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Hundreds of STEM Grants Have Been Terminated. K-12 Math Educators Will Lose Out

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At the Human Computing Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, McLaren develops digital learning games to study how effective they are in the classroom and beyond. McLaren was preparing to replicate the study in schools in the fall with a different math game. One such game is called Decimal Point.

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My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It.

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I implemented writing reflections to help students recall their feedback from prior assignments and collaborated with a colleague to develop a teacher guided peer review system, which eventually yielded an app called Floop that made the peer review data visible and simpler to manage. She also found the work of U.K.-based

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

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Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). While there’s been progress of late, it’s been “uneven” and Black, Hispanic and women workers are still underrepresented in some STEM fields. But getting to those careers means surviving the academic journey.

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Top STEM Schools in Georgia Host High-Tech Personalized Classes Without Hours of Screentime

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In that class, two students choose a peer-reviewed article and lead seminars every Friday. They are not expected to be experts on the topics, but they are expected to lead the learning process for themselves and their peers. “You So now he’s studying epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs, using the model yeast.”

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Two Discovery Education Services Win 2022 SIIA CODiE Awards

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As the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place, Discovery Education has previously won CODiE awards for STEM Connect , social impact educational initiatives , Science Techbook , and the Social Studies Techbook Series. Twitter and? LinkedIn.?.

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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

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Secondary trends, found in only a few of the reviewed resources, included: blended learning, dashboards and learning analytics, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. Dellinger, dLRN , recently sat down with Joosten to ask her about the results of the study. We need to move.to

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New Research Proves Game-Based Learning Works—Here's Why That Matters

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Now a soon-to-be released study from Vanderbilt University demonstrates the impact of rigorous, peer reviewed research into curricular tools, in this case showing that students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests. Minecraft —Teaches kids how to code through play. Full size image here.