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A Chess Class for Elementary Students (with a DIY micro:bit -Driven Chess Clock)

User Generated Education

Playing chess requires a lot of “if-then” logical analysis and “what-if” scenarios, all necessary ingredients for developing logical and critical thinking. Below is a video clip of its soft start where she and another students are teaching some of their classmates how to play. Some Academic and SEL Benefits of Chess.

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Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? A New Analysis Dives Into the Research

Edsurge

So a group of professors recently performed a meta-analysis to try to assess how well flipped learning is working. The far-reaching meta-analysis considered flipped learning experiments done in elementary schools, high schools and colleges, with the bulk of the studies in the higher ed setting.

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Most states don’t actually know if teachers are qualified to teach reading

eSchool News

This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. Key national findings: Of the 25 elementary teacher reading licensure tests in use by states, the majority (15) are weak.

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A Socratic Seminar for Elementary Learners

User Generated Education

I’ve used them successfully in my teaching training classes but never with elementary learners. Ideally, the answers to questions are not a stopping point for thought but are instead a beginning to further analysis and research. In line with the theme of this blog, student-centric and user generated educational techniques.

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Unleashing Metacognition: The Power of See, Think, Wonder

Catlin Tucker

See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine “I see, I think, I wonder” is a simple yet versatile thinking routine that can be used in elementary and secondary classrooms. Using See, Think, Wonder at the Elementary Level Science Exploration: Use this routine during nature walks or while exploring the schoolyard.

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Discovery Museum Celebrates 30 Years of Delivering Hands-On Science in Elementary School Classrooms

eSchool News

Museum educators deliver twenty-three STEM topics, including Sound, Weather & Climate, Physical Changes of Matter, and Force & Motion, to give elementary and middle school students direct experience with how things work in the physical world. MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software.

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Introducing Design Thinking to Elementary Learners

User Generated Education

Design thinking is an approach to learning that includes considering real-world problems, research, analysis, conceiving original ideas, lots of experimentation, and sometimes building things by hand. I use the following activities to introduce elementary students to the design thinking process. from the d-school).