Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2019

When writing or talking about the text, students wound up using pronouns to refer to themselves rather than the characters (as they do in traditional novels), for example, “I know where to go.” Research and pedagogy unequivocally point to digital game-based learning as an instructional methodology that can improve literacy skills.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

One of the companies in the first cohort that earned the certification is Newsela, which takes content from trusted brands such as National Geographic and the Associated Press and turns it into instructional materials. About 10 months ago, Newsela hired Jennifer Merriman to be its senior director of research and efficacy.

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Education Company EdTech Instructional Materials 171

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

And so, they reached out to myself and Carl Hooker , another one of our proud Texans, and asked if the two of us would go and testify in front of the Senate, in front of the legislature, on educational technology and Open Education Resources and instructional materials. And so it’s really interesting.

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Future Ready Social Media iPad Flipped Classroom 279

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The method teaches children to read by providing training and direction instruction materials for teachers and individualized software instruction for students. Referring to his staff as team players, they know their efforts are worth more than just wages because they help change the life of someone who is learning to read.

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Training Instructional Materials Blended Learning Groups 149

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Silent reading is sometimes referred to as the “other fluency,” with oral fluency being the traditional standard-bearer. I knew we couldn’t stay there,” says Edgecomb, referring to the dismal ELA numbers including the Proportion of a Year’s Growth (PYG). Besides, adds Gehsmann, “reading is a wonderful source of pleasure and enjoyment.”

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Elementary Assessment Study Instructional Materials 151

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2023

Each prompt offered aligned information sources, and instructional materials and other teacher supports accompanied the tool. As a case in point, Project Topeka featured an automated essay scoring tool that provided grades 6–8 students with individualized line-level feedback on argumentative essays responding to six different prompts.

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Tools EdTech Instructional Materials Survey 148

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners. For years, a stream of articles have tried to dispel pervasive but wrong ideas about how people learn, but those ideas still linger.

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Learning Examples Instructional Materials Social Media 158

The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2019

High-quality instructional materials simply aren’t optional. Now, instead of having to scan the overwhelming array of curricular options on their own, districts have a reliable reference for what our state’s teachers and independent experts have said are great choices.

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Meeting Education Instructional Materials Report 107

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2023

Instructional materials aren’t more important than teachers, says Cassandra Herring, CEO of the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity. In conservative states, it was informed—partly through focus groups with teachers—that expanding references to race and gender in its curriculum was probably illegal.

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Edmentum Company Industry Guidelines 155

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Recently, I’ve also seen a trend of people I refer to as “reading research legends,” such as Reid Lyon, Doug Carnine, and some of the researchers from The Reading League’s virtual lecture series, finding new energy and excitement as they share research to inform practices.

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System Education Trends eBook 129

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

It’s what Sumner County Superintendent Scott Langford calls “high-quality” instructional material, with lessons that move students beyond simply counting objects like penguins. One reason for redundancy in kindergarten math may be that classrooms lack cohesive materials that progress students through skills in an orderly way.

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Elementary Instructional Materials Report Data 145

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Students should be able to clearly find and refer to rubrics as they review teacher feedback. She has been a member of various consortiums such as Web Access Initiative (WAI), National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) and Open eBook Forum. Allison DePiro is a Senior Implementation Specialist for CueThink.

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Instructional Materials Professional Learning Pearson Common Core 87

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Helping Learners Find Their ZPD Understanding what “tailoring instruction” means and what it takes to make it happen is critical when implementing a personalized learning model. For Reyes, it’s about using purposeful groupings, choosing relevant instructional materials and modifying content to align with learning interests and needs.

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Personalized Learning Meeting Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials 132

N2Y

APRIL 2, 2020

You may also find it helpful to make a checklist for paras to refer to in your classroom. You can assign paras different tasks to do each day to remove some stress from yourself, such as resetting schedules, checking student folders, wiping off desks, putting chairs up, setting up/resetting materials, etc.

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How To Instructional Materials Examples Data 105

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

To learn more about UDL, I encourage you to dig deeper into references at the bottom of the post. 2013) define UDL as “a set of principles and techniques for use in the classroom along with the design of accessible instructional materials.” What is Universal Design for Learning ? To start with, Courey et al.

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UDL Learning Accessibility Collaborative Learning 120

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 18, 2023

Further, teachers should be empowered with high-quality instructional materials that invite students in to learn. Reference: McKinsey & Company Covid Education Research The post Emerging from the fog of our pandemic school years to look toward a true reimagining of education appeared first on Truth For Teachers.

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Education Company Instructional Materials System 88

EdTechSandyK

JUNE 24, 2012

These are both valuable resources anyone considering 1:1 programs of any type should bookmark and refer to regularly! Belton is paying for most of their implementation through the Texas Instructional Materials Allotment (IMA). Terice has also been posting some very insightful, practical implementation information on her blog.

