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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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This is an exercise as much for presenters as audience, and is graded on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Perspective taking’ is an important skill to learn. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim.

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Social Entrepreneurship Unit with Elementary Students (2024): A Perfect STEAM Lesson

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” ( Young Kids Need to Learn About Social Entrepreneurship ) Third, this unit met my own criteria for an effective and powerful unit: Instructional challenges are hands-on, experiential, and naturally engaging for learners. Learning tasks are authentic, relevant, and promote life skills outside of the formal classroom.

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Core Tech for Math Common Core Standards #ISTE2014

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In this post, my focus is sharing some of the math resources that I heard about during "Core technologies for the Common Core" by Kyle Brumbaugh and Elizabeth Calhoon at #ISTE2014. There are a number of online tools for mathematical learning. Final thoughts Technology can enhance learning.

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning. It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .

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In Love with Space? Here are Great Websites to Take You There

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After launch, students can learn about a large range of real astronomical missions dating from the 1980s and the data they collected. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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The Limits of Curriculum Choice

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But in the first multi-state effort to measure textbook efficacy since the implementation of the Common Core, researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University saw no difference in the average fourth- and fifth-grade math achievement gains of schools using different elementary math textbooks.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

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Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.