Rep. John Tierney, D-Massaschusetts, who worked with game developer Muzzy Lane Software, hopes this game will be another tool to get students interested in learning more about how Congress works.
Most of the growth in online learning is occurring in blended-learning environments, in which students learn online in an adult-supervised environment.
The city DOE said it had also started putting together means of assessing students' learning in core subject areas.
While my years as a debate coach taught me that collaborative learning often enables slow or recalcitrant learners to hide behind the drive and discipline of top achievers in a group, it also elicits a need to succeed in students whose learning style requires more hands-on experiences.
Many schools are increasingly using blended learning to free teachers up to spend more time working with students in project-based learning.
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Breakout sessions focused on how to engage students in hands-on learning opportunities across STEM-related fields.
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At the University of South Carolina, many professors and students are involved in Service Learning efforts.
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The class continues for about an hour with students repeating and learning greetings in English.
The goal needs to shift from one of making a system that teaches children a curriculum more efficiently and getting better test scores to one of making the system more effective by inspiring lifelong learning in students , so that they are able to have full and productive lives in a rapidly shifting economy.
The company is in the middle of a pilot program that puts its learning platform in front of students from New Mexico, Connecticut and Pennsylvania and so far results have been compelling, co-founder Ashish Rangnekar said.
It's no secret that America's young students no longer lead the world in learning proficiency or attainment.
The question is, how do we offer students deep, transformative learning experiences in educational institutions around the world?
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The best results have been walking into the classrooms and seeing students take ownership of their learning in challenging and highly engaging environments.
Among Iowa high schools, North has some of the highest percentages of students learning English, served in special education programs, and receiving free or reduced priced lunch.
The mission of the SMILE Consortium is to cause a paradigm shift within education by enabling students to be active agents in their learning through an inquiry-based learning model.
Outside of the classroom, parents, mentors, community leaders, local businesses, and public institutions help foster a love of learning in our students, sparking creativity, instilling a positive work ethic, and giving our children the tools needed to realize their full potential.
The program brings students together once a month, supported by a virtual learning platform, and has meant that students in the first class include a VP from the Walt Disney Company, who makes the monthly commute from Los Angeles.
The Ritz Carlton mentors 7th and 8th graders in their Succeed Through Service campaign to help prepare young students with necessary life skills while engaging them in service-learning and career exploration.
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My students and I have been involved in Service Learning efforts for many years.
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This is the reason why most of the students will give up in the process of learning a whole subject.
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Does class size matter in the amount of learning students do?
In light of this finding, the NCAA might want to rethink if it really wants to hurt some students in certain courses where more interaction is not better and further constrain innovation in learning for the benefit of all children.
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Without rehashing every point, in one example, as software increasingly handles direct instruction, this will create big opportunities for teachers to facilitate rich and rewarding project-based learning experiences for their students to apply their learning into different contexts and gain meaningful work in the so-called 21st-century skills.
We need to give instruction in Arabic and Mandarin so students can work successfully in the global economy, but we also should encourage learning about the culture and history of the countries where those languages are spoken.
The students are participating in an annual culture and language learning trip to China through the University of Maryland's Confucius Institute.
By focusing not just on the learning model at hand for students in these schools but also their business and scaling models, NGLC seeks to remedy that.
The book was the result of a project started in 2010 when students from Cartagena, while learning how to read and write, were invited to submit traditional recipes from their region.
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We need to rethink schools as incubators and producers of vision and progress for the places in which they exist, with students learning through real-world, applied subjects that are contextualized to their own backyard, and families, business, and citizens who contribute to, benefit from, and rally around that engagement.
Adaptive learning also benefits instructors: By better preparing students for class, adaptive learning enables instructors to spend more time delving into advanced concepts and engaging students in high-level discussion.
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