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If We’re Serious About Student Well-Being, We Must Change the Systems Students Learn In

ED Surge

Educators and parents started this school year with bated breath. Last year’s stress led to record levels of teacher burnout and mental health challenges for students. Even before the pandemic, a mental health crisis among high schoolers loomed. 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.

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Simple Strategies to Teach Math Through Play

Accelerate Learning

Research indicates that attitudes towards mathematics, especially at a young age, can significantly influence a child’s success in math. The good news is that there are simple strategies for introducing math concepts to play that can foster a positive attitude.

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

Educators Technology

Scientific knowledge is proliferating in an unprecedented rate with an increasing number of journal articles and research papers published every year across various disciplines from humanities to medicine and technology. Unfortunately, a sizeable portion of this academic scholarship is locked behind paywalls thus restricting its access to those who can afford to pay.

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Can Analyzing Clicks in Digital Systems Predict Which Students Are Struggling? It Depends.

ED Surge

Now that so much college work is done digitally in learning management systems, many colleges are trying to analyze student data from those platforms to predict which students need help. But the practice is so new that it’s not yet clear how well the approach actually works. Can big data from the LMS predict success in a class? That’s the question tackled by a research paper published this week.

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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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Transformative Education: STEM Education for Sustainable Development Goals

Scientix

Adopted by the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations Education 2030 Framework Action, is coordinated by the UNESCO Education Agency and aims to “provide equal and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.”. UNESCO’s report “Redesigning our future together: a new social contract for education” states that we need renewed and more effective approaches to help students improve

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What causes skin tanning?

Smore Science

Summertime, Credit; canva.com. What causes the skin to tan? After a fun day at the beach, you come back home burning red. You should’ve listened to your mother when she told you for the hundredth time: don’t forget to wear sunscreen. The largest organ of the body. Have you ever really thought about your skin? Our entire body is covered by it and its derivatives (hair, nails, and sweat glands ), making the skin the largest organ in the body.

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How to Find the Right STEM Maker Kit for Your Classroom

Kid Spark Education

Choosing a cost-effective hands-on STEM program that fits your classroom’s needs and continues to challenge students is difficult. Here are some tips on how to find a STEM Maker Kit that inspires your students throughout the school year.

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Top tips for homeschooling

Futurum

Top tips for homeschooling. Tweet. Share. 0. Skype. Reddit. +1. Pinterest. 0. LinkedIn. 0. Email. According to the National Center for Education Statistics , over 5% of children in the US are educated at home. The number of homeschooled students has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdowns and school closures highlighted the benefits homeschooling to families.

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Oct 14, Quotient Rule of Derivative

Online Math for All

Quotient Rule of Derivative - Concept - Examples

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.

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What The White House ‘AI Bill of Rights’ Means For Education

ED Surge

With anxiety over AI growing , the federal government published its blueprint for how to keep privacy from flatlining in the digital age. Published last week, the Biden Administration’s “ Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights ,” a non-binding set of principles meant to safeguard privacy, included a provision for data privacy and notes education as one of the key areas involved.

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Oct 14, Quotient Rule of Derivative Worksheet

Online Math for All

Quotient Rule of Derivative Worksheet

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Reimagining Assessments for Learner Centricity

Magic EdTech

Assessments have always been an integral part of education. Until now, they’ve measured one’s ability to remember what has been taught, academic literacy, logical fluency, and the ability to perform structured tasks under controlled periods. Though assessments perform various functions in an educational space, It mainly tells educators how much of what’s been taught is being retained, understood, and applied.

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Oct 14, Chain Rule of Derivative Worksheet

Online Math for All

Chain Rule of Derivative Worksheet

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson. ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these!

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Reimagining Assessments for Learner Centricity

Magic EdTech

Assessments have always been an integral part of education. Until now, they’ve measured one’s ability to remember what has been taught, academic literacy, logical fluency, and the ability to perform structured tasks under controlled periods. Though assessments perform various functions in an educational space, It mainly tells educators how much of what’s been taught is being retained, understood, and applied.

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Oct 14, Chain Rule of Derivative

Online Math for All

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