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

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Brain science research is increasingly bolstering the idea that math instruction rooted in culturally relevant problem-solving helps students draw from their lived experiences and activates distinct areas of the brain, producing durable and deep learning.

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7 Authentic Assessment Tools

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that students have connected lessons to other learning and applied it to their lives. that students take responsibility for their learning by embracing deep learning. that lessons are scalable and dependent upon each child’s learning style. that students think creatively with their new information.

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What is the 21st Century Lesson Plan?

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Students use habits of mind like critical thinking, deep learning, and evidence-based decisions to decide on the right answers. When I first wrote lesson plans, it was all about aligning learning with standards, completing the school’s curricula, ticking off required skills. After that, it seems natural.

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Strategies to Adjust ‘Up’ What Students Know

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Emily Mofield offers a practical, realistic and highly readable set of 25 different approaches to teaching in her Vertical Differentiation for Gifted, Advanced and High-Potential Students, a book that almost any classroom teacher would find highly useful, writes Leslie Wise.

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Online battles: combatting false information and reducing online risks

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Deepfake — manipulation of existing digital media (image, video and/or audio) – e.g., by swapping faces and changing voices – or creation of new media, typically using machine learning-based techniques such as deep learning. It is not only words that can be misleading, but also non-textual data such as digital images and videos.

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The 8 Elements of Critical Thinking

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5 important critical thinking skills Critical thinking, as stated earlier, is an analytic framework that consists of several thinking skills some of which include: 1- Asking questions The ability to think critically starts with posing serious and deep questions regarding what is normatively considered valid and true knowledge.

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Morph with the wind: shape-changing buildings

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AEROSPACE ENGINEERING – generally involves the design and construction of aeroplanes, jets, gliders, autogyros, helicopters and more, but the skills needed to do this can be applied to other areas. CIVIL ENGINEERING – the design and construction of infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, buildings, railways and utility networks.