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What New Research Says About Fostering a ‘Sense of Belonging’ in Classrooms

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Research shows that everybody finds things like that annoying, but if you're a first-generation college student, those start to trigger worries about belonging, because there's a belonging uncertainty there,” he says. Walton has spent decades researching how to foster a stronger sense of belonging in education settings.

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5 Skills Graduates Need to Be Successful

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Creativity and problem-solving will come in handy in brainstorming solutions and revolution steps for projects, while communication and networking are invaluable when interacting with team members or potential clients. Excellent communication will help you showcase your skills and abilities to potential employers.

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The Secret to Successful Essay Writing: 10 Proven Tips to Level Up

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Essay writing is a crucial skill for academic and professional success because it teaches clear, logical, and persuasive communication. Achieving high grades, personal development, and future professional success all hinge on strong essay writing abilities. Writing essays is an essential skill for both students and academic writers.

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How the Internet Neighborhood is Like Any Other Community

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For example, when preparing a project, a fifth grader will do the research using the internet, collaborate with classmates on Google, write the report with a web-based tool, share it using digital tools, and then use those learned skills in other classes.

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Why Educators Should Lean in to AI to Better Support Students

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Upon the release of ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, we noticed that some of our students had suddenly become “experts” at synthesizing research and organizing their term papers, often resulting in perfect scores on their written assignments.

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Online College Classes Start Monday!

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digital communications. digital search/research. In this course, teachers will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, critical thinking, and immersive keyboarding. cyberbullying. digital commerce.

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Demystifying Social-Emotional Learning and the Controversy Surrounding It

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And more than that, vilifying SEL will likely only move education in the wrong direction, educators and researchers say. And there's a lot of research that shows that SEL programs that are taught within a school actually have really good outcomes for kids. I lead our research department, so of course we're very data-driven.

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