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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

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Building Interdisciplinary Courses: Choosing Scope and Mixing Knowledge Creating a solid interdisciplinary course starts with a clear scope and thoughtful mixing of knowledge. For example, a course on city growth might pull from earth science, social studies, money matters, and city planning. Yang et al. Yang et al.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

Faculty Focus

Building Interdisciplinary Courses: Choosing Scope and Mixing Knowledge Creating a solid interdisciplinary course starts with a clear scope and thoughtful mixing of knowledge. For example, a course on city growth might pull from earth science, social studies, money matters, and city planning. Yang et al. Yang et al.

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What Can College Instructors Offer Their Students in the Age of AI? 

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We cannot compete with the other resources available to our students in our fundamental content knowledge. 2001, University of Vermont) is a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar and Professor of Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University. This was our role as instructors prior to the advent of AI. Saucier, Ph.D.

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How to Make Online Learning More Engaging and Effective for Students

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For example, how would they use a science concept to solve a problem at home? Peer Review and Group Projects: Online learning isn’t only about solo work. If your child is reluctant to get involved with other students, give them a little push to participate fully in group assignments or peer review activities.

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Science achievement gaps begin as early as kindergarten

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Research indicates math, reading achievement in early grades also influences later science achievement. Their science achievement gaps remained fairly stable from third grade through eighth grade. General knowledge gaps between racial/ethnic minority and white children were already large at kindergarten entry.

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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

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The Science of Reading Over the past several decades, research in educational psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience has converged to form the science of reading, providing clear, evidence-based guidelines on effective reading instruction. Imagine Learning EL Education is science-backed and heart-driven.

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Today’s Students Aren’t Learning How Science Happens. That’s a Problem in a Pandemic.

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To make these decisions, we need information and a way to distinguish credible sources from the rest—and that starts with a solid understanding of basic science. Too often, though, this understanding we’re using to make decisions is obtained solely from our experiences in school science settings.