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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

Futurum

Differential treatment is an example of how economic theories can shape public policies and individual’s opportunities. Is it fair to judge a student from a low-achieving school against a privately-tutored student? On the other hand, the first candidate did not need a job so could spend time on schoolwork.

Economics 111
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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

ED Surge

“With other classroom tools, I have to collect the data myself. And the data usually boils down to student grades,” York explains. But TeachFX, she adds, is focused not on her students’ achievements, but instead on her performance as a teacher. She’s taught fifth grade for 25 years in the Aurora Public School system in Colorado.

Research 361
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Helping social studies teachers to teach data literacy with Teaspoon languages

Computing Education Research Blog

This is the publication where we introduce the idea of Teaspoon Languages. The great idea is to build familiarity and confidence in programming by showing students real computer science every year. Tammy has a goal to teach social studies teachers how to teach data literacy. Each of these languages is tiny and different.

OER 122
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Modelling mines: how can a new 3D modelling platform make mining more sustainable and be part of the solution to climate change?

Futurum

Published: Despite public perceptions, mining is set to play a vital role in the planet’s transition to a sustainable future. This means that testing different predictions and scenarios can be done rapidly, and better characterisation of the orebodies can be achieved. What are your proudest career achievements so far?

Geology 70
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How can we modernise power distribution systems to limit the effects of extreme weather?

Futurum

Sometimes, power supply must be shut off for public safety, for example to reduce the risk of wildfires. As there is a stochastic element to weather intensity and its impact, Anamika uses ‘Monte-Carlo simulations’, which randomly sample data to produce more realistic models. INCREASING GRID RESILIENCE. INCREASING GRID RESILIENCE.

Energy 57
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Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health?

Futurum

These dental scientists are investigating a range of topics relating to the teeth and mouth, from uncovering the genes that lead to dental abnormalities, to examining the public policies that influence the inequalities in dental treatment. Motivation occurs when someone experiences satisfaction in these three psychological needs.

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The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

Stephen Wolfram

So many discoveries, so many inventions, so much achieved, so much learned. And key to everything we do is leveraging what we have already done—often taking what in earlier years was a pinnacle of technical achievement, and now using it as a routine building block to reach a level that could barely even be imagined before.

Computer 102