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Why Educators Should Lean in to AI to Better Support Students

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Upon the release of ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, we noticed that some of our students had suddenly become “experts” at synthesizing research and organizing their term papers, often resulting in perfect scores on their written assignments.

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In College Math, Faculty Is Key. But Will This Insight Actually Help Students?

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Spoon has found that the changes also allow her to hold students to a higher standard when it comes to explaining the math concepts, an approach that’s informed by pushes for more focus on critical thinking in classrooms. Spoon's experiment coincided with research about how student performance is influenced by instructional practices.

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Astronaut Training and the 4 C's of STEM

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Post by Michelle Bogden & Natasha Wilkerson January 22, 2024 Unleash Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking in your Students! Challenge your students to complete astronaut training to collect all four badges: creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking!

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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

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Look at what Harvey Silver says in his book, Compare and Contrast : By compiling the available research on effective instruction, Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock found that strategies that engage students in comparative thinking had the greatest effect on student achievement, leading to an average percentile gain of 45 points.

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As AI Chatbots Rise, More Educators Look to Oral Exams — With High-Tech Twist

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Fighting AI With AI Two undergraduate students who are researchers at Stanford University’s Piech Lab , which focuses on “using computational techniques to transform fundamental areas of society,” believe one way to bring back oral exams may be to harness artificial intelligence.

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How to Become a Citizen Scientist

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Consider: Charles Darwin: Darwin often relied on the observations of amateur naturalists and enthusiasts during his research Mary Anning: a fossil collector in the early 19th century William Herschel: an astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus E. Also, the two World Wars necessitated rapid research and innovation.

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How to Introduce Tech to Kids as a Parent

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Introducing technology to kids at a young age helps them develop essential problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity skills. Utilizing technology in the classroom also promotes collaboration and communication, preparing students for the increasingly interconnected and globalized world they will enter as adults.