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Can Third Graders Learn Data Science? These Researchers Say Yes

ED Surge

If you’re able to answer these, that’s how you teach data science to third graders—taking what seem like complex or abstract concepts and applying them to tangible elements in students’ lives. It just showed how much kids wanted to learn about this.” It’s not in our DNA; we have to learn it.

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Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.

ED Surge

The most common uses of AI teachers reported were to personalize student learning, interactive learning tools and getting insights on student performance with data analytics. Data science concepts form the building blocks of artificial intelligence, including popular large language models like ChatGPT.

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What Does It Mean to Be AI Ready? [Infographic]

ED Surge

To be prepared for the college and career opportunities of today and the future, students must learn to be AI Ready. Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) embraced AI technology by launching a K-12 AI Ready pilot in 2019, embedding AI Ready learning across content areas through the lens of the AI Learning Framework.

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Data Science Education: Making data work in math and science class

Accelerate Learning

Staying relevant to students while preparing them to be successful in the future is the winning formula that all teachers hope their curriculum achieves.

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How to Develop an Effective Framework for AI Readiness

ED Surge

We started with industry and post-secondary partners, requesting, You see AI in application; we want to learn from you. The framework includes technical components like programming, data science, AI tools and robotics. We developed the framework with help from various people across the country.

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Is AI a Pathway to Better Teaching and Learning?

ED Surge

As educators, we tend to be on a continuous quest for innovative edtech tools that will enhance the learning experience for students. This recommendation stems from the experiences of students who have harnessed generative AI to enhance their understanding of subjects, promoting curiosity, confidence and deeper learning.

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How scientists learn computing and use LLMs to program: Computing education for scientists and for democracy

Computing Education Research Blog

I learned the most from hearing and meeting Elle O’Brien (see her website ). She now studies how scientists learn and use computational methods. For most, independent study was unsuccessful, owing to limited time, missing foundational skills, and difficulty navigating the marketplace of educational data science resources.