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Tigtag CLIL shortlisted for British Council ELTons innovation award
Tigtag CLIL has been shortlisted in the Innovation in teacher resources category at the British Council ELTons awards!
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What is Three Dimensional Learning?
NGSS was initially conceived in an effort to improve what the results of the 2012 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) scores showed: the US was ranked 27th in science. Recent years, and indeed the latest PISA results, have only …
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How STEM subjects help us develop the skills and thinking that make a better citizen
Science education today is mainly dictated by the STEM crisis and standardised tests. Educators and administrators are often pushed to teach according to curriculum dictates, training students for standardised assessments in order to catch them up with students of other …
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Reach Out Reporter receives its first award
As you may have seen on social media over the weekend, Twig World and Imperial College London were representing at the Educational Resource Awards 2017, hosted at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham. We are thrilled to announce that of our two finalist nominations, …
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Understanding NGSS: What, Who, Why and When
NGSS is the newest entrant in the science teaching playground and it’s already making a big change in the way science is being taught. Like all changes, this one too might seem a bit scary, so we thought it would …
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10 Unusual STEM Careers
Often the mention of a STEM job conjures up images of traditional careers in medicine and engineering, with students often thinking STEM careers are not interesting or exciting. Part of the problem is that students don’t know half the opportunities …
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Girls Can Do Math
Excuses about STEM disparity range from theories of pipeline issues to women scientists actually forgoing careers in favour of better work-life balance. We cannot, however, ignore the elephant in the STEM room, namely, bias. A study conducted by Dr. Joan. …
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Twig World’s Reach Out Reporter nominated for a Learning on Screen Award 2017
Here’s something that’s made this week extra special: Twig World’s primary science news service, Reach Out Reporter, has been named a finalist for the Educational Multimedia Award (Non-Broadcast Delivery) by Learning on Screen! As you may know, the Learning on …
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Challenges in STEM Education and How Teachers can Overcome Them
Teachers are a huge influence when it comes to students’ subject choice matter or their decision to pursue a STEM career. The evidence from the ICM-S survey suggests that students’ decisions to study STEM in college can be directly influenced …
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