ED Surge

MARCH 14, 2022

There’s a unique opportunity to identify the dangerous side of the “fake it until you make it” argument, as Theranos not only wasted millions of dollars, but put some patients’ health in jeopardy. Unsurprisingly, the highly-publicized plan to deploy Knewton’s technology in service of incarcerated youth never happened.

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Education Education EdTech Publication 364

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Sean Michael Morris knows that he has cultivated a certain “ethos” over his career in higher education—as a self-described critic of edtech and a champion of helping professors improve their teaching. Much of his job duties involve cultivating a community of professors engaged with the company. What do you say to that concern?

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EdTech Argumentation Professor Publication 279

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APRIL 15, 2021

Each team builds a case to address the particular environmental concern they consider to be the most critical by researching, building a convincing argument, and then presenting it to their audience. In this Earth Day webquest , student teams vie for $1 million in funding from the fictional nonprofit, Help Our World (HOW) Foundation.

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Earth science Argumentation Curriculum Publication 345

ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

Students are looking for something different from teachers and professors as they prepare to enter political and civic life, and that means educators need to change the way they support students when it comes to political engagement. For the full interview, listen here.

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Education Education Argumentation Curriculum 300

ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2023

The civil rights folks liked the idea that legacy preferences were there to the extent that they could make an argument that, ‘Listen, there are all sorts of preferences in college admissions,’ and so race should be allowed as one of those factors.” But even that financial argument is not well-founded, argues Kahlenberg.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Thiel was trying to change the public conversation about higher education, and at the time, 13 years ago, even practices like gap years were pretty uncommon. So we’ve been wondering: What happened to the public belief in college? And he argues that there’s a danger in Thiel’s argument. “I Millions of students in the U.S.

Finance 304

Finance Economics Argumentation Innovation 304

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JUNE 7, 2017

They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. public speaking. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. provide a concluding statement that follows from argument presented.

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Schooling Argumentation Research Research 177

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

public schools are English Language Learners (ELLs). Supporting Student Argumentation – Understanding Structure and Language of Argumentation. Supporting Student Argumentation – Helping Students Evaluate Evidence in Arguments. Supporting Student Argumentation – Fostering the Language of Argumentation.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But it’s not because students aren’t good at critical thinking, argues Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. Instead, they just need a little bit of guidance on how to approach the flood of text, images and websites they encounter on a daily basis.

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Critical Thinking Argumentation Primary Teaching 353

ED Surge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

I was struck by the tight argumentation in the recent Vox essay, “ The incredible shrinking future of college ,” written by New America’s Kevin Carey. Reporters made an eye-popping 600 public information requests to school districts in their efforts to find out which books were coming under scrutiny.

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Argumentation Professor Publication Government 228

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MAY 16, 2016

They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. public speaking. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. provide a concluding statement that follows from argument presented.

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Schooling Argumentation Research Research 156

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JUNE 16, 2016

This is a great visual way to act out experiences, teach lessons, share how-tos, make public service announcements, and tell a story from different points of view. It can be used not only for fiction, but narrative, argumentative, and expository writing exercises. Free for educators; web and mobile app. VoiceThread. Fee; web or iOS.

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Argumentation Communications Curriculum Computer 200

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Common knowledge — what most people know is in the public domain so no need to cite. Artwork (writing, pictures, movies, all media) older than seventy years past the creator’s death is in the public domain (with some exceptions). If you can’t find the website’s media use policy, DON’T use it.

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Argumentation Research Research Publication 196

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APRIL 18, 2018

explained Mike Nelson, the Director of Curricula and Assessments in the Coeur d’Alene Public School District, “but at the same time, we knew a few key changes would be of benefit to all.” As the 2017-18 school year began for Coeur d’Alene Public Schools, the district-wide changes were felt by students and teachers alike.

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Argumentation Research Research Curriculum 154

Futurum

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Differential treatment is an example of how economic theories can shape public policies and individual’s opportunities. As you can imagine, there are many arguments both for and against these ideas. How does Emil study the efficiency of differential treatment?

Economics 111

Economics Government Mathematics Publication 111

Futurum

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Published: At Furman University in the US, Dr Ben Haywood and Professor Julia Parrish from the University of Washington are studying how citizen science programmes impact the relationships participants have with the places and ecology they study which might, in turn, increase scientific literacy. How exactly can programmes do this?

Geography 98

Geography Research Research Science 98

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But in 1834, Émile Clapeyron (1799–1864)—a rather distinguished French engineering professor (and steam engine designer)—wrote a paper entitled “ Memoir on the Motive Power of Heat ”. His book is mostly words, with just a few formulas related to the behavior of ideal gases, and some tables of actual parameters for particular materials.

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Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 88

STEMe

MARCH 31, 2024

Predicting someone’s life seems like an unrealistic idea to the general public. A study on this topic, led by Professor Sune Lehmann at Denmark University, was published under Nature Computational Science in 2023. Because of the general skepticism, the argument about whether AI could have a negative or positive impact continues.

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Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Architecture Argumentation 52

Futurum

APRIL 18, 2023

Professor Dane Morgan and Dr Ryan Jacobs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US are investigating the opportunities and challenges this advancement poses. My mother was an English professor and telecommunications consultant and was deeply knowledgeable, too. How did Dane become a materials scientist and engineer?

