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MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Ithaka S+R , and a group called Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics , or TPSE Math. The students who actually did Spieler’s homework experienced another trendy teaching approach: adaptive learning software. Acrobatiq , a company that spun out of Carnegie Mellon University’s much-watched Open Learning Initiative.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 7, 2025

A successful approach to inquiry-based learning takes students from the structured beginnings to a more open learning style. They can create their own list of questions, brainstorm in small groups, or participate in a whole-class discussion. These steps also work well for differentiation within the same class.

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JULY 10, 2016

Introductory colleges classes, especially in math and English, have earned the nickname “gatekeepers.” Without opening learning platforms up to the research community, it’s hard to understand if and how they’re improving learning outcomes. Half of college students fail to pass algebra with a grade of C or above.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But I think we're starting to see more and more data, and it’s become more precise, and there are things that students can do to actually engage with the data and become captains of their own ship, or at least participate in their own rescue. And then publishing in peer-review journals, so the rest of the people can see the math.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

And while many educators believe that word problems in math class are tougher for students to grasp than ones with mathematical notation, research shows that the opposite is true. Herbert Simon, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and learning engineering who died in 2001, is immersed in his office at Carnegie Mellon University.

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