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iPad Digital Learning BYOD Learning 69

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 23, 2024

So instead of designing instructional materials with a goal of promoting memorization, instructional designers often create “job aids” that provide the learner with reference and other information they can use as needed and then immediately forget without consequence.

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Examples Analysis Instructional Materials Accessibility 60

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 24, 2015

In the case of students who are particularly financially disadvantaged, where faculty were previously assigning very expensive textbooks, there may be a small positive effect attributable to the increased percentage of students who can access the core instructional materials of the course. This is what I refer to as open pedagogy.)

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OER Outcomes Study Course 60

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 10, 2024

So students would not see confidential information, I have a bookmarks folder for instructional items and another for my school email, Google Drive, and Class Dojo. To create a folder, I simply clicked on the bookmarks bar and selected “add folder”. I am so thankful for the duplicate option!

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Meeting Google Instructional Materials Resources 64

Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 6, 2024

Enhance the reader experience by providing instructional materials about your publication’s topic. They sell exclusive magazine issues, educational games, toys, and reference materials related to the magazine’s content.

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eBook E-rate Smartphone Mobility 52

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Furthermore, educational posters and charts adorn classroom walls, serving as visual aids to reinforce key concepts, vocabulary, and instructional cues. These visual representations enhance the learning environment and provide valuable reference points for students throughout the school year.

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Tools Differentiated Instruction Flipped Classroom Software 52

The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

We also discuss and plan instructional materials, assessments, etc. It’s just too hard to reference and I just don’t really want to look at it during a lesson because it’s too much to read.” This is when we map out when we will cover the standards on the pacing guide.

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How To Resources Assessment Meeting 99

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The beginning of each school year offers teachers the perfect opportunity to update their instructional materials,” said Jerry "Jay" McKinney, an educator with Louisiana’s Rapides Parish School Board. Each individual describes how his or her passion, skills, and education paved the way for an exciting career in STEM.

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STEM Study Instructional Materials Resources 45

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

It often refers to the gathering and contextualizing of OER to replace expensive traditional texts and to include them in learning management systems. Clearly, curation is not only about OER. Among my most popular guides were my current events guides for national and global news and news analysis.

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OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

They were following what I call the Mississippi playbook of high-quality instructional materials aligned to the science of reading with professional development and teacher coaches. “You didn’t see as much learning delay in Louisiana,” said Dorn. “In In fact, fourth grade reading continued to improve there.

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Instructional Materials Learning Report Company 100

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The standards refer to the “indelible stain” of slavery and require that in fourth grade students be taught that slavery was the cause of the Civil War, along with secondary factors. and Juneteenth from the elementary standards, among other changes. The board unanimously agreed to send the draft back for further revision.

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Policies Elementary Outcomes Study 108

Brainscape

MARCH 20, 2025

When students analyze instructional materials —whether in a textbook, lecture notes, or a concept map itself —and then condense those materials into their component prompt/target pairs at the most fundamental level, students are actually applying the higher Bloom's levels of Analysis and Synthesis. References.

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E-rate Study Software Assessment 52

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

This is because books are what economists refer to as private goods, meaning they have two specific characteristics: they are rivalrous and excludable. References. As anyone who has tried to check out a popular book at the library knows, sharing books with others can be a frustrating experience. Creative Commons (2015).

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I will structure this post similarly to the aforementioned article with suggestions for action and research embedded for each group so that you could, feasibly, only read the section referring to you and be enabled to face your context. All decisions concerning instructional materials should be based on sound educational criteria.

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Libraries Handbook Policies Study 98

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2017

Preparation can consume weeks or even months of classroom instruction. Materials are typically decontextualized, with multiple-choice items that mimic the format of standardized tests. At worst, it can narrow the curriculum, undermine meaningful learning, and stifle student interest and motivation.

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Instructional Materials Assessment Industry Elementary 157

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2025

The first curriculum to meet educators demands for high quality instructional materials for SEL and life skills readiness. Then we cross reference that with HR and recruitment industry to understand what they hire for across sectors, whether that be education, technology, human resources, fin.

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Social Media Data Outcomes Meeting 72

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2025

In a recent RAND study , commissioned by AERDF, we found that grade 38 teachers estimate that 44 percent of their students always or nearly always experience difficulty reading the written content within their instructional materials. We know that many students across the country are not reading on grade level.

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EdTech Industry System Assessment 142

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The agency said that its attorneys found that books havent been censored but removed in concert with community members and commonsense processes by which to evaluate and remove age-inappropriate materials. PEN America said in a statement that it has documented nearly 16,000 instances of book bans nationwide since 2021.

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Libraries Education Instructional Materials Accessibility 88