ED Surge

MAY 24, 2022

What researchers found, and have continued to study in the years since, is that teens have different, and greater, needs when it comes to sleep than people of other ages. But it turns out that plenty of schools make it hard for teens to get the amount of sleep that doctors recommend. The lead researcher was] Mary Carskadon.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2023

When he was working on his book on the topic more than a decade ago, he says he reached out to civil rights groups hoping they’d be interested in using his research to launch campaigns against legacy programs, but had few takers. But even that financial argument is not well-founded, argues Kahlenberg.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2017

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

That’s the question posed by science journalist Annie Murphy Paul, who points to research emphasizing the many ways that thinking is influenced not just by what’s inside our skull, but by cues from our body movements, by our surroundings, and by other people we’re interacting with. I’ll take one from each area of research.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2016

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for learning technology. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Many schools were adopting social-emotional learning programs and frameworks, weaving practices that support social and emotional development into various parts of the school day and reporting material improvements in student behavior and outcomes. What does it look like to teach SEL in school?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2019

They feel no guilt, don’t understand the legal risk they face, and think the argument that “everyone does it” makes it OK. I was excited when Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Milyn Anne, offered this article explaining the why behind plagiarizing: What Factors Influence Your Tendency to Plagiarize in School?

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Computer Science Teacher

MARCH 3, 2022

Honestly, I missed people and a lot of people I know in CS Education and CS Ed research are here. She started publishing and researching what became object oriented programming while I was in the early stages of my career. The argument for Python is multiple. I am finding the arguments for Python more convincing than I expected.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Educators and parents started this school year with bated breath. According to a survey administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2019, 37 percent of high school students said they experienced persistent sadness or hopelessness and 19 percent reported suicidality. In response, more than half of all U.S.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

It represents one part of a greater attempt to encourage “responsible” use of this technology by the federal government , including a $140 million investment to create national academies that will focus on AI research, which is inching the country closer to a regulatory framework for AI. At the moment, more research is needed.

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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. They’re exhausting,” says Beth Carlson, an English teacher at Kennebunk High School, in Maine, who says she occasionally does 15-minute-each oral assessments for students in the school’s IB program.

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ED Surge

JULY 12, 2022

I came across this paper while researching our Bootstraps podcast series about educational equity. And as we’ll get to later in this episode, this research is personal for me, and I’m very excited to shine a light on this work. It seems like there's a lot of common sense to this argument that is very accessible to a non-philosopher.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 9, 2018

It’s the end of school. Students will be buzzing with all the new material and eager to use it for summer school or the next year. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue and then debate it in front of the class. Designed for middle and high school, but adaptable to other grades.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

It’s the end of school. Students will be buzzing with all the new material and eager to use it for summer school or the next year. Give students a couple of class periods–one to research bridges (using their internet search and research skills) and a few to build the virtual bridge. Designed for grades 3-12.

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ED Surge

JUNE 9, 2022

Which schools deserve to top lists of the best colleges in the U.S.? That’s the argument made by researchers at the think tank Third Way, who developed a new way to rank the nation’s colleges. Meanwhile, she adds, the top 10 schools based on the economic mobility index enroll nearly 100,000 Pell recipients.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2022

At a time when students, families, schools and districts are still grappling with the trauma of the last two years, including a mental health crisis among youth, we can ill-afford a frenzied battle based in grievance and fear-mongering, ignoring the advances made in our understanding of how young people learn and develop.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

As a high school social studies teacher, my job includes helping students learn to use evidence to present arguments, engage in civil discourse and take informed action to bring about change. A core part of that is preparing students to write out in the real world. But there are forces that get in the way.

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The Maker Mom

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Online debate classes encourage students to think things through and present their concepts to others verbally, using research and logic. Many of these schools also offer in-person camps during the summer. Topics covered include logical thinking, case research, extemporaneous speaking, and voice projection.

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ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2023

Recently, I was in a meeting with department chairs and administrators at my high school. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods.

