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Researchers Try Using AI Chatbots to Conduct Interviews for Social Science Studies

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The specific prompt, according to a paper published by the researchers , was: “You are a professor at one of the world’s leading research universities, specializing in qualitative research methods with a focus on conducting interviews.

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Despite Challenges, Here’s Why These Black Women Educators Stay in the Classroom

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Department of Education reported that Black educators make up approximately 9 percent of the teacher workforce , of which a majority are Black women. Most notably, it became clear that for Black women educators in this study, being a teacher is more of an identity than a job title.

Education 193
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It’s Time to Ditch the Idea of Edtech Disruption. But What Comes Next?

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This complex web of interactions makes it hard to isolate and prove the direct impact of a technology on learning as one does in efficacy studies. This doesn’t mean this kind of research should stop. He saw learning environments “as a web of mutually supporting, interacting processes.”

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Is It Ethical to Run Learning Experiments On Students Without Their Knowledge?

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In a conversation with EdSurge, Peterson says she would like to see researchers build upon the federal guidelines that protect study participants. David Porcaro, vice-president of learning and innovation at General Assembly, writes that he was involved with the lightning rod Pearson study that touched off the debate.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

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From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My wife and I chose Aniefuna because in studying Black history, we learned that our land was never lost. I learned how the absence of so many Igbo and Yoruba people felt for some growing up in West Africa under European reign. My desire to know exploded.

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The Low-tech Research Strategies That Are Turning Around a Failing Title I School

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To have any hope of getting her school into that top five spot by the end of the school year, Beaird has been repurposing research methods from some of the world’s most respected education thinkers to discover which instructional approaches are most effective for students in her school. The Biggest Effect.

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Tool: Mathematica Coach

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Mathematica , a policy research organization, designs and executes large- and small-scale studies that address policy questions across program areas, research methods and locations. The Coach currently focuses on educational technology in school settings.