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Big Deals—Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee, AI Tackles Campus Safety, and Stanford Offers Online Math

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.” National Civics Bee Teams Up With Khan Academy This year, for the first time, students who advance to the local competitions will receive free tutoring support through Khan Academy’s new AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant, Khanmigo. We are happy that it is now available to high school students.”

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

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At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Two birds with one stone.

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How AI can transform lesson planning and assessment

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Between budgetary constraints, bandwidth crunches, and a constantly changing syllabus, teachers have their hands full when it comes to structuring and building their class’s lessons and lectures. By distilling a lecture’s knowledge into a set of handy flashcards, teachers can ensure their students’ progress and performance.

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Opportunities in failing: Why K-12 education needs more productive struggle

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If I couldnt figure something out on my own, I had resources at my disposal: office hours, teaching assistants, or discussions with peers. The homework was intentionally challenging, often requiring problem-solving beyond what was covered in lectures. This wasnt a sign of failure; it was an essential part of learning.

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‘Backchannel’ Tools Let Students Ask Questions Anonymously. And That Brings More Voices.

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For nearly four decades, Perry Samson didn’t see many students’ hands raised in his large lecture courses. “I So the professor developed a backchannel tool that allows students to submit questions online during class and receive real-time answers from a teaching assistant. It creates a more welcoming and open environment.”

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Should Chatbots Tutor? Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son

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In it, Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, which has been building a tutoring tool with ChatGPT, sits watching his 15-year old son Imran learn a math concept from a talking version of the chatbot running on an iPad, which can also see what the student is typing on the tablet. It was making math errors. It could be used to cheat.

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The Future Is Adaptive: An Interview with TrueShelf’s Shiva Kintali

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TrueShelf , an adaptive learning platform that lets students learn mathematical concepts by helping them solve an unlimited number of math problems and real-world puzzles that get progressively harder as their skills develop. EdSurge: What prompted you to develop an adaptive approach to learning math? Shiva Kintali, TrueShelf CEO.

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