ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2023

About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had inspected their freshman calculus course, “Calculus for Life Sciences.” The students have voted with their feet, Van Valkenburgh adds.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In recent years high schools across the country have been adding computer science courses, and there is a movement to make them ubiquitous. It’s like math anxiety — they think they can’t do it,” the professor says of some students. It’s not surprising in some ways,” says the lead researcher on the study, Jing Liu. “But

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

I’ve updated Ask a Tech Teacher’s list of ten math tools we posted in 2016 to be shorter and with a new option. I think this will better reflect what’s going on today in our classrooms: It can be difficult to teach math, but with the proper tools, it can often be made easier. Pricing: Free for teachers and students.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2024

In response, Schneider and researchers from Michigan State and the University of Helsinki in Finland developed a curriculum called Crafting Engagement for Science Environments and published a related book. The curriculum also primes students for college and potential careers in science. Department of Education and will last five years.

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

When longtime educator Zachary Cote first read about the release of ChatGPT about 15 months ago, he says his first instinct was to be “concerned” about its impact in the classroom, worried that students might simply ask the AI tool to do work for them. EdSurge connected with Cote and Davison Humphries for this week’s EdSurge Podcast.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

But Barclay — a former Virginia math educator of the year — thought back to his own experience with a discouraging middle school teacher and decided to think through what the student was saying rather than dismiss it. Or even newer math ?) So I’ve been wondering: What do we know about the science behind good math education?

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Educators Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This is even so with subjects that are notoriously known for being dry and boring such as math. In this post, I share with you a wide variety of resources where you can search for and find fun math games to use with your students in and out of class. Cool Math games are student friendly and can be used in school and at home.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Need for AI Literacy in Education The rapidly evolving space of artificial intelligence (AI) requires school and district leaders to make sense of how emerging technology applications, including those that use generative AI (Gen AI), are being integrated into schools and districts across the United States.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2024

A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started exploring how to weave standards-based grading — an approach that evaluates students on how effectively they have mastered content — into the way they teach calculus.

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Educators Technology

MARCH 26, 2022

MobyMax is a learning platform that provides educational resources for students in Kindergarten through grade 8. These resources cover different school subjects including literacy, math, science,read more.

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Accelerate Learning

JANUARY 5, 2024

In recent years, video games have emerged as a significant tool in the educational landscape. Once seen primarily as sources of entertainment, these interactive technologies have transformed, revealing their potential as innovative teaching aids. Effective methods and examples of video game integration in classrooms.

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ED Surge

MAY 27, 2022

As a fifth grade math teacher and instructional coach in New Orleans, Gibson has become increasingly interested in effective teaching informed by cognitive science —otherwise known as learning science—and how it can help teachers improve their practice. Matt Gibson spends a lot of his time thinking about how people learn.

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Accelerate Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Introducing any new curriculum into an existing educational system always has pros and cons. Looking directly at STEM education, pros and cons can really help solidify why it’s important to consider updating your curriculum to include this method for teaching science, technology, engineering, and math.

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 5, 2022

The best Instructional Technology Coaches are partners, culture leaders, encouragers, and easy to work with, says Dr. Katie Ritter. She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

As mentioned in the title, I believe this to be a perfect STREAM (Science, Technology, wRiting, Engineering, Art, Math) lesson. To introduce and reinforce ideas, concepts, and skills associated with maker education, STEM, STEAM, and STREAM. Science Related Activities and Standards. Science Standard: NGSS: 4-PS3-2.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2023

This is the second in a three-part series of conversations with Latino educators and edtech experts. Education researchers now know that Latino students were dealt an outsized blow to their learning by the coronavirus pandemic. Noriega has made a point of encouraging Latino students at her school to take computer science classes.

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ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2023

Students who don’t know that colleges prioritize calculus find themselves at a disadvantage in college admissions, according to “ Integral Voices: Examining Math Experiences of Underrepresented Students ,” a recent report from Just Equations, a California-based policy institute focused on making math more equitable.

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Educators Technology

APRIL 30, 2022

Digipuzzle is a website that offers a wide variety of free online educational games for kids. These games target various skill areas from math and geography to science and human body. I spent some.read more.

