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What New Research Says About Fostering a ‘Sense of Belonging’ in Classrooms

ED Surge

Research shows that everybody finds things like that annoying, but if you're a first-generation college student, those start to trigger worries about belonging, because there's a belonging uncertainty there,” he says. Walton has spent decades researching how to foster a stronger sense of belonging in education settings.

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Black holes: the meeting of gravity and quantum physics

Futurum

Black holes: the meeting of gravity and quantum physics. Dr Daniel Terno and his team at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, are building a framework of characteristics that can be used to search for black holes in the Universe, but their findings may challenge our understanding of the fundamental laws of physics.

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Astronaut Training and the 4 C's of STEM

Vivify Stem

Post by Michelle Bogden & Natasha Wilkerson January 22, 2024 Unleash Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking in your Students! Challenge your students to complete astronaut training to collect all four badges: creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking!

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Demystifying Social-Emotional Learning and the Controversy Surrounding It

ED Surge

And more than that, vilifying SEL will likely only move education in the wrong direction, educators and researchers say. And that teaching might take place through a medium of using physical movement or using songs or videos to make it engaging for little kids and to keep their attention.

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How to Introduce Tech to Kids as a Parent

Ask a Tech Teacher

Utilizing technology in the classroom also promotes collaboration and communication, preparing students for the increasingly interconnected and globalized world they will enter as adults. With a little bit of research, you can find the perfect tech resources to help educate your child and set them up for success in the digital world.

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Does Science Still Have a Seat at the Table?

STEM Next

Teachers everywhere had found new ways to enhance student communication and collaboration, such as using apps, videos, webinars, and online labs ( New approaches for teaching science remotely arise from the COVID-19 crisis ). Elsewhere, though, there were glimmers of hope. Like many, I was saddened but unsurprised.

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

Cool Cat Teacher

Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Too much education is received passively, and Jon knows from both research and experience that students learn best when they are active participants. There's research. It's amazing.

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