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Students Are Busy but Rarely Thinking, Researcher Argues. Do His Teaching Strategies Work Better?

ED Surge

That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. He’s outlined the strategies in his book, “ Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics. ” How did that go? Can we get more students thinking?

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PCAS Expansion, Growth, Research, and SIGCSE 2024 Presentations

Computing Education Research Blog

Research in PCAS We’re starting to publish some of what we’re learning from PCAS. Thursday just after lunch, Neil Brown and I are presenting our paper, Confidence vs Insight: Big and Rich Data in Computing Education Research 13:45 – 14:10 at Meeting Room D135. In the presentation, the gloves come off, and we show actual reviews.

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Talented Students Are Kept From Early Algebra. Should States Force Schools to Enroll Them?

ED Surge

For some researchers, California misstepped. And at least one researcher hopes that a shift toward a “more nuanced” model built on proven student aptitude will win out. It’s a phenomenon researchers are painfully aware of. This pattern has left districts searching for new models.

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What should mathematics majors know about computing, and when should they know it?

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

In the original article, I gave a list of what computing skills mathematics majors should learn and when they should learn them. If anything, over the past seven years, my feelings about the centrality of computing in the mathematics major have gotten even more entrenched. and then somewhat sparingly.

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Support English Learners with Micro-credentials from Digital Promise

Ask a Tech Teacher

Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more. is supported by research. Mathematical Language Routines – Facilitating Student Ideas and Language: Stronger and Clearer Each Time.

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What Preservice Teachers and Teacher Educators Can Learn from Trajectories

National Science Foundation

Few would discount the power and promise of diversifying the teaching force, especially in STEM fields; however, our research offers the field of STEM education new insight into the conversation. Teacher diversity is a contemporary issue in education circles that is prevalent in the current educational discussions. The Diversity Imperative.

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Should Chatbots Tutor? Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son

ED Surge

For this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we talked with Khan to hear more about his vision of AI tutors and the arguments from his recent book. You note in your book that back when you were an undergraduate at MIT, you originally wanted to be an AI researcher. What would you say to that argument? Why were you drawn to that area?