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Curate Classroom Curiosity with Inquiry-Based Learning

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A successful approach to inquiry-based learning takes students from the structured beginnings to a more open learning style. Inquiry Based Learning | Inquiry Projects For Any Subject Area By Teaching With a Touch of Honey Grades: 1st-3rd Standards: CCSS W.1.2,

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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While many of these hastily-created online experiences are improvisational rather than well-engineered learning programs, the increased use and awareness of the kinds of digital educational tools available could underlie a new culture of more evidence-based teaching. That was the finding of a study by CMU anthropologist Lauren Herckis.

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$1-Billion Effort to Rethink Computer-Science Education at MIT Sparks Interest—and Protests

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And that means making sure everyone writing computer code also pays attention to the cultural and ethical implications of their tools, the effort’s leaders say. It’s turning computer science into a lingua franca,” said Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at MIT, in an interview. “I

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