Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Spieler asks each group to come up with three questions they might answer with the data set, relying on only one variable. Mostly he’s asking questions and listening to reports from each group. The students who actually did Spieler’s homework experienced another trendy teaching approach: adaptive learning software.

Textbooks 126

Textbooks Lecturing Beliefs Assignments 126

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

I’m looking for a non-grade-level specific facilitator who is creative, engaging, can manage an open learning space and is interested in working at a startup school. To start, I developed a set of questions to encourage the applicant to consider their level of interest and dedication to working at a startup school.

Beliefs 120

Beliefs Questions Assignments Grades 120

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

She laid out their belief that in a world of constant change, those who are best equipped are those who generate new ideas when the path is unclear. Rather, educators need to work within the system and with the well-intentioned people within them, and it helps to spend time asking questions before diving in with a solution.

Teaching Assistants 103

Teaching Assistants Learning Beliefs Teaching Methods 103

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

And the infusion of algorithms is leading to questions—ethical questions and practical questions and philosophical questions—about how far higher education should go in bringing in artificial intelligence, and who decides what the algorithms should look like. So, my first year I take the biology sequence.

Peer Review 102

Peer Review Ethics Science Intelligence 102

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JUNE 9, 2020

There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. For instance, an online biology textbook might include a short section about protein synthesis, followed by a question. As a result, teaching is, to use another building metaphor, not up to code.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218