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Elevating Intellectual Growth: Problem Solving Activities for Gifted Students

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Did you know that problem solving activities have been shown to significantly enhance intellectual growth? Additionally, I will discuss how problem solving activities can unleash creativity and provide strategies for tackling complex problems. KEY TAKEAWAY What are problem solving activities for gifted students?

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The Impact of Inclusive STEM Education

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The STEM+CS team develops every opportunity from a lens of inclusion and accessibility for all. Equity of opportunity accessibility is first and foremost in every initiative within STEM+CS. Research is foundational to sustaining and expanding access to all students.

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Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce

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One thing we can do to support teachers is make AI accessible in a practical way to educators, [making it as easy as] asking about what's for dinner tonight or how I can plan my vacation. Johnson: If we want to ensure equitable access, I want to really hammer home the point that teachers need training.

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Competitive Coders Are the Future of Esports and the Rising Stars of Computer Science

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Players must program a backend strategy and use their coding and problem-solving skills to outsmart competitors. CodeCombat AI League trailer (credit: CodeCombat) A Foundation of Game-Based Learning Founded in 2013, CodeCombat was born from a simple idea: Make learning to code engaging and accessible to all.

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Empowering Teachers and Inspiring Students for a STEM-Driven Future

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The positive impact of teachers has been extensively substantiated through years of research highlighting that teacher effectiveness is the most important school-based factor related to student achievement and outcomes. This development of technical skills provides a foundation students can build upon in higher ed or the workplace.

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How to Showcase Your Skills when Applying for Your First Job

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Finally, because it’s a new job and you do not have much experience, highlight soft skills you acquired in college through academic achievements, projects and other papers. References can help talk about your problem-solving and teamwork skills. This makes it more accessible, transparent, robust and quickly updated.

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NAEP Scores Show a Long Road to Academic Recovery. Edtech Can Help Shorten It.

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Recent headlines suggest it will take until 2028 for students to recover from these pandemic-related achievement declines. Focus on Pathway to Learning Instead of Right and Wrong Answers How do we measure the effectiveness of improving achievement and closing learning gaps? Others say it will take decades.

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