What lessons can we learn from educational innovations developed during the pandemic?
Posted in AcademicsHarnessing low-tech ideas to help solve the learning crisis Faith is a Grade 3 pupil […]
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Posted in AcademicsGlobally, 263 million children do not go to school. Another 330 million youngsters go to school but are not learning. Not only must the global education community expand children’s access to primary education we must also confront a far more complex question: How do we ensure that children attending school receive a high-quality education?
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Posted in AcademicsOral reading fluency is increasingly relied upon to assess literacy in primary grades. Oral reading fluency is typically measured using ‘correct words per minute’ (cwpm), which assesses how quickly and accurately a student can read a passage.
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Posted in EDTechWhen a body of academic literature points to an effective new approach to generate meaningful learning gains for pupils, practitioners take notice. But this may not be the complete story.
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Posted in AcademicsThe educational effects of lockdown could be felt for a generation if schools and educational organizations cannot move quickly to mitigate the loss of learning stemming from school closures.
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Posted in AcademicsChildren benefit most when academics have a genuine synergy with front line teachers and practitioners. […]
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Posted in AcademicsImagine a classroom of 45 students in Liberia. A teacher spends 5 minutes demonstrating 37 […]
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Posted in AcademicsWhen a plane crashes, we examine every detail about the aircraft’s mechanics. When a building collapses, we […]
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Posted in AcademicsPersonalised adaptive learning technologies have emerged at the forefront of the education technology field.
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Posted in EDTechWe share the interest others have in bridging the gap between the research community and instructional designers. […]
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Posted in AcademicsRemember Engelmann’s premise that the mind is lawful? He further explains: “What humans learn is […]
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Posted in AcademicsI’ve never heard of anyone worrying that musicians were being turned into robots because they […]
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