TCI

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Building a toolbox of teaching strategies can help educators meet the needs of students and bring social studies to life. This hands-on approach ensures that students are not just absorbing information but actively applying and exploring it, making subjects like social studies more meaningful and memorable.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. So research skills, those foundational skills, are a part of it, and that involves parts of a book. Its the best-kept secret in education, to be a school librarian, Rhue says with pride.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Paula Stamey, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Benton, Tennessee, taught for 20 years before her school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School and adopted one-to-one technology in 2017. The inconvenient truth, however, is that it is not easy to come by high-impact professional development.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

While some students also receive one-on-one remediation, Fisher said that research shows those interventions aren’t enough to close the gap. “We HSHMC’s approach of integrating literacy into content classes is something that researchers are calling for. were out of line with current research , known as “the science of reading.”

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

For the fall, district leaders are working with Dr. Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, to modify, update, and provide cultural relevance and accuracy for the Social Studies curriculum. Edtech and Professional Development.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Developer: Michigan State University Research. 2nd grade social studies. Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. Developer: Stanford University Research. Developer: University of Washington Research. Curriculum. Curriculum. 6th grade science.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Drawing on Elizabeth Cohen’s research on cooperative groupwork, this strategy helps prepare students to articulate detailed and thoughtful answers. Many social studies topics are nuanced, motivating students to debate and engage deeply. Learn more about TCI’s innovative approach to social studies.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

of the population, according to research from New American Economy, and are the fastest-growing ethnic minority group in the United States, according to Pew Research. Teach Social Studies through different cultural perspectives using our printed and online K-6 Social Studies curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2024

Over five weeks this spring, about 300 people – teachers, school and district leaders, higher ed faculty, education consultants and AI researchers – came together to learn how to use AI and develop their own basic AI tools and resources. The professional development opportunity was designed by technology nonprofit Playlab.ai

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ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

There is no one who knows what students need more than us.” — Angelica Martinez, 2023 Graduate, Sunnyside Unified School District (AZ) Historically, research institutions, education entrepreneurs and technology developers have led the research and development (R&D) of education programs and tools.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

While every school is unique, research has identified several elements that can almost universally increase the chances for successful teacher development and create a powerful and positive school community. Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

This is critical because in addition to improving student well-being, research shows that when students feel represented in school and learn about the experiences and stories of people who look like them, academic performance and attendance rise. In fact, diverse representation and multicultural awareness benefits all students.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? Poor teacher support and inadequate training, researchers suggest, may be contributing. Or even newer math ?)

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Melissa Hedges, the math curriculum director for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers at a professional development seminar how folded paper can be used to demonstrate the solution to a fractions problem. He helped develop a “spectrum” that became the centerpiece of the program. Why am I enjoying myself right now?” I hate math.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Hollander said the project, which is structured as a fellowship, is set up to look at both aquatic and terrestrial science phenomena in the state, as well as social studies elements because “there is a lot of history around that changing landscape of Louisiana and the cultural groups that are affected as well.”.

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 117

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

We need to invest as an organization [in an] effort that will allow us to really focus on projects, initiatives, challenges and research that really is centered in this idea of inclusive innovation,” Smith said in an interview. There was much more emphasis on critical thinking and primary source investigation.

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Primary Sources Social Science Professional Development Critical Thinking 123

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. Ever since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May spurred what may be the largest social movement in U.S. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. Researchers tend to agree that screen time itself is not bad, at least for older kids.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2019

And while educators don’t typically learn about the topic in their undergraduate teaching programs or even in graduate science programs, professional development opportunities are popping up, although teachers often have to cover the costs to attend. Glenn Branch, deputy director, National Center for Science Education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2018

Louis Park High School, just outside of Minneapolis, take time out of their social studies class for a team-building exercise that is part of the school’s Building Assets, Reducing Risks program. Since 2010, its creator, Angela Jerabek, has sought research support to test the BARR program in other schools. Freshmen at St.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

Elementary teachers can help students hone these skills through science, social studies, and health. Soft Skills in Social Studies There is a clear connection between social studies and soft skills like: communication, emotional intelligence, teamwork, and cultural awareness.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In another project, students used Photoshop Elements to create typographical portraits of people and characters they researched in class. Middle school students use pre-crafted story maps to learn standard classroom content in science and social studies. By Chloe, Age 6. Vista Innovation & Design Academy.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Research shows that many adolescents in the United States struggle with reading, and one key reason is their limited vocabularies. This research-based intervention focuses on “all-purpose” academic vocabulary words — words that are relevant across disciplines, but that are infrequently used in casual conversation.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Research shows that many adolescents in the United States struggle with reading, and one key reason is their limited vocabularies. This research-based intervention focuses on “all-purpose” academic vocabulary words — words that are relevant across disciplines, but that are infrequently used in casual conversation.

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Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 72

TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

Motivation and Engagement: Research shows that gamified learning positively impacts student motivation and engagement. A 2021 study highlighted a positive relationship between gamified learning and student motivation from 2015 to 2020. Simple Ways to Gamify Learning Additional Gamification Resources How Do Games Benefit Learning?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

And a slightly higher percentage of nonwhite teachers than white ones—45 percent vs. 42 percent—said that they were considering leaving their position last school year, researchers at the University of Arkansas’ College of Education & Health Professions found. identify as people of color, compared with more than half of students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

Schools of education typically require students earning a degree in elementary education to take regular arts and science classes – such English literature, social studies, math, fine arts, and even physical education – as well as a “methods” class that teaches them how to present the material and to anticipate the common errors students make.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

In addition, when children know about their own family history, they are more resilient and emotionally stable, according to research as reported by Bruce Feiler in 2013 in the New York Times. Engage your students in studying the past with Studies Weekly’s pre-K–6 Social Studies curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Schools used their professional development budgets, and were able to use federal money, for teacher training to support work toward the switch. Another 13 were in “developing” stages of adoption, according to Competency Works , an online project of iNACOL, an education research nonprofit.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

And right now, some district leaders and researchers say that's precisely what both students and teachers need. This Brookings Institute report and these LEGO Foundation research projects , along with teacher experiences, tell us that play—specifically purposeful play—has a staggering list of benefits in the classroom. Why Teachers ??

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Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development Social Studies 98

ED Surge

JUNE 27, 2023

And it wasn't just happening in one class, but it was like happening in English, happening in social studies, happening in science. Summer is a time that lots of teachers are attending trainings and professional development. They were describing these new practices of revision and collaborative writing.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 2, 2024

We also teach gifted students and we find that all the extra activities that Studies Weekly gives us are so great for our higher learners. Studies Weekly really adds to our Social Studies lessons and it makes it so easy for us to teach! We’re so happy with Studies Weekly and think you will be too.

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Heritage Primary Sources Social Studies Lesson Plan 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

In the weeks ahead, the girls would weave the interview and their own research into four individual narratives about Millones, one of several immigrants telling their stories at King, where nearly a quarter of the students were born overseas. For now, however, they were mired in the initial research and needed to get out of their own heads.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

According to Britannica, Du Bois published 16 research monographs and the first-ever case study of a U.S. To the end of his life, Du Bois never stopped his research, and he published dozens more books, essays, and articles on his own in pursuit of freedom. Black community.

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ACRE

AUGUST 23, 2022

Over the summer, Arkansas Social Studies, CTE, and Mathematics educators attended Personal Finance Day at UCA, an event focused on teaching the Arkansas Personal Finance standards. Primerica: How Money Works The How Money Works guide is available from Primerica, a company that provides insurance, investment and financial services.

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