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JANUARY 29, 2024

National Puzzle Day is celebrated on January 29th each year. It’s a day dedicated to enjoying and solving puzzles of all kinds, including jigsaw puzzles, crosswords, Sudoku, and various other brain teasers. Puzzle enthusiasts often use this day to engage in their favorite puzzle-solving activities and share their passion with others. Whether it’s a solo endeavor or a group activity, National Puzzle Day encourages people to exercise their minds and have fun with the challenges that pu

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Middle Web

JANUARY 29, 2024

To reduce confusion, math professor Dan Ilaria recommends: Stop saying “cancel” and use “name the operation.” Stop saying “plug in” and use “substitute.” Stop saying “reduce” and use “rewrite.” Stop saying “cross-multiply” and allow students to make sense of what they are solving. The post Stop Using These Four Words in Math Class first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 29, 2024

Free Valentine’s Day Activity (Creativity Challenge) Teachers, are you looking for a free resource for Valentine’s Day? Spark your students’ creativity this Valentine’s Day with the 6 Hearts Creativity Challenge. These hearts serve as a canvas for students to transform them into various objects, unleashing their imagination. What are creativity challenges?

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PCS Edventures

JANUARY 29, 2024

"We can never come to know the whole of reality by isolating variables." -Andrew P. Johnson, PhD, Holistic Learning Theory and Holistic Education, 2005 What Is Holistic Learning? Holistic educators facilitate learning experiences that nurture learners’ minds, bodies and hearts. They aim to develop the whole child by encouraging them to be self-directed, well-rounded learners with diverse skill sets.

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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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STEM Education Works

JANUARY 29, 2024

As educators, we continually seek fresh perspectives and innovative strategies to enhance our teaching, especially in the ever-evolving realm of STEM education. I’ve found TED Talks to be a valuable resource for inspiration and professional growth. In this blog post, I’m excited to share with you three STEM-focused TED Talks that have particularly resonated with me this year.

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Scientix

JANUARY 29, 2024

CC-BY provided by the author Plants are the foundation of all life on earth. From serving our food system, to contributing to biotechnology solutions for global challenges, the importance of plants is undeniable. Yet, plants are often overlooked and taken for granted. Teaching children about plants is a good opportunity to help them learn about healthy living.

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