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The Case For Applying Cognitive Psychology in Your Classroom

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How Learning Science Happens Cognitive psychologists interested in the science of learning use the laboratory-to-classroom model to conduct research (Weinstein & Sumeracki, 2019). Our research most often begins in the basic laboratory level.

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'Better Every Semester': How Faculty Use Open Educational Resources to Improve Courses

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When Melissa Hardy took over a biology laboratory class at Salt Lake Community College, she inherited a commercial lab manual that left much to be desired. What I’ve long said about OER is, it really makes the instructor think differently about their teaching and their courses,” Greenlaw says. “It It was out of date.

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The Secret to Learning Any New Language May Be Your Motivation

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Without that intrinsic personal motivation, it’s hard to reach the levels we expect and hope,” says Parandeh Kia, associate provost for educational technology at the institute. Small class sizes mean instructors can give individuals assignments on topics relevant to their personal interests. Achievement is not comparable.”

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How Teachers Are Pondering the Ethics of AI

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A biology laboratory coordinator in an integrated science department at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges, Kohn perceived the tool as useful. That can lead to missteps, like, in his opinion, regarding chatbots as a replacement for instructors or paraprofessionals. It promised to increase efficiency, he argued.

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New Bill Could Bring CS Programs to 500K JROTC Students—and Diversify the Future Workforce

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This includes instructor training, program quality improvement, internships for students, extra-curricular programs, and evaluation. The legislation recommends that the DOD provide $10 million of funding to support evidence-based computer science and cybersecurity for students at the 3,400-plus high schools that host JROTC programs.

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How the Pandemic May Help More Students See Themselves as Scientists

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To create the videos, we filmed mentor and mentee pairs of students who identify as Black, Latino/a, South Asian, and Persian as they shared lunches and laboratories while studying material science, chemistry, microbiological organisms and neurological brain functions.

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Lightboards as a Learning Tool in Adult Asynchronous Online Learning

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Lightboard technology was invented by Michael Peshkin (Rogers and Botnaru, 2019). A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training.