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Teaching Through a Lens of Compassion: Strengthening Pre-service Teachers’ Math Muscles

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Incorporate mindful use of instructor language/actions/words. Social Awareness Provide space for collaboration with each other and with the instructor. Relationship Skills Embed oral assessments to help PSTs develop effective mathematical fluency. Cultivate dynamic spaces where PSTs can ask questions and seek help.

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How to Become a Citizen Scientist

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Critical Thinking and Scientific Literacy Exposure to the scientific community and its methods enhances students’ and amateur volunteer scientists’ approaches toward specific problems. Shortlist programs that align with your interests and skills. Citizen science brings together commitment, community, research, and cooperation.

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Teaching Through a Lens of Compassion: Strengthening Pre-service Teachers’ Math Muscles

Faculty Focus

Incorporate mindful use of instructor language/actions/words. Social Awareness Provide space for collaboration with each other and with the instructor. Relationship Skills Embed oral assessments to help PSTs develop effective mathematical fluency. Cultivate dynamic spaces where PSTs can ask questions and seek help.

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When Students Don’t Like What They’re Doing: Applications for Group Work

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My agenda is to help you develop the skills you’ll need to function effectively when you have to work with others.” A large and comprehensive study involving 14 sections and 263 students enrolled in an intermediate sociology research methods course tackled that question in the context of a four-week group research project (Monson, 2019).

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When Students Don’t Like What They’re Doing: Applications for Group Work

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My agenda is to help you develop the skills you’ll need to function effectively when you have to work with others.” A large and comprehensive study involving 14 sections and 263 students enrolled in an intermediate sociology research methods course tackled that question in the context of a four-week group research project (Monson, 2019).

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Six Powerful Ways to Cultivate Student Attention and Promote Student Success 

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Additionally, studies have found that mastering new skills need “effortful processing” or “conscious attention” (Triesman & Galade, 1980). My informal research methods included collecting self-perception data from students on what they found most helpful for staying engaged.

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Six Powerful Ways to Cultivate Student Attention and Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

Additionally, studies have found that mastering new skills need “effortful processing” or “conscious attention” (Triesman & Galade, 1980). My informal research methods included collecting self-perception data from students on what they found most helpful for staying engaged.

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