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Teaching Opinion Research Studies That Teachers Can Get Behind
Not every education study is transformational for student learning. These studies are.
Larry Ferlazzo, September 23, 2024
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy Teachers Say Older Kids Need Help With Basic 69´«Ã½ Skills, Too
Secondary teachers want more support to help their students who struggle to understand the texts they use in class.
Sarah Schwartz, August 29, 2024
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy Teachers Are Still Teaching Older 69´«Ã½ Basic 69´«Ã½ Skills, Survey Finds
Who across the K-12 spectrum engages frequently in activities that promote foundational reading skills? The answer may come as a surprise.
Elizabeth Heubeck, May 1, 2024
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A group of high school girls work together to solve an algebra problem during their precalculus class.
A group of high school girls work together to solve an algebra problem during their precalculus class.
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Mathematics Video Make Math Instruction Better: 3 Tips on How From Researchers
Education Week's Sarah D. Sparks shares three insights on improving math instruction from this year's AERA conference.
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Teaching Opinion So Much Research, So Little Time for Teachers to Put It Into Practice
Education research is voluminous, but teachers often aren't shown how to adapt the findings into their practice.
Larry Ferlazzo, April 16, 2024
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy How Much Time Should Teachers Spend on a Foundational 69´«Ã½ Skill? Research Offers Clues
69´«Ã½ benefited from being taught phonemic awareness—recognizing and manipulating the sounds in English—but only up to a point.
Sarah Schwartz, February 9, 2024
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School & District Management What the Research Says 10 Education Studies You Should Know From 2023
These studies yielded new insights on social media, ChatGPT, and math, among other topics.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 21, 2023
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Mathematics Why Does Fact Fluency Matter in Math? 4 Educators Offer Answers
Teachers and district leaders talk about why math fact fluency is required and how they provide support for students who struggle.
Sarah Schwartz, December 7, 2023
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy Morphology Instruction: 5 Resources for Educators
Morphology instruction can help students break down complex words into meaningful parts—and make parsing them less intimidating.
Sarah Schwartz, November 28, 2023
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy What Is Morphology? Should Teachers Include It in 69´«Ã½ Instruction?
Teaching about word parts—such as prefixes, suffixes, and roots—may help students develop their academic vocabularies.
Sarah Schwartz, November 22, 2023
8 min read
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Teacher Preparation Most Licensure Tests Are Weak Measures of Teachers' 'Science of 69´«Ã½' Knowledge
Fewer than half of states use a strong test, according to a new analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality.
Sarah Schwartz, November 7, 2023
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Teaching Opinion I Used to Think I Was a Fair Grader. Now, I Look Back and Cringe
Now a researcher studying grading practices, this former teacher reflects on what she wishes she had known about equable grading.
Sarah Ruth Morris, November 2, 2023
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy New Tool to Evaluate 69´«Ã½ Programs for 'Knowledge-Building'
The guidelines can help measure whether curricula help build kids' content knowledge using text sets, discussion, and embedded writing.
Sarah Schwartz, November 1, 2023
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