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Esdal, Lars – Education Evolving, 2021
COVID-19 exacerbated and brought attention to inequities long present in public education. Facing inconsistent access to learning over distance, students will leave this period with months of what's been called "lost learning." Short of repeating a full year, addressing these gaps presents a grave challenge for traditionally structured…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Competency Based Education, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
Juliani, A. J. – Eye on Education, 2014
Careers in the 21st century are changing, but traditional education methods are not preparing students for these new jobs and demands. In this thought-provoking book, esteemed educator A.J. Juliani describes how we need to modify our classrooms to instill in students the drive for inquiry and innovation that they will need to succeed beyond school…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Educational Innovation, Time on Task, Educational Change
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Ernst, Michael D. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2012
We describe an approach to teaching probability that minimizes the amount of class time spent on the topic while also providing a meaningful (dice-rolling) activity to get students engaged. The activity, which has a surprising outcome, illustrates the basic ideas of informal probability and how probability is used in statistical inference.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Statistical Inference, Probability, Teaching Methods