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began receiving requests from local colleges and universities asking for tips about crafting their data-science curriculum. But he says the conversations often fell off once he suggested adding subjects like history of science, philosophy or communication. One question is whether that will bring change to data-science curricula.

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APRIL 23, 2025

Do they know how to question a graph they see on social media? They can explore questions like, What trends do we see in this data? In science , students can design simple investigations, collect data, and consider variability and bias in their experiments. Can they understand the difference between correlation and causation?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A biology laboratory coordinator in an integrated science department at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges, Kohn perceived the tool as useful. But more than that, it would be important to teach his science students how to interact with the tool for their own careers, he first told EdSurge last April. The main findings?

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JULY 9, 2021

That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. Those questions were posed in the thread by Collin Lynch, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. “A/B Lynch says.

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MAY 8, 2024

In a time when technological advancements shape our daily lives and drive economic growth, focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in K-12 schools is not just a trend but a necessity. By 2021, 91 percent of schools in New York City offered computer science (up from 76 percent in 2019).

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MAY 23, 2025

For Infante, the senior in Taubmans class, AI has helped spark a love for computer science and deepened his understanding of coding. Through Taubmans class, students are also identifying how AI increases the demand for skills that require human emotion, such as empathy and ethics.

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

The popular response, among some education pundits, policymakers and professionals, has been to increase access to STEM and computer science skills. She called attention to the “ Moral Machine ,” an ethical quandary posed by MIT professor Iyad Rahwan. Just consider, for example, the push to teach kids to code.)

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Using I Used to Think…Now I Think… at the Elementary Level Science Experiment: After conducting a simple science experiment, the teacher could ask students to reflect on their initial hypotheses and compare them with the outcomes. The post The Power of I Used to Think…Now I Think appeared first on Dr.

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During this process, students observe closely, interpret their observations thoughtfully, and generate questions that spark curiosity and drive inquiry. ” Students are encouraged to generate questions that surface from their observations and interpretations. The final stage of this thinking routine is “wondering.”

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MAY 23, 2024

“K-12 educators may question the impact and value of generative AI, yet they still think students need exposure to the technology–and that’s something most survey respondents agree hasn’t happened yet,” according to the survey. They still think it should be part of the curriculum.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

On the other hand, the emerging field of data science, defined as a synthesis of statistics, mathematics and computer science, promises to provide students with powerful problem-solving strategies they will use in the workplace and their daily lives. But there has long been a missing piece: a lack of standards for data science.

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JUNE 14, 2022

Who gets to learn about computer science in school? While a growing number of schools offer some form of computer-science class or after-school program, such offerings are still far more common in well-resourced districts than those that primarily serve underprivileged students, and more boys take them than girls. A culture shift?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Brain science research is increasingly bolstering the idea that math instruction rooted in culturally relevant problem-solving helps students draw from their lived experiences and activates distinct areas of the brain, producing durable and deep learning. This science suggests that all teachers can make use of these approaches.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2019

Form a student perspective, it’s not just learning math for the sake of it but understanding the relevance of math and science in an applied way. We can give lots of examples to the “When will I use this again” question. We make paintbrushes and paint and canvas; we use technology, math, science, and engineering to create sculptures.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

percent) and science (13.0 Teachers, already overburdened with bloated class sizes and punishing schedules, aren’t always around after school hours to answer their students’ questions. Brainly also asked college-bound students if AI chatbots had a presence in their college application process, in their essay or short answer questions.

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APRIL 22, 2025

The key question is: how can we transform AI from a potential source of plagiarism into a valuable educational resource? This allows educators to gain insights from students interactions with these technologies, fostering a deeper understanding of their applications and promoting ethical use.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

There is a mismatch in female students who score highly on science and technology aptitude tests and those same students’ interest in STEM career paths. In mentoring, it’s critical to ensure a safe space for students, especially female students, to ask questions, seek guidance, and build up their confidence.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

All it asks for is the topic, reading level, and any additional criteria teachers might have for their class, like an enhanced focus on accessibility or detailed deep dives into ethical implications. Fortunately, AI has the capability to absorb vast bodies of text and come up with meaningful questions as long as it is steered correctly.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

For instance, AI can easily solve structured math problems but struggles with open-ended questions that require interpreting ambiguous data, ethical considerations, or creative reasoning. Navigating ambiguity in learning and problem-solving AI excels at pattern recognition, but real-world problems often lack clear-cut solutions.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

If it’s the second, then most small liberal arts colleges are well-equipped to train students about the social and ethical challenges that artificial intelligence presents. In my own case, I try to teach students to be algorithmically literate in a political science course that I have subtitled “Algorithms, Data and Politics.”

