When her students have goals, a middle school teacher asks them to focus on the process and effort needed to achieve the results they want.

Teachers are becoming stars these days on TikTok, that social media platform for sharing short videos. And some of them say the platform serves as a kind of virtual teaching lounge during COVID. But is it a good thing for the teaching profession that classroom instructors are part of a site known for dance crazes,…

How can cognitive science principles support the deepening of mathematics education? A team of researchers from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development and Harvard University's graduate school of education explored how using a basic learning process-comparison-could lead to stronger outcomes for K-12 students in mathematics, and analyzed different approaches for incorporating comparison…

A popular strategy, using pictures in math class gives students another way to access math concepts and can spark great conversations.

Personalized learning’s goal of creating a unique plan for each child has long existed within special education. And it’s very difficult to do well.

Why is language development so important in the early years? What does optimal language development look like? And, how can we best assess language development? In this edition of Researching education: Five further readings, we share five resources from around the world which investigate the development of oral language in the early years.

The metacognitive approaches aim to give learners the best possible chance of success.

Many teachers and students are struggling with online learning during the pandemic. And with a new, nationally representative survey of school district leaders confirming that remote coursework is likely here to stay, school systems are going to need to apply the lessons from their forced experiments with remote learning during the pandemic to better adapt.

NYC study shows services improved test scores for children with dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities.

Mindfulness och mental träning kan förbättra fokus hos eleverna. Det finns enkla sätt att hjälpa till. Här är fem experttips från Peter Fowelin, som har skrivit boken ”Mindfulness i klassrummet” och Maria Lagergren, som driver företaget Lugnare skola och är skolkurator på Sveaskolan.

Lärarstudenter blir mer digitalt kreativa och har bättre förutsättningar för att använda digital teknik i sitt pedagogiska arbete. Därför genomför Swedish Edtest tester på förskollärarutbildningen tillsammans med Högskolan i Halmstad, Region Halland och flera edtechbolag. Nu finns erfarenheterna samlade i en handbok.

Handboken är framtagen av Swedish Edtest, Högskolan i Halmstad och Region Halland. Handboken bygger på erfarenheter av tester tillsammans med 80 förskollärarstudenter, övningsförskolor och två edtechbolag under hösten 2020. (pdf)