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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

ED Surge

Loved honoring that mathematics is a web of ideas as opposed to a linear trajectory filled with pre-requisites,” one instructor posted on social media. Many of the educators at the event said they were attracted by the desire to increase student engagement and to make math more relevant to students’ lives.

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Inviting Community College Students to See Themselves as University Researchers

ED Surge

She’s also noticed that it feels harder to get access to resources like counseling and help at the writing center at the large university than it was at her community college. I’ve never been told, ‘You got this. Good job, I’m proud of you.’ That’s something I got from him all the time.”

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

ED Surge

Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. Students have also been asked to use the platform to make presentations for English or social science classes, she adds. Boddle’s team is also trying to introduce game modes where students can build things together like in Minecraft.

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Urban farming for urban families

Futurum

The outdoor learning results in greater student engagement and impacts human and environmental wellness. For example, one activity asks students to look at an old tree and imagine its history. Students consider questions such as ‘how was it born?’ There is a huge range of videos on YouTube that can help you get started.

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Delve Talks: Winnie Karanja, Maydm

Maydm

As a high school student, Winnie had a passion for both math and the social sciences. Her teachers pushed her into the “easier” path of social sciences rather than encourage her interest in STEM subjects. And throughout my sort of high school experience, I’d been, you know, passionate about social sciences.

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What Image Comes to Your Mind When You Think of a “Doctor”?

National Science Foundation

Using the sample classroom diagram shown above, discussion would focus on how some students (e.g., This teaching pattern resulted in a small target group of students engaged in learning activities and questioning during class, most likely the quickest, loudest students who were sitting closest to the teacher’s position.

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Prosecuting rap: can we get racial discrimination out of the courtroom?

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At school or college, study social science or humanities subjects (such as law, sociology, politics, anthropology, history or human geography). • For example, rather than focus all my energy on publishing in scholarly journals, I have tried to write in places that are more publicly accessible. EITHNE’S TOP TIPS.