

Recently, EdSurge webinar host Matthew Joseph discussed with education experts the need for assessments to measure what truly matters and power human progress. Webinar panelists included Patrick Kyllonen from ETS , Candace Thille from Stanford Graduate School of Education , Eugene So from JFFLabs and Temple Lovelace from Assessment for Good.

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Webinar Series: Engaging the 2024 U.S. Election: An Expert Roundtable

Political Science Now

Join the American Political Science Association for our second webinar in a series exploring the 2024 U.S. Michael Tesler ’s teaching and research focus on public opinion, racial politics, elections, political psychology, American government, and quantitative research methods. The post Webinar Series: Engaging the 2024 U.S.

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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

In contrast, prior psychological research on learning was often conducted in a lab with artificial tasks and then applied to more realistic educational activities and settings. Sciences of learning recognizes that many sciences inform our understanding of how people learn, such as neuroscience, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and more.

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Does instructional coaching have a PR problem?

A Psychology Teacher Writes

There’s a huge amount of discussion around the use of instructional coaching in schools as a key driver for professional development, and some are quite evangelical about it. As I hope is clear, this is neither an attack on instructional coaching as a form of professional development nor those who are proponents of it.

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Play-Based Learning Activities to Try This Fall

Studies Weekly

There are both psychological and physiological reasons why hands-on learning is so effective at information retention. According to Psychology Today , listening and analyzing processes happen in the left hemisphere of the brain, but visual and spatial processes happen on the right side. They are not available for homeschools.

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The Impact of a Teacher

Studies Weekly

Research in neuroscience and psychology explains these lasting benefits. Teacher Advocates are available to provide support through email, phone call, video chat, and regularly scheduled Teacher Talk Webinars on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And you may be the only positive thing they can rely on. They are not available for homeschools.