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Science Sciences Learning Artificial Intelligence 98

Futurum

JUNE 21, 2022

This is a practice that an international network of scholars, including Professor Eithne Quinn from the University of Manchester in the UK, has found to be structurally racist. DEFENCE – (in court) the argument that the accused person should not be found guilty. DEFENDANT – the accused person in a court of law. Download the article.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

So it appears that ungrading is expanding from the realm of pedagogy nerds, into the public consciousness. So it appears that ungrading is expanding from the realm of pedagogy nerds, into the public consciousness. Many local news articles about ungrading ( like this one ) are based on these two items.

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Publication Communications Construction Academic Standards 73

Futurum

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Professor Jeffrey Catchmark and his team at Pennsylvania State University in the US believe they have one such solution, using common plant-based materials to create sustainable food packaging. This paves the way for its use among the general public in the near future. This goes hand in hand with ethical thinking.

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Biology Agriculture Engineering Critical Thinking 84

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

APRIL 29, 2022

What about the fact that casual publication doesn't count for much professionally? A: As a cisgendered middle-age white American tenured full professor, I am just about the least-ever qualified person to answer this. Then stop doing that , and write a blog post instead with the time that's freed up. (

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Argumentation Research Research Teaching 52

Futurum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Bess is an Assistant Professor of Geology at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in the US. DR BESS KOFFMAN Assistant Professor of Geology Colby College, Waterville, Maine, USA. Through evaluating evidence and mapping out arguments, students can practice this important aspect of scientific communication. FROM DUST TO DUST.

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Geology Energy Communications Research 52

Futurum

MAY 10, 2023

Plymouth State University is a predominantly undergraduate institution (PUI), meaning that its main focus is on teaching undergraduate degrees, rather than facilitating the research of professors and lecturers. GeoPaths has also developed an exciting new research project that is used to help train students, teachers and the general public.

Geology 52

Geology Critical Thinking Research Research 52

Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

And that fall, as a way to focus my efforts, I taught a “Topics in Theoretical Physics” course at Caltech (supposedly for graduate students but actually almost as many professors came too) on what, for want of a better name, I called “non-equilibrium statistical mechanics”. SMP Version 1.0 was ready in mid-1981.

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Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

I first met Ed in 1982—on an island in the Caribbean he had bought with money from taking public a tech company he’d founded. But Ed Fredkin’s first piece of public visibility seems to have come in 1948, when he was 13 years old—and it reminds me so much of many of Ed’s later “self-imposed” adventures.

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Computer Physics Sciences Science 68

ED Surge

JULY 12, 2022

So for this week’s podcast we’re diving into his argument, talking to a philosophy professor who studied with Hussain and regularly teaches the paper to his own students. That scholar is Hamish Russell, a graduate student and part-time assistant professor at the University of Toronto. That's right. But now they're rivals.

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JUNE 21, 2017

The Socratic Method requires cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, asking and answering questions that stimulate critical thinking and draw out underlying presumptions. The goal has nothing to do with who wins the argument but how evidence and ideas are presented. — image credit: Fresno Public Schools.

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Argumentation Critical Thinking Publication Curriculum 268

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JUNE 1, 2022

Cell phone numbers, land lines, addresses, and even email addresses aren’t for public consumption. Your personal information is just a fight away from becoming public. Kids and teens aren’t always mature enough to handle arguments and fights. Say the wrong thing or argue with the wrong person and dirty laundry becomes public.

Publication 447

Publication Argumentation Accessibility Curriculum 447

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JUNE 8, 2021

Cell phone numbers, land lines, addresses, and even email addresses aren’t for public consumption. Your personal information is just a fight away from becoming public. Kids and teens aren’t always mature enough to handle arguments and fights. Say the wrong thing or argue with the wrong person and dirty laundry becomes public.

Publication 414

Publication Argumentation Accessibility Curriculum 414

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JUNE 1, 2023

Cell phone numbers, land lines, addresses, and even email addresses aren’t for public consumption. Your personal information is just a fight away from becoming public. Kids and teens aren’t always mature enough to handle arguments and fights. Say the wrong thing or argue with the wrong person and dirty laundry becomes public.

Publication 372

Publication Argumentation Accessibility Curriculum 372

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JUNE 7, 2024

Cell phone numbers, land lines, addresses, and even email addresses aren’t for public consumption. Your personal information is just a fight away from becoming public. Kids and teens aren’t always mature enough to handle arguments and fights. Say the wrong thing or argue with the wrong person and dirty laundry becomes public.

Publication 288

Publication Argumentation Accessibility Curriculum 288

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JUNE 5, 2020

Cell phone numbers, land lines, addresses, and even email addresses aren’t for public consumption. Your personal information is just a fight away from becoming public. Kids and teens aren’t always mature enough to handle arguments and fights. Say the wrong thing or argue with the wrong person and dirty laundry becomes public.

Publication 298

Publication Argumentation Accessibility Curriculum 298

Futurum

MAY 11, 2023

However, since the 1990s, public attitudes towards gay rights in the US have undergone a monumental shift. Professor Michael Rosenfeld , a sociologist at Stanford University , has studied this dramatic change in public opinion. Most public attitudes remain relatively stable over time and social change is a slow process.

Equality 57

Equality Social Sciences Science Sciences 57

ED Surge

JANUARY 2, 2023

The revisions were embroiled in arguments over what good math teaching looks like. If the textbooks, courseware, lesson plans and worksheets used in schools reflect all students’ realities, the argument goes, it will set all students up for real learning. Riling up many of these no-holds-barred K-12 scraps is “inclusivity.”

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Argumentation Curriculum Achievement Math 204