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What Learning Python Taught Me About Computer Science Education for Young Children

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The course—“COMP 10: Computer Science For All”—was designed specifically for non-computer science majors. Teaching assistants moderated an online discussion forum through Piazza , an online community building and discussion platform, and held recitations, which enabled students to ask questions and ponder ideas.

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What educators can learn about effective teaching from a Harvard prof

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Harvard professor David Malan has managed to pull off a neat trick: His Computer Science 50 course is the most popular course at both Harvard and Yale. By examining his success, we can learn some important lessons about effective teaching. One of the aspects that makes his course unique is its culture.

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What Learning Python Taught Me About Computer Science Education for Young Children

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The course—“COMP 10: Computer Science For All”—was designed specifically for non-computer science majors. Teaching assistants moderated an online discussion forum through Piazza , an online community building and discussion platform, and held recitations, which enabled students to ask questions and ponder ideas.

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What One Startup Founder Learned in Her Quest to Change How Profs Communicate With Students

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Sankar understood the shy student experience because she had been one herself, having gone to college in India where she was one of only three female students majoring in computer science. The most grounding thing was hearing from founders that it wasn't rocket science,” she said. She called her startup Piazza.

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Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance

EdTech Magazine

That’s where artificial intelligence–powered teaching assistants might come in handy. At Slackwood Elementary School in New Jersey, AI assistants helped bolster first-grade students, a majority of whom were struggling to achieve high test scores in science, technology, engineering and math courses. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain, and Education Research

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The chime she rang to remind students to take a calm breath before focusing their attention signaled that this breathing practice had become embedded into classroom culture. Radcliffe was beginning to think more intentionally about the brain and to explicitly teach her students about how it functions. She wasn’t the only one.

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To Weather The Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

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But he always wanted to pursue a degree in computer science—he loved technology. However, at that time, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, his options were limited to exiting the workforce to pursue his dream of a bachelor’s of computer science or taking night or weekend classes and missing out on time spent being a dad.

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