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

ED Surge

As such, many students enter college and the workforce not having enough practice in key critical thinking skills that they need to be innovative problem-solvers and effective communicators. Johnson: If we want to ensure equitable access, I want to really hammer home the point that teachers need training.

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Productive Struggle: An Opportunity for In-Depth Mathematics Learning

National Science Foundation

Struggle is a regular part of mathematics class: students struggle to get started, to carry out a process, to express misconceptions and errors, and with “uncertainty in explaining and sense-making” (Warshauer, 2015, p. Generating Mathematically Productive Struggle.

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Updates: NSF Funding to Study Learning with Teaspoon Languages for Discrete Mathematics

Computing Education Research Blog

Elise is a mathematics education researcher who has been studying how students come to understand counting problems. University of Michigan CSE Communications wrote a nice article about the work, available here. TSP languages can make the power of programming to enhance learning more accessible.

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Powerful Learning With Artificial Intelligence For Educators

ED Surge

They are also concerned about exacerbating existing inequities in accessing digital technologies and tools, presenting further structural barriers for students and communities. AI Literacy applies 21st-century skills , including communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. Read The U.S.

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9 Good Online Math Tutoring Websites for Kids and Students

Educators Technology

Access to online learning materials helps students manage their work/study schedules more effectively. Math educators demonstrate their ability to clearly and simply explain basic and complex mathematical concepts by drawing on their personal experiences and expertise.

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Elevating Voices, Catalyzing Change: A Partnership Approach to Supporting K-8 Mathematics Teacher Leaders

National Science Foundation

Implementing equitable mathematics instruction is an ongoing, collective commitment that must be made by teachers, schools, districts, and beyond to ensure that each and every student has access to high-quality mathematics instruction. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), 2020b, p. Introduction.

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The Equitable Classroom: What’s the Mathematical Education of Teachers Got to Do with It?

National Science Foundation

Equitable access to mathematics is a long-standing, yet unmet goal in mathematics education (Gutiérrez, 2018). There are many well-known obstacles to this goal, one of which is unexamined biases about who does and does not do mathematics (Walker, 2007). The VCAST Project.