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Intentionality in Creating Positive Learning Environments

For: Community Based Organization, Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator, PK-12 Teacher, Teacher Candidate

This research brief provides an overview of instructional approaches that have been found to support the development of positive learning environments.

Fostering Holistic Adolescent Development and Learning in Educational Settings

For: Community Based Organization, Educational Policy Maker, Higher Education Administrator, Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator, PK-12 Teacher

This research brief explores the intricacies of adolescent development and learning and encompasses four fundamental pillars of development and learning: adolescent development, research-based strategies, the utilization of technology to enhance learning, and adolescent literacy.

Early Literacy Bilingual Family Engagement Research Brief

For: Community Based Organization, Higher Education Administrator, Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator, PK-12 Teacher, Teacher Candidate

This brief synthesizes the importance of early literacy for bilingual students, emphasizing its cognitive, linguistic, and socioemotional benefits. It highlights the role parents paly in their child's early literacy development and suggests strategies for supporting families at home.

Universal Screeners: An Introduction to Universal Screeners for Literacy

For: Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator

This research brief focuses on universal screeners for literacy, what the research says about universal screeners, and what the best practices are for using them in grade PK-2nd grade.

Utilizing the GeoGebra Software for Teaching Geometry

For: Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator, PK-12 Teacher, Teacher Candidate

This research brief examines the potential effectiveness of GeoGebra software, in teaching geometry to young students. By reviewing studies, highlighting key findings, and offering implementation recommendations, this brief provides insights into how GeoGebra can be integrated into the classroom.

Brief: Equitable Experiences

For: Higher Education Administrator, Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator

In this brief we highlight the design principle titled: Equitable Experiences, as defined by BranchED. We believe quality educator preparation provides a system of candidate-specific research-based supports, just-in-time interventions, and enrichment experiences informed by candidate-specific needs

BranchED seeks to support individual educator preparation programs (EPPs) and the field at large in reimagining and redefining “quality” preparation programs such that attention to issues of diversity and equity are explicit, embedded, and inextricably linked to high-quality performance.

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