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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

Futurum

The idea that exam results should be assessed differently based on a student’s socio-economic background is known as differential treatment, and Emil is investigating whether such policies can improve equality and efficiency in education and labour markets. As you can imagine, there are many arguments both for and against these ideas.

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How can first-year STEM university students be better supported?

Futurum

With this information, we created a variety of objectives, ranging from communication skills and respect for community, to leadership skills and critical thinking,” says Olivia. These activities give students opportunities to exchange ideas, learn from each other, communicate and develop teamwork skills,” explains Olivia.

Biology 81
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What is classroom culture? How do I create classroom culture?

Cool Cat Teacher

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.". They said, “active involvement of the low achievers may affect their learning more positively.”. I've still got to be able to make that argument for a student. So, go to [link] to get your votes in and start playing.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

But, first and foremost, the story of the Second Law is the story of a great intellectual achievement of the mid-19th century. Later he describes what he calls the “Principle of the Communication of Heat”. It’s exciting now, of course, to be able to use the latest 21st-century ideas to take another step.

Energy 88
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LLM Tech and a Lot More: Version 13.3 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

Stephen Wolfram

And in Mathematica and the Wolfram Language that’s achieved with Integrate. And over the years that’s exactly what we’ve achieved—for integrals, sums, differential equations, etc. It’s the end of a long journey, and a satisfying achievement in the quest to make as much mathematical knowledge as possible automatically computable.

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Engineering in the Science Classroom

Vivify Stem

Students will not suddenly discover concepts of momentum and that force is equal to mass x acceleration. All are important goals, but to achieve them, we need to make them clear! Without our guidance and careful planning of the lesson, the answer is definitely not! A design challenge alone will not promote scientific ideas.

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Sustainable Development Goals: Writing Journals

User Generated Education

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Integration of information and Communication Technologies (ICT): You will create journal entries using either a blog platform or a Google Site. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1. Websites – .