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User Generated Education

JULY 31, 2023

Too many classes, all grade levels, begin the school year with getting down to academic business – starting to cover content, discussing expectations regarding academic requirements, giving tests, and other academic information provided by the teacher to the students in a mostly one-way communication.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2016

It’s the end of school. Students will be buzzing with all the new material and eager to use it for summer school or the next year. Give students a couple of class periods–one to research bridges (using their internet search and research skills) and a few to build the virtual bridge. Designed for grades 3-12.

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STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 21, 2023

Research has shown that engaging in puzzle-solving activities can improve cognitive abilities, such as logical reasoning, spatial awareness, and pattern recognition. Research has consistently shown that critical thinking is linked to higher academic achievement, increased creativity, and improved problem-solving abilities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2017

The Socratic Method requires cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, asking and answering questions that stimulate critical thinking and draw out underlying presumptions. Students prepare by closely reading/researching the text or topic. — image credit: Fresno Public Schools. summarize points of agreement.

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National Science Foundation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Few would discount the power and promise of diversifying the teaching force, especially in STEM fields; however, our research offers the field of STEM education new insight into the conversation. Board of Education decision in the pushout of Black teachers in integrated schools. The Diversity Imperative.

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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Published: Going to university is a huge change from going to high school. Students in Science Seminar working on research skills Seminar students working on STEM activity Science Seminar students working on a case study How are these skills taught? How can first-year STEM university students be better supported?

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke with Molly Castner, a middle school ELA teacher who, intrigued by the prospect of providing real-time feedback to students and fostering critical thinking, embraced the integration of AI in her classroom. What initially sparked your interest in exploring and implementing AI tools in your classroom?

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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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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. I’ve taught high school English for years. Then, talk of the events of the Parkland shooting turned to the problems revealed by mass shootings in schools. Both failed to pass their respective state legislatures.

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User Generated Education

MAY 6, 2018

I, along with many others, have been impressed with how articulate the Parkland students have been regarding their school shooting and gun laws. When students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High debated gun control in class last November, they never imagined they were preparing to lead a national discussion on how to prevent school shootings.

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STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 23, 2023

As a teacher, I know the importance of fostering teamwork and problem-solving skills in our middle school students. KEY TAKEAWAY What are problem solving team building activities for middle school? Communication is a crucial aspect of problem-solving team building activities, especially for middle school students.

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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The first student has an extremely high grade point average (GPA) from their school exams, while the second student’s GPA is still good, but not as high. They grew up in an affluent neighbourhood with wealthy parents who could afford to send them to a top-class school and pay for one-to-one tutoring to help them prepare for their exams.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

This is especially important with multi-player games like Minecraft (you will close the system at school, but that may not be the case in the student’s home). Describe research you did to make your Minecraft world more realistic and workable. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. It’s new.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 23, 2022

This is intuitive, but first, let's look at some research. Research from Malik and Risvi supports a classroom culture that gets students in active in the classroom. How to Build School Culture and Student Relationships Scroll down for the show transcript. Now there are two pieces of research we want to relate to.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

software engineering school Makers Academy, and Mamokgethi Phakeng, vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town in South Africa. And the argument is that if a university degree is a good investment, it ought to be substantially more valuable than the opportunity cost. There are two key weaknesses to our argument.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2018

In 2015, Idaho adopted an open-enrollment policy allowing families to send students to their school of choice. School leaders credit a multi-faceted senior writing project, new curricula, and instructional technology for bringing new students to their doors. Middle school is prime time [to teach about process and citation],”.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In my school, every teacher assesses writing. If I use Common Core as an example, here’s what these Standards call out as important about writing (slightly rephrased from the Anchor Standards): Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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National Science Foundation

JANUARY 20, 2022

Now, this is usually where I would launch into a well-honed set of arguments explicating the various economic, societal, and moral imperatives which make clear the need for America to tackle issues of equity and inclusion through a systemic transformation approach to cultivate a larger and more inclusive STEMM workforce. Absolutely!

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