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Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

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In fact, research shows that math scores predict future earnings better than reading scores. Early math skills also predict student success in other subjects like reading and science. This is particularly troubling given that students with higher math scores tend to earn higher incomes as adults.

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What Can College Instructors Offer Their Students in the Age of AI? 

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He said that students could read much of the content off our PowerPoint slides and in the assigned readings without AI. They could always find and read the content on their own. The empathetic course design perspective. that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing. Teaching of Psychology, 52 (1), 45-52.

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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

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Faced with the challenge of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to create course content and respond to emails. While we may not have control over class sizes or course loads, we can manage our workspace, habits, and course procedures. For example, have all response postings due on a Tuesday at noon.

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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

Faculty Focus

Faced with the challenge of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to create course content and respond to emails. While we may not have control over class sizes or course loads, we can manage our workspace, habits, and course procedures. For example, have all response postings due on a Tuesday at noon.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

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This means readings from various fields, expert guest talks, or tasks that ask students to blend information from many sources. They found this significantly boosted nursing students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes, especially in talking with others, solving problems, and using what they learned.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

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This means readings from various fields, expert guest talks, or tasks that ask students to blend information from many sources. They found this significantly boosted nursing students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes, especially in talking with others, solving problems, and using what they learned.

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What to Expect from Summer School Curriculum: Helping Students Catch Up and Get Ahead

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Instead, summer school typically consists of condensed, focused courses designed to help kids catch up, get ahead, or explore topics not covered during the school year. Most last two to five hours, depending on the number of courses students take. Reading the curriculum is one place to start.