Tag: STEM
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Ineffective assessments, part V: More critical thinking needed
Click here to read all of the articles in our Ineffective Assessments series. Everyone can agree that applied knowledge is crucial to the learning process,, so ... -
Ineffective assessments, part IV: Greater focus on HOW to obtain knowledge
By Matthew Lynch Click here to read all of the articles in our Ineffective Assessments series. In this vast digital age, there is more information available ... -
Ineffective assessments, part III: Why Common Core fails
Click here to read all of the articles in our Ineffective Assessments series. Setting uniform standards for students from South Dakota to New York City sounds ... -
The Edvocate’s List of the Top 10 Can’t Miss Education Conferences in 2017
*The Edvocate is pleased to produce its “Best of the Best” resource lists. These lists provide our readers with rankings for education-related blogs, twitter accounts, influencers, ... -
Ineffective assessments, part II: Where assessments stand today
Click here to read all of the articles in our Ineffective Assessments series. Assessments of K-12 students are state-developed and mandated at this point, but there ... -
Using Smartphones in the Classroom
Today’s students are hard wired with innate abilities to network using technology. By far, their current ‘technology of choice’ is the mobile phone. According to Cell ... -
STEM to STEAM: More Than Just a Good Idea
Why Should Schools Transition from STEM to STEAM? The answer is a ‘no brainer.’ Sure, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are basic academic subjects and ... -
The Brains of K-12 Students Come Prewired for EdTech
Forget the books. Save your paper and pencils for Art Projects. Generation Z students, born in the late 1990s to the present, have grown up with ... -
How Did We Get Here? Part IX: A Melting Pot of Educational Ideology
This is one of a multi-part series on the progression of education policies in the U.S. from its founding. Click here to see a list of ... -
How Did We Get Here? Part VIII: Minority Education in America
This is one of a multi-part series on the progression of education policies in the U.S. from its founding. Click here to see a list of ...
