Patrick Brown, Executive Director of STEM and Career and Technical Education in Saint Charles County, Missouri, oversees STEM and technical programs for approximately 18,000 students. His role involves developing integrated STEM courses, emphasizing critical thinking and real-world problem-solving. What does that mean? Click through to hear details on how to reset and enhance your STEM-based…
At the end of July, McDowell Technical Community College in Marion, North Carolina, hosted a party for something people don’t typically throw parties for: Applying for financial aid. The campus is often quiet after 5pm, but on this day, it was transformed into a loud and lively space for Latino families from the western part…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Is developing working memory in the classroom a waste of time? New research suggests that working memory is not as general as we thought, and that training may not have the wide-reaching benefits we hoped for. Teachers are often told that improving students’ working memory (WM) can lead to better learning…
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International Viewpoint: NEW ZEALAND From the beginning of the 2025 school year, all schools will be required to use structured literacy – also known as “phonics” or the “science of reading” – to teach children how to read. But the very nature of this approach to reading could cause bilingual children to lose their second…
Children love being involved in some form of art. From finger painting, drawing with crayons, or even forming shapes out of clay, there are a variety of ways for them to express their creativity. But besides happiness and self-fulfillment, which are given by creative pursuits, art activity has dozens of positive effects on a child’s…
Ten years ago Roy F. Smith, an English teacher at Round Rock High School in Texas, was inspired by the idea of putting a text under a microscope while reading “The Art of X-Ray Reading” by Roy Peter Clark. Smith, who has been teaching for 24 years, developed what he calls “spotlight reading,” a quick…
Confirmation bias can be an obstacle to effective decision making and problem-solving and affect your ability to be fair to other people. You may find these 5 tips on how to avoid confirmation bias useful and this article also includes some examples, types, triggers and signs of confirmation bias to help you understand and overcome…
Learn how to use Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction to deliver a better learning experience if you are a teacher or corporate trainer designing workshops for employees. You will find information about what Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction framework is, why it is useful for teaching, how you can use it and a practical example….
Use there 12 Collaboration activites and games for teaching teamwork and team-building. These exercises are aslo pretty good for teaching creative thinng and problem-solving. Use these as you wish in workshops and lessons. The post 12 Collaboration Activities to Improve Teamwork and Team Building appeared first on Symonds Research. Use there 12 Collaboration activites and…