Mathletics tests, designed
by maths educators, provide an authentic and engaging experience for students and provide teachers with the in - depth reporting they need to determine the next steps for teaching and learning.
Khan Academy has created thousands of CCSS - aligned math problems, created and reviewed
by math educators.
Not exact matches
This has led to an active effort
by educators, researchers, and policy makers to analyze and categorize noncognitive skills in the same way we would reading and
math skills.
The company works with professional
educators, interactive designers, writers, artists, and parents to develop step -
by - step learning systems that help teach children critical reading,
math, and study skills.
Plentiful resources and materials — including professional texts, children's literature and
math manipulatives — all provided
by CCM, which allow
educators to immediately implement new strategies into their classrooms.
Questions for Dinosaur
Maths from Rainy Day Mum Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Sensory Retelling from Growing Book
by Book Dinosaur Prewriting Practice from The Pleasantest Thing Dinosaur Ice Egg Preschool Experiment from Preschool Powol Packets Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Gross Motor from 3 Dinosaurs Dinosaur Alphabet Board Game from Mom Inspired Life Hot Chocolate Pudding from Sugar, Spice and Glitter LEGO Norwegian Flag from Mama Miss Chocolate - Filled Little Dinosaur Bon - Bons from I Can Teach My Child Dinosaur Shapes from The
Educators» Spin On It
A first - of - its - kind study
by Michigan State University researchers found that early childhood
educators» self - reported ability and enjoyment was high for literacy, but much lower for science and
math.
By the early 1830s, he says,
math reformers were making one of their first stands, arguing that
educators needed to move away from rote learning, so they could better understand the meaning of
math.
«When students get to more complex
math problems, they get bogged down
by having to actually think to calculate basic
math facts,» said Beth Kappauff, summarizing a position taken
by dozens of
educators in the discussion.
Founded
by tech industry leaders and
educators in San Diego, High Tech High is undertaking various efforts to scale up its design, which offers a rigorous, personalized program focusing on
math, science, and technology, and providing extensive connections to the «adult» world through internships and other means.
That definition, say
educators and advocates, is exactly the balance that arts education provides to students who have the benefit of its lessons, but if that «something else» is taken away from today's children, especially those with limited exposure who may not be motivated
by math or science, how do we reach them?
In March 2010, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan accused
educators of having «lowered the bar» so they could meet the requirements set
by the federal education law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which requires that all students be proficient in reading and
math by the year 2014.
The call
by some
educators and policymakers for a back - to - basics approach to
math and science to improve student achievement is based on a false assumption that curriculum and instruction have strayed from traditional roots, a new report argues.
But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than reading and
math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools
by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that
educators are working to implement the Common Core.
The new practice guide
by the National Center for Education Research, Encouraging Girls in
Math and Science, offers five recommendations for
educators in order to strengthen girls» beliefs about their abilities in
math and science, spark and maintain greater interest in these subject areas, and build associated skills.
17 — English and
math: Conference, sponsored
by the Middle States Regional Office of the College Board, for
educators, in Annapolis, Md..
Blended Learning, which focuses on one - to - one personalized instruction powered
by digital tools like DreamBox, makes learning
math a truly successful and inspiring experience — for students and
educators.
Now, with the advent of the Common Core, a set of rigorous reading and
math standards for students in kindergarten through 12th grade that has been adopted
by 45 states and the District of Columbia,
educators say the pressure to prepare young children is growing more intense.
In taking advice from Albert Einstein,
math educators can consider how similar the logic of
math can be supported
by the logic of poetry.
The activities were prepared
by Marilyn Burns, a well - known
math educator and the author of The I Hate Mathematics Book!
As
educators, we realize that the quality of a child's education can not be measured solely
by scores on standardized reading and
math tests, which
by their nature do not assess students» conceptual thinking, their ability to do research and to evaluate and defend ideas, their skill at written and oral expression, or their success in collaborative or teamwork settings.
Design Science offers a range of software products for working with
math and science that are used
by educators, scientists, engineers, publishing professionals, and professional web developers.
This programme will use materials written
by the Manchester Metropolitan University team of mathematics
educators, based on their «Making Sense of
Maths» textbooks.
These lesson sequences were created
by educators, are available in grades K - 12, and integrate with a variety of subject areas including science, social studies and
math.
A recent study conducted
by the Council for Basic Education confirms what many
educators have feared: The curriculum is narrowing as schools zero in on reading, writing, and
math at the expense of the arts, foreign languages, and elementary - level social studies.
«We're thrilled to partner with Renaissance to build a unique integrated solution that will extend
educators» capabilities
by providing access to actionable data about their students» progress as they deepen their
math and literacy skills,» said Rose Else - Mitchell, Chief Learning Officer, HMH.
