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Teach Critical Thinking

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There’s a reason why the brain uses 25% of the calories you eat: Thinking is hard work. Subjects like math and science — the ones only “smart” kids do well in — demand that you find patterns, unravel clues, connect one dot to another, and scaffold knowledge learned in prior lessons. Worse, you’re either right or wrong with no gray areas.

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Literacy Conferences to Reach All Students

Middle Web

Literacy consultant Anne Anderson recommends fellow literacy teachers and coaches keep Dan Feigelson’s Radical Listening near at hand. Implementing the book’s detailed guidelines for active listening during reading and writing conferences will benefit all of your learners. The post Literacy Conferences to Reach All Students first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Sep 8, Vectors

Online Math for All

Vectors - Concepts - Examples

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3rd Grade Math Concepts

Basic-Mathematics

Looking for 3rd grade math concepts? See the math curriculum that is taught in 3th grade.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Sep 8, Vectors Worksheet

Online Math for All

Vectors Worksheet

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What is the fate of dissolved oxygen in our oceans?

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What is the fate of dissolved oxygen in our oceans? Published: Dr Babette Hoogakker , based at Heriot-Watt University in the UK, leads the FARGO project, which studies past dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Pacific Ocean. The aim is to improve understanding of the longer-term seawater oxygen cycle and improve climate models of the future. TALK LIKE A PALAEOCEANOGRAPHER.

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Young People Have Unanswered Questions About Abortion. Online Sex Ed Can Help.

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The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade represents a low point in a series of low points for reproductive health and rights in this country. Young people today have seen very few victories for education, reproductive rights and social justice in their lifetimes, and have instead lived through numerous attacks on their very selves. Sadly, this moment, though a crisis, is not new for them.