Low-cost Electronic Tablet
There are a variety of emerging products and underlying technology being designed to provide every student with routine computer access and connectivity. The following article discusses a replacement...
View ArticleKindergarten Curriculum
Kindergarten is now well entrenched as a component of precollege education in the United States. “Since 1977, the percentage of [U.S.] kindergartners enrolled in full-day (in contrast to half-day)...
View ArticleLearning Problem-solving Strategies by Using Games: A Guide for Educators and...
All the world’s a game, And all the men and women active players: They have their exits and their entrances; And all people in their time play many parts… (Dave Moursund, adapted from Shakespeare) The...
View ArticleImproving Worldwide Quality of Life
I have discussed Quality of Life (QoL) in two previous IAE Blog entries, (Moursund, 2/5/2016; Moursund, 12/24/2014)....
View ArticleProgress in Science Leads to Still More Questions
"Once you have learned how to ask relevant and appropriate questions, you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know." Neil Postman and Charles...
View ArticleInformation Underload and Overload
I have recently substantially revised and updated my IAE-pedia entry, Information Underload and Overload (Moursund, 2016a). This has proven to be a popular article, with more than 50,000 hits to date....
View ArticleThree Simple Ideas about Computers in the Curriculum
During my teaching days at the University of Oregon I taught in the Mathematics Department, the Computer Science Department, and the College of Education. The last 20 years or so of my career was in...
View ArticleAn Important Component of Computer Literacy
As best as I can tell, the term Computer Literacy was first used in two different publications published at about the same time in 1972 (Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, April, 1972;...
View ArticleAn Education Future Scenario Written in 2004
Recently I was browsing some of my “older” writings and I came across a paper, Me–A Course of Study, that I wrote nearly 12 years ago (Moursund, November, 2004). It represented some of my guesses and...
View ArticleNew Games Book by Bob Albrecht— Play Together, Learn Together : Roll, Pick,...
Watch a first grade student playing a game that involves rolling dice. Probably you can look at the outcome of rolling a pair of dice and immediately say the total. The first grader may need to...
View ArticleBuilding a Personal Library for Children
Recently I bought a Kindle Fire tablet computer on a special sale for about $40. (Currently it retails for about $50.) What a bargain! I have a large, personal library on my Kindle. Wouldn’t be nice...
View ArticleCommunity Project for Improving Science Education
My 7/31/2014 IAE Blog entry was titled A Successful Community Project for Improving Science Education (Moursund, 7/31/2014). The project was started by two retired scientists, Robert Collins and Cal...
View ArticleReporting On Educational Changes Throughout the World
I have a large number of Facebook friends located throughout the world. I am very interested in hearing from some of you about how educational systems outside the United States are being affected by...
View ArticleCombining Research in Neuroscience, Psychology, and Education
A new Research Center has been established at Queensland University in Australia. It combines the efforts of researchers in Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology, and Education. The goal is to improve the...
View ArticleOnline Learning Can Help to Remove Barriers to Formative Assessment
IAE Guest Blog Racquel Biem Chinook Cyber School, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada....
View ArticleFinland’s Public Schools
I have been reading about Finland’s public school system for a number of years. Year after year, it is ranked near the top of school systems throughout the world (Schwab, 2016). Many people have asked,...
View ArticleThe Joy of Learning: A New Free Book from IAE
Dedicated to Robert Sylwester The Joy of Learning is a new, free IAE book based on a series of recently published IAE Newsletters (IAE, 2016). Robert Sylwester served as co-editor of the IAE...
View ArticleKeith Devlin’s Thoughts About a Modern Mathematics Education
Keith Devlin has long been a world class math educator. This IAE Blog entry discusses his recent article, All the Mathematical Methods I Learned in My University Math Degree Became Obsolete in My...
View ArticleTED Talks About Psychology
College students in a teacher education program of study typically take one or more courses in psychology. An important reason for this is that an understanding of psychology helps one to understand...
View ArticleStudent Homelessness in the United States
David Moursund Professor Emeritus, College of Education University of Oregon Student homelessness in the United States is a major problem. In the 2013-2014 school year, approximately 1.3 million...
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