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student agency

Classroom Management

6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces

November 20, 2024 by Ashley Campos, Chula Vista Elementary School District
Elementary learning spaces and an environment designed with student success in mind can lead to greater engagement and focus.
Key points: When our district decided to build a brand-new elementary school to support its growing student enrollment, we wanted ... Read more
Personalized Learning

Understanding learning styles via Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

March 28, 2024 by Dr. Yuvraj Verma, Jefferson County Schools
The challenge for educators lies in recognizing and accommodating diverse learning styles within a single classroom setting. Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences can help.
In the vibrant tapestry of any classroom, students come equipped with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and unique ways of processing information.
Personalized Learning

How to support student agency

September 13, 2023 by Steve Walsh, Student Success Manager, VHS Learning
Supporting student agency makes a huge difference in student learning outcomes--here's how to leverage it for academic success.
Student agency empowers learners to play a more active role in their own education by taking charge of the learning process under the guidance of skilled educators. Agency…
CoSN Corner

Will, skill, & thrill: How learner agency accelerates innovation

August 24, 2023July 26, 2023 by Stephanie King, Writer and Communications Manager, CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation Initiative
Learner agency is important--when learner agency is engaged, the learners themselves become the most impactful accelerators.
When it comes to students in the classroom, they want to feel ownership and control of their learning. According to the American Institutes for Research, encouraging student agency is…
Teaching & Learning

What is student agency–and why do we need it?

June 26, 2019June 13, 2019 by Jennifer Davis Poon
A student writing in class works independently and is an example of student agency.
It’s only recently that I’ve become much more disciplined in my use of the term “student agency” and how I apply it.Thanks to a research assignment on behalf…
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What is student agency–and why do we need it?

June 26, 2019June 13, 2019 by Jennifer Davis Poon
A student writing in class works independently and is an example of student agency.
It’s only recently that I’ve become much more disciplined in my use of the term “student agency” and how I apply it.Thanks to a research assignment on behalf…
Ancillary

TC- What student choice and agency actually looks like

February 15, 2017November 15, 2016 by Daniel Owens
smart-collaboration student choice
Student agency, which we might loosely define as students’ ability to influence their own learning, undoubtedly plays a critical role ... Read more
Blended Learning

What student choice and agency actually looks like

November 15, 2016November 14, 2016 by Daniel Owens
smart-collaboration student choice
Student agency, which we might loosely define as students’ ability to influence their own learning, undoubtedly plays a critical role ... Read more
District Management

This innovative district lets students choose how to learn

April 7, 2015 by By Dennis Pierce
choose-learning
Rather than imprisoning students in front-facing classrooms, one Kentucky district is instead trying to entice at-risk, and even low-risk, students to enjoy their education through a series of…

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