A year ago, in the depths of the pandemic, a high-tech literacy project set up shop at West Oakland’s KIPP Bridge Academy. Created by a former schoolteacher turned literacy specialist, Jessica Reid Sliwerski, Ignite Reading aimed to teach kids how to read on Zoom, offering one-on-one tutoring while eliminating Covid risks.

Föräldrarnas bakgrund påverkar hur barn använder skärmar, men inte så hur mycket tid de lägger. Det säger Stefanie Möllborn, forskare i sociologisk demografi vid Stockholms universitet, som tittat på hur klassbakgrund påverkar barns skärmtid i USA.

High school teachers can incorporate elements of gamification into assignments to encourage students to dig deeper into texts.

Bringing math to life, gamifying equations and implementing easy-to-use tools can help draw students' attention during math lessons by making the subject more engaging and relatable, veteran middle-school math teacher Emily Strickland. For example, Strickland brings popular sports into statistics lessons with the help of virtual field trips to a sports arena.  

Barn och ungdomar med allvarliga motorik- eller kommunikationssvårigheter ställs inför utmaningar när det gäller att delta i vanliga vardagsaktiviteter.

Gauging community support and being specific about sanctions is critical to developing good guidance, said University of Dayton’s Charles Russo.

Badges for students who reach specific learning milestones could be effective motivators, just as they are for scouting and for workers who seek to learn and prove new skills, Drexel University professor Stephanie Smith Budhai explains.

Students are spending less on textbooks and other course materials but more on technology, a study by the National Association of College Stores finds. In 2021-22, students spent an average of $339 on books compared with $456 the previous year, but $700 on technology.  

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