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MAY 4, 2021

Ido Davidesco, an assistant professor of learning sciences at the University of Connecticut, says such research will yield insights that can help teachers do their jobs better. Ido Davidesco, an assistant professor of learning sciences at the University of Connecticut. He admits, though, that the technology must be used carefully.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

This is the setting of Ernest Cline’s science-fiction novel, Ready Player One, where human civilization is in decline, and life in virtual reality beats any day in the real world. She encourages students to draw from science fiction in the writing courses she teaches and has entire assignments built around Cline’s novel.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

During the November 2024 meeting of CoSNs EdTech Innovation Committee , participants were asked those same questions, and shared their perspectives on what educators should do about the topic. The role of vendors when it comes to ethics and transparency in educational technology. Read on for 10 key takeaways from the discussion.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

“It’s important that kids leave our classrooms with real-world knowledge and industry-standard software and technical experience under their belt,” says Teresa Blizman-Schmitt, a sixth through eighth grade computer science and business education teacher in Vernon, CT. Computer Science Unplugged AI activities. We all joined the program.

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MAY 17, 2024

An ethical and legal conundrum stands in the way: how to responsibly share that data without opening students up to the possibility of having their personal information exposed to outside parties. Instead, we're taking the researchers’ questions to that data.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

These efforts are often described as attempts to “ help non-computer science students build the tech skills required for today’s jobs ” so that they are ultimately “ more employable. ” It’s a cool artistic approach” to answering the question of “what are the consequences in a fiction?” Anderson says.

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Challenge: Encourage them to think about a question they have about this object or creature. Challenge: Ask students to generate questions about any controversial or debated aspects of this scientific concept. Extend: Ask them how this object or creature might change in different seasons or environments.

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MAY 11, 2025

Balch & Blanck, 2025; Butulis, 2023; Parks & Oslick, 2024) and to provide their students with instruction and practice in using AI in productive and ethical ways (e.g., Why College Instructors Matter: A Student’s Perspective I had a conversation with one of my students recently about this exact question. Schoeder, 2024).

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This approach goes beyond simply teaching students how to use AI tools; it aims to develop a comprehensive set of skills that will enable students to understand, critically evaluate and ethically engage with AI technologies. We are really trying to teach them how to question, poke holes and understand. Does this benefit us?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As the Director of Quantitative Research and Data Science, as well as the Data Privacy Officer at Digital Promise, I aim to demystify the complex world of data privacy, particularly in the realm of education and AI tools. A few examples of these questions include: What data will you collect? How will data be used?

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2025

Zarek Drozda, director of the nonprofit Data Science for Everyone, says his organization has seen interest in offering AI and data science coursework increase among school districts, with the number of states launching data initiatives increasing from one to 29 over the past four years.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

This begs the question: What’s next for education? There is a clear need for science-driven curriculum, and the thoughtful implementation of emerging technologies. With increased funding challenges and various political pressures surrounding wellness programs, science will drive decision-making.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching metacognition equips ELLs with the tools needed to navigate not only language acquisition but also the demands of various subject areas, from math and science to history and literature (Flavell, 1979; Schraw & Moshman, 1995). The challenges of supporting ELLs across content areas Teaching ELLs presents unique challenges.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

These days, proponents of learning analytics are exploring how the advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools bring new possibilities and raise new ethical questions for the practice. These are questions that we need to tackle as a learning analytics field. Its an approach known as learning analytics.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

The original version of this article appeared in Toward Data Science. The specific question we set out to answer was: “As an instructor, how can I use the data available to me to support my ability to provide effective personalized guidance to my students?” For my classes, I use low-stakes formative quiz assessments each week.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Some of the long-term results of the students who were in the smaller classes include: Higher student achievement levels in grade seven language, reading, science, math, and social studies classes. When students feel more comfortable with all their peers and their teacher, they’ll likely feel more relaxed engaging and asking questions.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

With the technology itself evolving rapidly, establishing a framework for examining its implications is critical; we need to know what questions to ask, and to continue asking, even as the answers continuously change. Our efforts to analyze data have helped us shine a light on these issues.

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