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The Low-tech Research Strategies That Are Turning Around a Failing Title I School

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Academic performance during the 2013-2014 school year garnered the institution a Focus school status—meaning it was in the bottom 10 percent of Title I served schools in the state based on achievement gaps. Hattie’s review, or meta-analysis, included a synthesis of findings from 15 years of research, involving millions of participants.

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How to Become a Citizen Scientist

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From pondering over simple natural processes such as the transitions between day and night to complex genomic studies , science has come a long way. Apart from careful studies conducted in complex laboratories, science also runs on data collection, observations, and statistical analysis.

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Learning by Working Together: Developing and Checking for Group Integration Across Diverse Disciplinary Cohorts

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Integrative questionnaire design: In delivering a social research methods module, a shared questionnaire document could be an active boundary object. Social Studies of Science , 19(3) (1989): 387-420. Star, Susan Leigh and Griesemer, James. Wenger, Etienne. Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity.

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Teaching Through a Lens of Compassion: Strengthening Pre-service Teachers’ Math Muscles

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Until one day, you find yourself studying as a preservice teacher, enrolled in a mathematics content course that you are required to pass to obtain your teaching degree. Gurpreet Sahmbi is an educator at the University of Toronto in mathematics education and research methods in teacher education.

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One Standardized Tests Provider Looks to Gaming and Personalized Learning to Innovate Exams

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They say testing allows for policymakers to view and compare performance data that can be instrumental in identifying gaps in achievement or underserved student populations. Her office has researched methods such as hands-on tasks, classroom-based activities and simulations to measure science proficiency.

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The Evolving Landscape of Diversity and Inclusion Management in Higher Education

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This approach fosters greater accountability among leaders, faculty, and staff and promotes a culture of shared responsibility for achieving DEIB goals. In Social justice research methods for doctoral research (pp. She is a globally recognized thought leader on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB).

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Teaching Through a Lens of Compassion: Strengthening Pre-service Teachers’ Math Muscles

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Until one day, you find yourself studying as a preservice teacher, enrolled in a mathematics content course that you are required to pass to obtain your teaching degree. Gurpreet Sahmbi is an educator at the University of Toronto in mathematics education and research methods in teacher education.

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