Why Alignment for Foundational Skills Matters: Cognitive Science Insights and Real-World Implications

Date/Time: 10 November 2020; 10-11:30am EST

Registration: https://bsg.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1-gRdQkOSSqdZfCmg3xLMQ

On Tuesday, 10 November 2020 at 10:00 to 11:30 Eastern Standard Time (EST), Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) will host a webinar drawing connections between cognitive science and the importance of aligning all components of classroom instruction to support children’s mastery of foundational skills.  Always important, alignment of instruction toward foundational skills is now a particularly urgent issue due to COVID-19 school closures and the associated learning loss.

The event will feature cognitive psychologist Dr Helen Abadzi (University of Texas at Arlington) and Dzingai Mutumbuka (former Minister of Education and Culture for Zimbabwe) in a fireside chat, and panellists Dr Julius Atuhurra (Twaweza East Africa) and Daniel Rodriguez-Segura(University of Virginia/RISE Tanzania) discussing their related research.

Event information: https://riseprogramme.org/events/why-alignment-foundational-skills-matters-cognitive-science-insights-and-real-world

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