Computing Education Research Blog

JULY 15, 2024

If you want students to develop equitable data literacy skills that they can use in their everyday life, then those skills should be taught in social studies classes. Here’s a sketch of the argument. We make four main points: Data literacy makes social studies more effective. Most of us don’t read Science or Nature.

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STEM Geography Argumentation Data Science 96

Futurum

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Ben is working with Dr Julia Parrish, a professor at the University of Washington, who is also the Executive Director of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), an environmental, hands-on citizen science programme. Citizen science allows people to choose what project appeals to them, and engage in ways suited to them.

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Geography Research Research Science 98

Futurum

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As you can imagine, there are many arguments both for and against these ideas. Regardless of whether differential treatment is considered fair, the efficiency rationale gives researchers and policymakers another way to look at how and why public policies should consider socio-economic factors.

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Economics Government Mathematics Publication 111

Futurum

JUNE 21, 2022

DEFENCE – (in court) the argument that the accused person should not be found guilty. DEFENCE – (in court) the argument that the accused person should not be found guilty. FIELDS OF RESEARCH: American Studies, Criminology, Cultural Studies. FUNDER: Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

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Research Research Professor Argumentation 79

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

He starts off by saying about Carnot’s book: The idea which serves as a basis of his researches seems to me to be both fertile and beyond question; his demonstrations are founded on the absurdity of the possibility of creating motive power or heat out of nothing.

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Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 89

Futurum

MAY 11, 2023

Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US Published: For centuries, gay people have suffered discrimination, prejudice and persecution. How did social science influence the fight for marriage equality? Most social science does not change policy right away,” says Michael. “I

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Equality Social Sciences Science Sciences 57

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the mid-1990s, researching history for my book A New Kind of Science , (as I’ll discuss below) I had a detailed email exchange and long phone conversation with Ed about this. Richard Feynman and I would get into very fierce arguments. As he told it : I never pressed any issue that would sort of give me credit, okay?

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Computer Physics Science Sciences 69