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St. Patrick's Day STEM Centers

Carly and Adam

Each center is thoughtfully designed to challenge students with problem-solving tasks, creative projects, and hands-on experiments that are both educational and enjoyable. Patrick’s Day Creativity Challenges 2. Color Mixing with Primary and Secondary Colors 9. Patricks Day STEM Activities for Kids 1. Create Rainbow Pixel Art 3.

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Want Students Who Think for Themselves? Let’s Eliminate Our Standardized School System

ED Surge

In this kind of learning environment, where a student’s creativity and critical thinking skills are constantly challenged, John took some time to adjust. The primary purpose of grading is to communicate a student’s achievement of learning goals. I don’t believe this is what’s best for kids.

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What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?

ED Surge

At the K-12 level, there’s been a push to create more flexibility in the school day for “immersive experiences,” like internships and hands-on projects, from players such as XQ Institute, the nonprofit supported by Emerson Collective that since 2015 has poured millions of dollars into efforts across the country to “rethink high school.”

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This Program Is Empowering the Next Generation of Computational Thinkers

ED Surge

We strongly believe that CT—as a thought process, such as logical thinking, problem solving and creativity—is more important than technical skills at a young age. We’ve developed a comprehensive and flexible curriculum intended for mass adoption. Global Benchmarking of Computational Thinking Education in Primary Schools.

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

ED Surge

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. The answer? Not enough. however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations.

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How to Refresh the STEM Curriculum in Your Classroom

STEM Sport

The primary challenge for educators is to develop and maintain a STEM curriculum that is both responsive and adaptable to these ongoing advancements. This approach not only enriches their knowledge base but fosters critical thinking and creativity – skills essential to the real-world implementation of skills.

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Modelling minds: can computers mimic human intelligence?

Futurum

While many animals display specialised forms of intelligence, humans are flexible and creative when dealing with unfamiliar circumstances as our brains have the capacity for adaptive learning. Understanding how the human brain functions so efficiently and flexibly remains one of the greatest mysteries of science.

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