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Graphing–9 Lesson Plans + 6 Online Resources

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Communication of Ideas : Graphs provide a universal language for communicating ideas across different fields. Whether in mathematics, science, economics, or engineering, graphs are commonly used to convey information in a concise and understandable manner.

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Why My Students Had to Embrace Their Imperfections to Learn a New Language

ED Surge

I am a social sciences and Spanish teacher and a mother of three children, and with that comes the social and self-imposed pressure to show that all the pieces of my life fit together like a shiny mosaic. I wanted us to be in a community that felt like family, cheering each other on while becoming stronger communicators.

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College Writing Centers Worry AI Could Replace Them

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Students may be coming with an assignment from an engineering class or a social sciences class, she says, which means writing center staff can build connections with colleagues across the college.

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Do Online Degrees Lead to Jobs as Reliably as Traditional Ones?

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Two theories proposed by notable twentieth-century scholars stand out—one by James Samuel Coleman, an American sociologist who worked at the University of Chicago, and the other by French structuralist Pierre Bourdieu, who taught at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris.

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To Address Climate Anxiety, Consider How Students Get Their News on the Issue

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At Project Information Literacy (PIL), the nonprofit independent research institute I lead, a group of library and information science and new media researchers — including myself — conduct national research about the information seeking behavior of college students and recent graduates.

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What is the Importance of STEM Education in Climate Change and Sustainability Education for Children?

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It should adopt a multidisciplinary approach: Climate change education should bring together different disciplines such as science, mathematics, social sciences, arts and communication. Strengthen communication skills: Education should focus on improving children ’ s effective communication skills.

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Everyday Equitable Data Literacy is Best in Social Studies, far more than in STEM

Computing Education Research Blog

Data visualizations that most of us see in our everyday lives are from opinion polls or about prices or taxes — they’re about social science topics (economics, government/civics, history, geography). If you want the knowledge to transfer, teach it in the context that you want to transfer. Many students avoid STEM classes.

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