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The Link Between Teacher Quality and Student Outcomes: A Research Synthesis - 1 views

  • Many reports, studies, and research articles published in recent years suggest that teacher quality matters a great deal in terms of student learning. This research synthesis explores the evidence for this relationship in an effort to help identify which teacher qualifications and characteristics should be prioritized in educating and hiring those teachers who are most likely to have a positive impact on student learning.
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Annie Murphy Paul: Why Old-School Rote Learning Is Still Important | TIME.com - 0 views

  • Kail’s experience is instructive. As soon as she began teaching her students the Greek and Latin origins of many English terms — that the root sta means “put in place or stand,” for example, and that cess means “to move or withdraw” — they eagerly began identifying familiar words that incorporated the roots, like statue and recess. Her three classes competed against one another to come up with the longest list of words derived from the roots they were learning. Kail’s students started using these terms in their writing, and many of them told her that their study of word roots helped them answer questions on the SAT and on Ohio’s state graduation exam. (Research confirms that instruction in word roots allows students to learn new vocabulary and figure out the meaning of words in context more easily.) For her part, Kail reports that she no longer sees rote memorization as “inherently evil.” Although committing the word roots to memory was a necessary first step, she notes, “the key was taking that old-school method and encouraging students to use their knowledge to practice higher-level thinking skills.”
    • kicsprincipal
       
      'Progressive' education doesn't mean abandoning what has worked in other contexts.
    • jeffduckett
       
      There is always a place for proven and effective instruction. Even 21st century teachers need an open mind.
  • . A study published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching in 2010, for example, found that 10th-graders who were taught how to construct an argument as part of their lessons on genetics not only had better arguments but also demonstrated a better understanding of the material
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    • kicsprincipal
       
      Formal argumentation... debate... why is hardly any of it going on in the Seniors at KICS????
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Do Computers in the Classroom Boost Academic Achievement? - 0 views

    • jeffduckett
       
      This is really good. Read it and then we will discuss it in class.
  • This explosion in the technology has increased efforts to equip every classroom with computers and "wire" every school to the Internet. Between September 1984 and September 1997 alone, the number of computers in America's K-12 schools increased elevenfold to more than 8 million units.1 Educators have been forced to keep up, and some are finding themselves teaching general skills in how to use a computer while they use them to teach other subjects.
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Homework is wrecking our kids: The research is clear, let's ban elementary homework - S... - 0 views

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    "Homework does have an impact on young students, but it's not a good one."
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