Hands-on Archives - Renascence School Group

How Hands-On Projects Can Deepen Math Learning for Teens

When students build a catapult or tell a story with equations they can see how their calculation and formulas translate to contexts beyond a whiteboard.

February 21st, 2020|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Hands-on, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

How to turn a library into a collaborative learning center

Librarians still check out books, but they also offer advice on instruction in a range of hands-on activities

November 11th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Hands-on, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, literature, News, School, Students, Teacher, Technology, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

More Play, Hands-On Learning In Kindergarten Improves Academic Outcomes

A new study suggests that emphasizing social and hands-on play in kindergarten actually leads to better outcomes for students as they get older

September 27th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Hands-on, Kindergarten, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Emphasizing social play in kindergarten improves academics, reduces teacher burnout

Emphasizing more play, hands-on learning, and students helping one another in kindergarten improves academic outcomes, self-control and attention regulation, finds study

September 18th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Hands-on, Kindergarten, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Can “playful assessments” tell us whether maker education works?

An MIT pilot project at two schools seeks to measure hands-on, collaborative learning

May 28th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Hands-on, Learning, News, Playing, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Remake Learning Days Celebrate Hands-On Learning Through Free Events

May 12th, 2019|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Hands-on, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Beekeeping offers students hands-on science, business and agriculture experience

Middle and high school science classes that incorporate beekeeping allow students a firsthand look at nature — and at harvesting and selling products like honey and beeswax lip balm.