PCS Edventures

AUGUST 8, 2023

Coding boosts academic achievement while simultaneously embedding life-long skills in learners. Elementary-aged learners are capable of providing computers with instructions to achieve a specific outcome through code! We have the perfect curriculum and technology to start coding with younger learners!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 14, 2023

Tools like Siri, Alexa, ChatGPT, and a plethora of apps seem perfect for handling the repetitive and time-consuming aspects of education that take teachers away from the core of most lessons that require critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving. Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The graduate-level econometrics course I teach is required and it’s designed to foster analytical and critical thinking skills in causal research methods. As I consider how to weave these tools into my curriculum, two pathways have emerged. The baseline is no longer zero, it is AI.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The positive impact of teachers has been extensively substantiated through years of research highlighting that teacher effectiveness is the most important school-based factor related to student achievement and outcomes. PLTW Launch curriculum for preK-5 students was created to address this.

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STEM Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

One powerful tool that can help achieve this is a STEM curriculum map. In this article, we’ll explore the benefits of STEM curriculum mapping and provide practical guidance on how educators can develop and implement these maps in their classrooms.

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STEM Sport

JUNE 13, 2023

STEM curriculum is an essential part of a child’s education. Early implementation of the STEM curriculum leads to confidence and increased student achievement in STEM, which helps better prepare students for higher education and future careers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2023

Look at what Harvey Silver says in his book, Compare and Contrast : By compiling the available research on effective instruction, Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock found that strategies that engage students in comparative thinking had the greatest effect on student achievement, leading to an average percentile gain of 45 points.

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CTE Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, the integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum at the middle school and high school levels has emerged as a transformative force.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Make the classroom a safe, non-judgmental learning environment where students can practice their critical thinking skills. If they are thinking outside the box, don’t pull them back in. Ask questions: Is this approach going to meet expectations, solve problems, achieve desired results? If it is, let them do it!

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CTE Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, the integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum at the middle school and high school levels has emerged as a transformative force. These experiences go beyond textbooks, allowing students to engage with real-world applications of STEM concepts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 8, 2024

These institutions typically adhere to a one-size-fits-all approach, offering a rigid curriculum that doesn’t necessarily cater to the diverse learning needs and styles of all students. This involves not only adapting curriculums and teaching strategies but also rethinking attitudes towards diversity and inclusion.

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STEM Sport

JULY 12, 2023

One way to ensure a STEM curriculum is effective is a thorough review process. This article outlines how to review the STEM curriculum and the most effective ways to enhance the curriculum to optimize the student experience. Below is a list of things to consider when reviewing and refining your curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Enrichment program for high achievers. Enriched learning for high-achieving students, like GATE (Gifted and Talented), Honors, AP (Advanced Placement), and IB (International Baccalaureate), often requires teachers augment daily class activities with additional lesson plans and resources.

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Vivify Stem

JANUARY 24, 2024

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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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

It takes critical thinking and a sense for the numbers to even understand how or why a student’s approach might be wrong, Barclay says. That’s led to a growing interest in changing how it’s done, with political fights over how to shake things up and large investments into improving math curriculum. Barclay says. isn’t working.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2023

Introducing technology to kids at a young age helps them develop essential problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity skills. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

It’s fascinating that today’s game playing youth want a set of rules they must beat, parameters they must meet, levels (read: standards) they must achieve, and a Big Goal (think: graduation) they can only reach after a lot of hard work, intense thinking, and mountains of problems. Which they love.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 24, 2015

Instead, it showed the positive impact of educational media on student achievement. Key findings include: 1) High quality digital content positively impacted student content knowledge and critical thinking practices when integrated into existing curriculum.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 30, 2022

They encourage critical thinking and problem solving and accomplish objectives of curriculum frameworks. Board games promote collaboration, inquiry, and critical thinking. and from Knowledge Quest : Games provide stories and information, presented in a new format.

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Teach Hub

MAY 24, 2024

Despite often being the first to be cut from the curriculum in some schools, dismissed as a luxury, or merely a source of fridge-worthy projects, art education holds profound benefits. This freedom promotes innovative thinking. It also helps to develop students’ critical thinking skills.

