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APRIL 29, 2024

Abbie Kay points out that a well-organized essay helps guide the reader through your arguments coherently and logically. Focusing on these structural components will ensure that your essays are well-organized and easy to follow, enhancing the clarity of your argument.

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JUNE 28, 2024

It presents your main argument and sets the direction for your paper. Each section should flow logically from one to the next, ensuring that your argument builds progressively. Use Relevant and Credible Evidence Support your arguments with credible evidence. Make sure your thesis is specific, debatable, and concise.

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Argumentation Communications Artificial Intelligence Achievement 392

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MAY 18, 2023

It is mandatory for all students and is an independent piece of research that culminates into a 4,000-word paper. The requirements guide discussions to ensure the article meets the standards for successful research. Some of them include citation guidelines, research question formulation, word count, etc.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

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. But the researcher says he has heard from hundreds of teachers who have reported improvements in test scores. How did that go? Teachers hated it.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

When Teaching Students Math, Concepts Matter More Than Process By Nicola Hodkowski Researcher Nicola Hodkowski makes a case for moving beyond students memorizing the process of doing math and instead fostering a deep understanding of mathematical concepts. Here are the most popular K-12 stories of 2024.

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Educators Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A bibliography is basically a list of references of cited works that one used in their research. Once done, go back to your highlights and comments and synthesize the whole thing into a concise summary that captures the main arguments of the work together with your own critical evaluation and reflection. Why annotated bibliographies?

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JUNE 25, 2024

Essentially, they should redesign assignments and how they instruct to help teach mental focus, modeling how to read, write and research away from the constant interruptions of social media and app notifications. And he has a strong reaction to Galinsky’s argument. “We We don't let kids smoke in school,” he points out.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Communication dynamics between educators in the realm of education, the art of constructive argumentative communication is crucial for the holistic development of students. It's not just about conveying information - it’s also about fostering a positive atmosphere conducive to growth and exploration.

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MARCH 2, 2020

A few useful actions that help in eradicating plagiarism are discussed below: Initiate the research process early: Writing everything in a rushed manner often leads to plagiarism. Genuine students are committed to their research activity and attempt to produce new knowledge through their research.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Entrepreneurs and developers try to make the best possible drug to treat students, while administrators and researchers (myself included) stand guard, testing and validating the treatments. This doesn’t mean this kind of research should stop. Within this technocentrist frame, education is sick and edtech is like medicine.

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JULY 24, 2023

As a case in point, Project Topeka featured an automated essay scoring tool that provided grades 6–8 students with individualized line-level feedback on argumentative essays responding to six different prompts. In essence, teachers sought a logical flow in the way students organized their arguments. Is the evidence reliable?

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Argumentation EdTech Technology Achievement 246

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

That’s the question posed by science journalist Annie Murphy Paul, who points to research emphasizing the many ways that thinking is influenced not just by what’s inside our skull, but by cues from our body movements, by our surroundings, and by other people we’re interacting with. I’ll take one from each area of research.

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MAY 28, 2024

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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MAY 20, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic drove a big increase in homeschooled students, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Homeschool Hub , a collection of homeschooling research and resources. Microschooling was an experiment whose insights she meant to transpose into public schools. She had also worked in public schools before launching Mysa.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

Such arguments obscure many of the real, pressing problems in education right now—a mental health crisis, workforce shortages in sectors across the field, nearly two years of lost or lackluster learning experiences. And more than that, vilifying SEL will likely only move education in the wrong direction, educators and researchers say.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. using research authentically. Give students time to research, but not too much time. They must connect to opponent’s arguments.

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MAY 23, 2024

Kaufer adds that novice writers often shift too early in the writing process into making fragments of ideas they put down into carefully crafted sentences, when they might just end up later deleting those sentences because the ideas may not fit into their final argument or essay. Kaufer is sympathetic to that argument.

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JULY 16, 2024

So, templates provide a visual framework for a polished and professional appearance, whether it is a presentation, research paper, or report. Therefore, the essence of circumventing plagiarism lies in the commitment to delivering entirely original work, which is fundamentally achieved through: Exhaustive research.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

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. Supporting Student Argumentation – Understanding Structure and Language of Argumentation.

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MARCH 3, 2022

Honestly, I missed people and a lot of people I know in CS Education and CS Ed research are here. She started publishing and researching what became object oriented programming while I was in the early stages of my career. The argument for Python is multiple. I am finding the arguments for Python more convincing than I expected.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Students addressed their own climate anxiety by applying their research skills in designing climate solutions and writing defending arguments to local politicians. This required students to not only read instructions but also to analyze information and synthesize research to communicate their ideas effectively.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

How The Classroom Environment Shapes Understanding of Cause and Effect Relationships Mastering cause-and-effect relationships in research is crucial for a student’s academic future and career. In an argumentative essay, the cause-and-effect lays forth the chain of events that led to the current state of affairs.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

When he was working on his book on the topic more than a decade ago, he says he reached out to civil rights groups hoping they’d be interested in using his research to launch campaigns against legacy programs, but had few takers. But even that financial argument is not well-founded, argues Kahlenberg. And that's not true,” she says.

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JUNE 2, 2023

It represents one part of a greater attempt to encourage “responsible” use of this technology by the federal government , including a $140 million investment to create national academies that will focus on AI research, which is inching the country closer to a regulatory framework for AI. At the moment, more research is needed.

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MARCH 18, 2024

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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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Writing an essay is mostly difficult for students as they need to rely on their research and writing abilities. Well, in the modern context with digital approaches, it is possible to research firmly on any particular subject matter. We are talking about essay writing, which you find a daunting task.

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JUNE 4, 2024

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?

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Artificial Intelligence Argumentation Technology Teaching 329

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Describe research you did to make your Minecraft world more realistic and workable. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. You’ll put long hours in researching, studying, managing, and few will thank you. Describe a new approach you used in your play that you haven’t used before.

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Problem Solving Teaching Chemistry Critical Thinking 498

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MAY 16, 2016

Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. using research authentically. Give students time to research, but not too much time. They must connect to opponent’s arguments.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

But while working with schools and colleges across the globe as we conducted research for our book , we realized that most interventions don’t address systemic issues causing mental health problems in the first place. Indeed, a meta-analysis of research on this issue found a correlation between homework and achievement.

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MARCH 9, 2023

Look at what Harvey Silver says in his book, Compare and Contrast : By compiling the available research on effective instruction, Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock found that strategies that engage students in comparative thinking had the greatest effect on student achievement, leading to an average percentile gain of 45 points.

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APRIL 13, 2015

Give students a couple of class periods–one to research bridges (using their internet search and research skills) and a few to build the virtual bridge. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. Class Debate. They take questions. They’ll change your mind.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Research suggests that when exposed to a learning environment that prioritizes the well-being of the whole child, not just their academic performance, students become more confident, optimistic and perceptive. I haven’t seen one of them incorporate self-love as a prioritized outcome.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

But the evidence paints an ambiguous to slightly negative picture, according to researchers like Van Schoales, senior policy director for the nonprofit Keystone Policy Center, which published a recent report on the four-day school week in Colorado. While there was some national research, there wasn’t much within the state yet, he says.

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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. Presentations are voted on my fellow students to determine who will be awarded the grant.

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Earth science Argumentation Curriculum Publication 354

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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 254

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JUNE 24, 2015

The result is a compelling argument that education is less a data download and more a fitness program for our brains. ” Common Core Standards expect students to ‘value evidence’, ‘make arguments evidence-based,’ and ‘comprehend and evaluate complex texts’ as students draw conclusions.

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