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AI could help your students collaborate, research says

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) assistant professor of computer science Jacob Whitehill is collaborating with colleagues at the University of Colorado-Boulder (CU Boulder) to explore how artificially intelligent (AI) teaching agents might help encourage more meaningful collaboration among students in school classrooms.

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School librarians facilitate meaningful learning despite massive school closures

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School buildings may have closed as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the country, but teaching and learning didn’t stop—they just moved in new directions. As teachers work to share curriculum in new ways, school librarians face a similar challenge: how best to reach students? From great change comes great opportunity.

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Engaging Students in Collaborative Research and Writing Through Positive Psychology, Student Wellness, and Generative AI Integration

Faculty Focus

“Failure is just another try”: Re-framing failure in school through the FUSE studio approach. International Journal of Educational Research, 99, 101494. Nurturing positive mental health and wellbeing in educational settings – the PRICES model. Frontiers in public health , 11 , 1287532. link] Macrae, C. Verywell Mind.

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Engaging Students in Collaborative Research and Writing Through Positive Psychology, Student Wellness, and Generative AI Integration

Faculty Focus

“Failure is just another try”: Re-framing failure in school through the FUSE studio approach. International Journal of Educational Research, 99, 101494. Nurturing positive mental health and wellbeing in educational settings – the PRICES model. Frontiers in public health , 11 , 1287532. link] Macrae, C. Verywell Mind.

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How to start a project-based-learning movement in your district

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One of my students from a robotics class once said to me: “Your class is the only challenging class that I have in this school.” In a research article about implementing PBL, Tara N. These include communication, inquiry, collaboration, research, and activation of prior knowledge. What is PBL?

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13 apps that promote higher-order thinking standards

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Mobile devices are becoming increasingly common in schools because they cost so much less than computers—especially since so many students are willing to bring their own devices to school. These mobile apps go way beyond games. Here are a handful of high-quality apps that reinforce these skills and promote others. Writing skills.

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Researchers tackle gender bias in STEM education

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With these gender disparities in mind, a collaborative research project between Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab and the School of Computer Science, called the HEAR ME project, is hoping to identify how students themselves feel about STEM education’s importance, and how they think gender bias could, or already does, impact them.

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