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STEM for Kids

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

STEM For Kids® is pleased to announce the newest addition to our industry-leading curriculum portfolio… STEM Icons: Celebrating Black History for kids. Engaging with stories and accomplishments of STEM achievers sparks curiosity and a love for exploration in children.

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CoderZ

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Critical Thinking Beyond the Screen: Games are renowned for enhancing critical thinking skills within their carefully crafted environments. However, the true test of critical thinking lies in its application to real-life challenges.

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Bright and Smart

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

By incorporating hands-on activities into our children's curriculum, it will help them to improve skills like: Creativity Critical Thinking Independent Thinking Brainstorming Problem-solving Teamwork Welcome parents and teachers! stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

Critical Thinking and Scientific Literacy Exposure to the scientific community and its methods enhances students’ and amateur volunteer scientists’ approaches toward specific problems. This is of special interest to students envisioning a research career, as these contributions have a positive impact on their prospects.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Does student display creativity and critical thinking in the achievement of goals? She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Has student progressed in keyboarding skills?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects. Some of the critical thinking traits included are: perseverance. critique the thinking of others.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

Reviewing classroom video, or what John Hattie calls “micro-teaching,” is one of the strongest factors related to student achievement in his list of 250+ items. Building self-awareness positively impacts emotional intelligence, empathy, listening skills, critical-thinking skills, decision making, communication and leadership.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

For example, when teaching spreadsheets, make the software or online tools a vehicle for practicing critical thinking, data analysis, and evidence-based learning, not for learning one brand of software or a particular spreadsheet tool. Critical thinking Education reform Lesson plans play' Differentiation is the norm.

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User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

Rather than the maker experiences being an after school program, an add on activity, or an activity that is implemented when students have done their regular lessons work, it should be part of the regular, day-to-day curriculum. To do this, though, the educator needs to approach his or her curriculum and lessons with a maker mindset.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Or in K-12 settings, where the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum used by many high schools has an oral component. What Qi has come to value most from oral exams is that she feels it can be a powerful opportunity to teach students how to think like an engineer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2020

Successful docking is achieved when all greeen numbers in the center of the interface are below 0.2. Use this simulation as part of either a space science unit or to encourage critical thinking and problem solving among students, possibly within an exercise on gamifying classroom lessons. – See more at: [link]. Cost: Free.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 8, 2024

If a student finds the curriculum or the teacher’s delivery mundane, the RAS blocks the information from entering the prefrontal cortex or “higher brain.” Competing to make it through the RAS filter is the first step in better teaching practices and improving student achievement. Think with me for a second.

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Bright and Smart

DECEMBER 5, 2023

By incorporating hands-on activities into our children's curriculum, it will help them to improve skills like: Creativity Critical Thinking Independent Thinking Brainstorming Problem-solving Teamwork This week, students all around the world will be participating in (the) Hour of Code!

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STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 27, 2023

By seamlessly integrating art into our curriculum, we not only enhance academic learning but also foster imagination and critical thinking skills. Art integrated learning guidelines promote the fusion of artistic creativity with STEM concepts to foster innovative thinking. (

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Chillax Science

MAY 3, 2023

If you are or have been a school teacher, you are probably familiar with the feelings associated with constant changes to the curriculum. In this approach, the teacher is usually the primary source of knowledge and expertise, while students are expected to follow the teacher’s lead and adhere to predetermined curriculum standards.

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CoderZ

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Where can we approach curriculum and teaching with interdisciplinary subject matter. If you ask an employer or recruiter today what they seek in an employee, you will likely hear a myriad of responses that focus on the desire for prior experience, technical skills, and/or academic achievement.

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STEM for Kids

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

STEM For Kids® is pleased to announce the newest addition to our industry-leading curriculum portfolio… STEM Icons: Celebrating Black History for kids. Engaging with stories and accomplishments of STEM achievers sparks curiosity and a love for exploration in children.

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