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

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Saucier has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and is a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and the Midwestern Psychological Association. Saucier, Ph.D.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

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Working in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies has shown me firsthand that our students face a world full of messy, tangled problems. For example, a course on city growth might pull from earth science, social studies, money matters, and city planning. 2024) studied adding interdisciplinary learning in nursing classes using games.

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How a Professor of Hip-Hop Is Breaking Boundaries With First Peer-Reviewed Rap Album

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In August, his latest album, “ i used to love to dream ,” became the first rap album to be published by a university press, after going through a formal academic peer-review. He’s no stranger to working in a mix of media.

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6 findings to inform your state’s principal preparation

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conducted by LPI, synthesizes peer-reviewed scholarship from 2000 to 2021 that addresses principal preparation and development programs. The study’s authors are Linda Darling-Hammond, Marjorie E. The report updates a prior 2007 study, Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World, led by Darling-Hammond.

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A Popular Study Found That Taking Notes By Hand Is Better Than By Laptop. But Is It?

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A 2014 research study with a catchy title is often pointed to by those who worry that technology is having unexpected downsides in the classroom. The study has been cited in other peer-reviewed journals more than 1,200 times, according to Google Scholar, and it has been pointed to in op-eds and other popular articles as well.

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Increased Screen Time May Indicate Family Stress, Pandemic Study Suggests

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A new study aims to make sense of these phenomena and draw fresh conclusions about what it really means when kids spend hours looking at cell phones, computers or televisions. Such a large shift in family behavior did not come because millions of parents suddenly “changed their minds about the dangers of screen time,” the study says.

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