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STEM Education Shopping

JANUARY 26, 2024

Engineering, and Math In today’s fast-paced world, it’s more important than ever to equip our children with the skills they need to succeed in the future. That’s where STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education comes in.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

“As educators, we must tell the truth — to ourselves and then to our students,” writes Deaunna Watson, director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at a Montessori school in Cincinnati. Sometimes, though, the truth can be difficult to face and uncomfortable to talk about. They are meaningful, in and of themselves.”

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For all that education has changed in recent times—from the disappearance of cursive lessons to the rise of computer science in classrooms to pandemic-forced remote learning—one thing has remained stubbornly unchanged. That’s stress and anxiety over math. Underperformance, as a nation, in math is not new.

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PCS Edventures

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

SMart Engineering: The Intersection of Science, Math and Art SMart (Science, Math, Art) In the ever-evolving landscape of technology and innovation, an important synergy exists between science, mathematics and art in the field of engineering. Art and science share the power of observation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Whether in mathematics, science, economics, or engineering, graphs are commonly used to convey information in a concise and understandable manner. Preparation for Higher Education and Careers : Graphing skills are fundamental in many higher education disciplines and careers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Brianna, has some general observations about STEM education in 2020: Stem Education in 2020. About two decades ago, the sciences were not so popular among younger generations. ” The world’s workforce lacked a lot of science specialists, that is why STEM education became more popular.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 28, 2017

Today’s guest writer is Finja Kruse, a teacher experienced in different educational tools and engaged in creative writing activities in school. Luckily, this is where effective explanation comes in, and thanks to 21st-century technology there are plenty of ways to explain just about anything. You can contact her via LinkedIn.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Even so, some educators are trying to get ahead of the curve to help influence what kinds of education products and services emerge in the metaverse. This week the Brookings Institution released a policy brief titled “ A Whole New World: Education Meets the Metaverse. ” And it's more than just reading and math.

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ED Surge

MARCH 14, 2023

Experts have described this as a 'golden age' of discovery in the area of learning science, with new insights emerging regularly on how humans learn. So what can educators, policymakers and any lifelong learner gain from these new insights? But drill is actually how we learn music … and how we learn a language … and math.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our coverage of new approaches to math education drew the most interest from readers, with two different features exploring how to rethink calculus making our Top 5. EdSurge takes you inside Harvard’s Science Center, where this summer, professors imagined new ways to push calculus past its limits. Will Instructors Heed It?

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Over the last two-and-a-half years, students’ math and reading scores saw a historic decline, according to the results of a Congressionally-mandated test—known as the “nation’s report card.” The results show plummeting scores for math and reading. In math, fourth graders fell five points nationally since 2019.

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Accelerate Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2022

For one, if we, as a country, want to maintain our prominent role in science and technology discovery, we need to prepare adequately. Preparation lies in education. Creating an approach to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education that helps today’s students prepare for tomorrow is more important than ever.

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STEM Next

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) had told science teachers that kids learn science best through a hands-on, interactive, student-centered, and inquiry-based approach (see NSTA Position Statement ). The report asserted the highest priority was to revitalize K-12 science and mathematics education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Math used to be a tedious memorization of facts and formulas. Thousands of students found out, to their surprise — and often, their parents — that they loved math. Thousands of students found out, to their surprise — and often, their parents — that they loved math. Interactivate.

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Career in STEM

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In this first blog within our new Top STEM Internships series, we’ll tell you all about the best internships to be found in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Here are five of the best science internships: 1. Hope this list helps you find the perfect science internship!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 14, 2021

Here are five great ideas that are energizing and motivating: 5 Fun Science Experiments Kids Can Do at Home. Until education – or spoilsport parents – ruins them. So, here are some fun activities and easy DIY projects to get your kids excited about science. The science behind it: This demonstrates a principle called “osmosis.”

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All About STEM

MARCH 5, 2024

Engage is a community of teachers and educators in schools in challenging circumstances who want to transform access to relevant and meaningful science work for all children and young people, especially those who are most often underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

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STEM Education Works

MAY 6, 2024

Use visual applications to teach math. As 3D printing becomes increasingly prominent in both classroom and industry settings alike, adding this innovative technology to the STEM classroom is becoming more and more useful as a tool for advancing and implementing hands-on STEM education. Spark student creativity.

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Accelerate Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Introducing any new curriculum into an existing educational system always has pros and cons. Looking directly at STEM education, pros and cons can really help solidify why it’s important to consider updating your curriculum to include this method for teaching science, technology, engineering, and math.

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