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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

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Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? According to the study, learners who only received teacher training and did not engage with the online learning tools had poorer achievement scores. Teachers enjoy a boost in student engagement The use of interactive technology helps make lessons fascinating.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

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I refer to those epiphanies, when the metaphorical light bulb above a student’s head switches on, as “luminations.” Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance.

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What Can Colleges Do Better to Help Latino Students Succeed?

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“All of those are things we know in general can limit the potential of completion,” Santiago says, adding that institutions can respond with strategies like employing those students directly on campus, providing more financial support or having robust online access to support services. “If How do we help them get that?” Santiago says.

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A 5-Step Plan to Improve Professional Learning in Your School

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From there, you can construct a solid professional learning plan for your team. The inclusion of student voice ensures that we are creating learning experiences rooted in rigor and relevance—real-life learning that matters for students. If students can Google an answer, is this something that we should be teaching?

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Why Mission — Not Money — Will Lead Colleges to Truly Innovative Online Learning

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The report urges schools away from all-in-one service bundles that outsource design, construction, and sometimes even teaching of online courses, and especially from contractors who promise hugely increased revenue. In-house course design and fiscal responsibility alone, though, will not be enough to create really robust online programs.

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Solar Eclipse Activities For Kids

Carly and Adam

Start with a blue paper plate to represent the sky and cut out a yellow Sun and a green and blue Earth from construction paper. It's a tactile way to learn, reinforcing the spatial understanding of how eclipses occur, and making abstract concepts more concrete and accessible for young minds.

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How to Catch a Leprechaun STEM Activity

Carly and Adam

Need a fun and engaging STEM Challenge for St. One of our favorite ways to increase student engagement is with STEM, and one of our favorite STEM activities is the How to Catch a Leprechaun STEM Challenge. Before completing this challenge students write a step by step plan. Patricks Day?

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