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It’s time to invest in tech equity in education

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It shouldn’t be exclusive to kids who attend schools stocked with new textbooks and state-of-the-art laboratories. It shouldn’t rely on home internet access, a community hotspot or a ride to the library. Rather, U.S. students are entering a time where equity in education has the potential to be closer than ever before.

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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. Contrast doing something and revising quickly with a textbook company that spends seven years to devise a textbook and hopes to hell that it works.” It was out of date.

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Remote Science Instruction in High School Biology and Chemistry

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The FLEX program uses a unique blend of hands-on investigations, teacher-led digital demonstrations and digital student investigations to ensure safety, authentic data collection, and valuable laboratory experiences. Both programs have correlations to major textbooks.

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Flinn Scientific Updates Science2Go to Further Engage High School Students in Science Exploration

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Science2Go also features 10 new technique videos introducing and demonstrating common laboratory procedures that are used in many of the experiments students perform in standard high school science curricula. Updated lab topics have also been added to ensure the tightest alignment with core science curriculum and textbooks.

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Big Deals: Making AI Safe; New STEM Platforms; How To Fix Learning Loss

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With Numerade Plus, students and teachers will have access to a full suite of education features, including over 100 million textbook video solutions, expert-verified answers, full-length video courses, custom quizzes, unlimited “Ask an Expert” questions, and an AI chatbot tutor powered by GPT-4.

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

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They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials carefully crafted to meet the needs of diverse learners and facilitate meaningful learning experiences. Inquiry is a way to construct democratic laboratory experiences where students can practice living in a deliberative, diverse democracy.