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JULY 14, 2023

Critical Thinking and Scientific Literacy Exposure to the scientific community and its methods enhances students’ and amateur volunteer scientists’ approaches toward specific problems. Shortlist programs that align with your interests and skills. Citizen science brings together commitment, community, research, and cooperation.

Science 144

Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This unexpected moment in the classroom alerted me to an opportunity to explore and expand the scope of information literacy skills I incorporate in my courses. When I teach information literacy now, I focus my efforts on developing student skills in three areas. What do other news sites, or fact-checking sites say on the topic?

Teaching 111

Teaching Evaluation Discussions Plagiarism 111

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Relationship Skills Embed oral assessments to help PSTs develop effective mathematical fluency. Gurpreet Sahmbi is an educator at the University of Toronto in mathematics education and research methods in teacher education. Connect learning tasks to real-life experiences.

Math 124

Math Teaching Teachers Instructors 124

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

ChatGPT’s emergence and subsequent evolution as a generative artificial intelligence tool introduces new ways of assisting students with research design. Nevertheless, educators are already employing ChatGPT and other AI-assisted tools for skills enhancement in teaching and research (Crompton and Burke, 2023).

Ethics 110

Ethics Intelligence Feedback Languages 110

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Professional development programs can equip leaders with the skills needed to address implicit bias, foster inclusive environments, and manage conflicts related to diversity issues (El-Amin et al., In Social justice research methods for doctoral research (pp. Uprooting Bias in the Academy: Lessons from the Field , 81-95.

Education 104

Education Culture Counselling Research Methods 104

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Relationship Skills Embed oral assessments to help PSTs develop effective mathematical fluency. Gurpreet Sahmbi is an educator at the University of Toronto in mathematics education and research methods in teacher education. Connect learning tasks to real-life experiences.

Math 98

Math Teaching Teachers Instructors 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Professional development programs can equip leaders with the skills needed to address implicit bias, foster inclusive environments, and manage conflicts related to diversity issues (El-Amin et al., In Social justice research methods for doctoral research (pp. Uprooting Bias in the Academy: Lessons from the Field , 81-95.

Education 98

Education Culture Counselling Research Methods 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

My agenda is to help you develop the skills you’ll need to function effectively when you have to work with others.” A large and comprehensive study involving 14 sections and 263 students enrolled in an intermediate sociology research methods course tackled that question in the context of a four-week group research project (Monson, 2019).

Group work 64

Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 64

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Additionally, studies have found that mastering new skills need “effortful processing” or “conscious attention” (Triesman & Galade, 1980). My informal research methods included collecting self-perception data from students on what they found most helpful for staying engaged.

Attention 122

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 122

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

My agenda is to help you develop the skills you’ll need to function effectively when you have to work with others.” A large and comprehensive study involving 14 sections and 263 students enrolled in an intermediate sociology research methods course tackled that question in the context of a four-week group research project (Monson, 2019).

Group work 59

Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 59

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Additionally, studies have found that mastering new skills need “effortful processing” or “conscious attention” (Triesman & Galade, 1980). My informal research methods included collecting self-perception data from students on what they found most helpful for staying engaged.

Attention 111

Attention Students Quizzes Interdisciplinary 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 6, 2023

Making the information on Canvas or Blackboard more attractive is possible, but it can require coding skills or access to an instructional designer. A list of links can make the information on these platforms overwhelming for students. Only if you know how to code can you create a more web-based experience for your Canvas pages.

Accessibility 69

Accessibility Course Design Students Research Methods 69

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Bear all this in mind as you consider the following question: What if there were a job-skills machine? After years of thinking and tinkering, coding and categorizing, he and his team are ready to share their job-skills machine with the world. There’s a man down in Texas who thinks he’s found a way to build one. That’s the bull’s-eye.”

Skills 181

Skills Intelligence Syllabus Languages 181