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Robotics plays a key role in early STEM education

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While many think of high school students engaged in mechanical engineering or robotics competitions when they hear the word “robotics,” the subject naturally lends itself to learners of all ages—including very young students.

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Are gifted students now an underserved population?

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He is the program director and co-founder of Pioneer Academics , which identifies and empowers high-achieving students with university professors so they can take part in challenging and creative research opportunities across a wide range of disciplines while still in high school.

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These Colleges Are Betting That Culturally Relevant Textbooks Will Improve Student Outcomes

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About 39 percent of Framingham State University identify as people of color, with Latino and Black students representing 18 percent and 15 percent respectively. “If If you want to change the dynamic and make students engaged, you can include students in the making of your textbook,” she says.

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How to Engage Your Students With the 12-Minute Rule and Quizzes They’re Meant to Fail

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I think the students are entertained. In high school, I played sports, but another important part of my life was band and musical theatre. By marrying those two things together—the curriculum design, which is very engineering-like, and the classroom performance, which is very artistic—you get the John Branch combination.

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Spaced Practice Works. A Learning Scientist Helped Me Understand Why.

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The pressure of keeping up with our district’s curriculum map, getting through all the standards and preparing these struggling math students for Algebra I, led me to utter the worst possible sentence in that moment: “Time to start our next unit: Percents, Proportions and Ratios.” My heart sank.

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

Campus leaders had to rethink the digital learning resources available, and faculty had to rapidly adapt to changes in delivery methods while keeping students engaged. ” When students engage in the cycle of experiential learning involving experiencing, reflecting, thinking, and acting, deep learning occurs.

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

Campus leaders had to rethink the digital learning resources available, and faculty had to rapidly adapt to changes in delivery methods while keeping students engaged. ” When students engage in the cycle of experiential learning involving experiencing, reflecting, thinking, and acting, deep learning occurs.