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‘Why Am I Just Learning About This?’ In New College Board Offering, Students Explore the African Diaspora

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The African diaspora is not taught as a standalone Advanced Placement course, but rather as a theme in AP Seminar through which students learn about real-world issues while developing skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, research and presentation.

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How Technology Is Creating the Library of Tomorrow

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One university has redefined what a research library of tomorrow is by incorporating collaboration research tools for solving problems in today’s tech-driven society. Library to serve companies and academia as a first-class research facility. To learn more, read the case study, “Creating the Library of Tomorrow.”.

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

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“Like Herb Simon said, we need to change higher ed from a solo sport to a collaborative research activity,” said Koedinger. She has studied the reluctance that many professors have to turning to research to improve their teaching. We need models, we need colleagues, we need collaborators, we need partners,” she says.

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What Factors Influence Your Tendency to Plagiarize in School?

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The British Journal of Educational Psychology has produced multiple studies indicating that fear of failure determines the methods that students use to reach their goals – and that those methods often involve plagiarism. To make matters worse, we live in a world that emphasizes and encourages collaboration.

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How K12 Supports Elementary Students in Science and STEM

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Real-World Applications: Learning feels more relevant when kids see how STEM applies to the world around them, such as studying how weather patterns connect to daily forecasts or learning to code a simple video game. Virtual tools and at-home kits let students explore subjects like chemistry, physics, and biology in fun and memorable ways.

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