«
By working with HMH, we are creating a solution that gives
educators a full picture of their students»
math and literacy performance.
However, bringing
math teachers and special
educators together does not
by itself foster collaboration; if meetings are unproductive or contentious, they may have the opposite effect.
Softcover text with over 200 pages of strategies and practical assessment lessons Written
by the late John Van de Walle, renowned
math educator 100 - plus student activities INCLUDES Teacher resource book
DreamBox Learning, founded in 2006 in Bellevue, Washington, is the only K - 8 digital
math program powered
by students, built
by and for
educators, and independently proven to positively impact student achievement.
In Massachusetts, for instance, where
educators have sharply raised
math scores in recent years
by carefully reworking standards and instruction, 57 percent of fourth graders scored at or above proficient on the latest test.
To aid in this transition, we are providing sample 3 — 8
math and ELA questions to help students, parents, and
educators better understand the instructional shifts demanded
by the Common Core and the rigor required to ensure that all students are on track to college and career readiness...»
Released
by the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a federal initiative that aims to inform
educators and policymakers as they work toward improving education, the compiled resources also include an instructional video that shows how to use the WWC when making decisions about new
math programs, policies, and practices.
Jon Star, a Harvard education professor, said he thinks most high school
math educators across the country have not changed their teaching practices according to the Common Core in the same way that elementary teachers have done, such as
by leading discussions about
math and facilitating group projects.
This is a two part online test designed
by math and science
educators associated with Edinformatics.com.
By developing valid and reliable Common Core
math measures,
educators stand a much better chance of appropriately responding to student needs to boost achievement on PARCC and SBAC Common Core
math summative assessments.
Developed
by the organizations that led the successful and widely praised prototyping of items for the PARCC Consortium, Agile Assessment 5.0 provides
educators with flexible tools for creating high - quality formative assessments, and for using real - time data on student learning to customize and strengthen classroom -, school -, and district - level
math programming.
One emerging theme from these discussions has been the challenges experienced
by educators due to the uncertainty of the state's assessments in English language arts (ELA) and
math and the impact of administering the existing TCAP exams while meeting the current ELA and
math academic standards.
Since the revolt
by parents against New York State's reading and
math tests last year, education officials at the state level have been bending over backward to try to show that they are listening to parents» and
educators» concerns.
It is advised
by a distinguished group of leading
math educators and school reformers from across the country headed
by Magdalene Lampert, George Herbert Mead Professor of Education at the University of Michigan.
The Quantile ® Framework for Mathematics allows
educators to personalize instruction
by putting
math ability and
math concepts on a common scale.
Classroom Collections, hand selected
by math experts, are built around topics or themes and provide
educators with leading materials to enhance classroom instruction.
The 50 stories gathered here, along with hundreds of others, were submitted as part of the Rethink Learning Now campaign, a national grassroots effort to change the tenor of our national conversation about schooling
by shifting it from a culture of testing, in which we overvalue basic - skills reading and
math scores and undervalue just about everything else, to a culture of learning, in which we restore our collective focus on the core conditions of a powerful learning environment, and work backwards from there to decide how best to evaluate and improve our schools, our
educators, and the progress of our nation's schoolchildren.
The TN SAILS curriculum was co-designed
by K — 12 and Chattanooga State Community College
educators to embed Tennessee Board of Regents Learning Support competencies into the high school senior year
math and English courses, ensuring alignment.
But some research has validated the organization's work, including a recent study commissioned
by the U.S. Department of Education that found Teach for America's
educators were as effective — and at times more effective — at teaching
math compared with instructors from other preparation programs or even veteran
educators.
We will see how states vary in their approaches to establishing the authority of the standards, and how
educators buy - in and support for the standards vary —
by such factors as high school versus elementary school, ELA versus
math, and for teachers of ELL and special needs students.
Critical student needs: How technology can support
math learning Based on conversations with with a diverse group of
educators and edtech decision - makers, we believe that technology is especially well poised to create an impact on middle and high school
math by making learning accessible to students of all abilities and cultural backgrounds, providing age - appropriate scaffolding for underdeveloped foundational concepts, enabling rich social interactions with peers and teachers, encouraging growth mindset, metacognition and agency, and creating opportunities to apply knowledge to real - world challenges.
Just seven
math curricula constitute 91 percent of the curricula used
by K - 2
educators.
An analysis of factors that influence technology integration
by math teacher
educators.
At boisterous meetings in Lafayette, Calcasieu and Jefferson parishes, irate parents — most of them white — began to complain about elementary school
math homework culled from a Common Core website designed
by educators in New York state, often referred to as Eureka
Math.