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Prioritizing Critical Thinking and Creativity in the classroom
22 小时之前 · For example, students might start by creating a simple animation using a tool like Scratch, which helps them get comfortable with basic coding and storytelling.After mastering that, they could be tasked with transforming the animation into an interactive game using video sensing, adding features like user input, score tracking, and game logic.As the projects progress, students gain a deeper ...
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Simple Ways to Support Teachers: Tips for School Leaders - Edutopia
23 小时之前 · 1. Provide Ample Notice: Last-minute notices can be unnerving for some teachers, especially if they already have an extended list of time-bound tasks. I understand this firsthand. A few weeks ago, a colleague asked me to moderate a …
Addressing AI Use Proactively in the Classroom | Edutopia
23 小时之前 · Every school year, I greet my students with optimism. While I am getting to know them, and helping them get to know each other, I also have to help them understand the academic expectations of our course. With generative AI in the mix, these conversations have changed over the past few years. To ...
To Study Better, Don’t Start From Zero | Edutopia
2025年1月10日 · In a perfect world, students would use the best study methods that research has to offer—strategies like self-quizzing, spaced practice, and retrieval techniques that are proven to lead to deeper comprehension and better academic performance. The reality is that when they study for tests, kids ...
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2024 - Edutopia
2024年12月6日 · It was a big year for tech. Cell phones had their moment in the sun, and then just as suddenly fell from grace and began disappearing from classrooms nationwide.In their stead, a revolutionary new tool powered by large-language models arose in the West—Silicon Valley, to be precise—and began to write in fluid, human-sounding paragraphs.
2024 in Review, From Your Point of View - Edutopia
2024年12月13日 · But teachers aren’t mental health professionals; they can’t shoulder the burden alone. The American School Counselor Association recommends staffing ratios of one counselor for every 250 students—yet the national average is 376 students per counselor, with a few states like Arizona wildly above that ratio. Meanwhile, more than a …
How Deeper Learning Can Emerge From Difficult Lessons - Edutopia
2024年12月13日 · A large set of studies have found that brief quizzes administered right after a lesson can reduce the possibility of forgetting new material by up to 50 percent. And research shows that the process of struggling through short quizzes immediately after learning activates the neural circuits that support long-term retention and performance.