The Ministry of Education in France introduced a policy in 2002 that reduced class size to no more than 12 pupils in areas determined to have social difficulties and high proportions of at-risk pupils, called Zones d’Education Prioritaire (ZEP). In order to evaluate the effectiveness and usefulness of this policy, researcher Jean Ecalle and colleagues […]
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45 skolor i skolor i Stockholms stad samarbetar så att alla elever i årskurs 4–9 som inte når målen i ett eller flera ämnen, eller gymnasiebehörighet i årskurs 9, erbjuds sommarskola. Ambitiösa och hårt arbetande elever, så beskriver läraren Thomas Arvidsson sina elever på Blackebergs gymnasieskola. Läs mer [Pedagog Stockholm]
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The positive effects of a rich home learning environment during a child’s early years continue into adolescence and help improve test scores later in life, according to a new study published in School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Läs mer [EurekAlert!])
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If you made any plans for next week, congratulations! You’ve demonstrated a key feature of being human: being able to think beyond the here and now – or, think abstractly. But when babies learn different kinds of abstract thought, and how, is still hotly debated by psychologists. Now new research published in the Proceedings of
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High school students who take music courses score significantly better on math, science and English exams than their non-musical peers, according to a new study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology. Läs vidare/Read more [EurekAlert!]
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Han har gillat matematik sedan förskolan och tentade av gymnasiematten redan i högstadiet. I sommar tävlar Lerbergsbon David Engström mot världseliten i matematikolympiaden i engelska Bath. Läs vidare [Lokaltidningen.se]
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Arbetsmarknaden för dem som bara gått grundskolan är nästan helt stängd. Samtidigt saknar allt fler elever behörighet att söka till gymnasieskolans nationella program. Särskilt stort är problemet i utsatta områden. Läs vidare [Dagens Arena]
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Artificial Intelligence is changing banking, health, business, and the military. But so far, it has been slow to go big in K-12 education, said Scott Garrigan, a professor at Lehigh University at a session at the International Society for Technology in Education’s annual conference here. Läs vidare/Read more [Education Week]
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Årets andra nummer innehåller fyra artiklar. Investigating the fit of a model for students’ understanding of fractions in a Norwegian context Trond Stølen Gustavsen and Olav Gravir Imenes Authority in students’ peer collaboration in statistics: an empirical study based on inferentialism Abdel Seidouvy, Ola Helenius and Maike Schindler Engaging children in mathematical discourse: a kindergarten
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År 2021 ska meritvärdet för elever som går ut nian på Erlaskolan vara högre än genomsnittet. Det är ett av målen för den matematiksatsning som nu görs på alla tre skolor. Att utgå från aktuell forskning om hur man får till kreativa matematiska resonemang med elever är en viktig del i denna satsning. Läs vidare
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