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How Low-Carb Diets Fuel High-Achieving Students

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How Low-Carb Diets Fuel High-Achieving Students Have you ever considered that your diet could be the secret weapon in your quest for academic success? Low-carb diets are more than just a trend; they’re transforming high-achievers into unstoppable forces in classrooms and beyond.

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What New Research Says About Fostering a ‘Sense of Belonging’ in Classrooms

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That can be true with challenges like glitches in the federal financial aid forms or a student registration system, says Greg Walton, a psychology professor at Stanford University. Walton has spent decades researching how to foster a stronger sense of belonging in education settings. What’s an example?

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

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But TeachFX, she adds, is focused not on her students’ achievements, but instead on her performance as a teacher. Her application is called TalkMoves, and a version of Jacob’s research is now being used by the tutoring company Saga Education to train first-time tutors. “With other classroom tools, I have to collect the data myself.

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Computer Science Course Offerings in High School Spur More Students to Coding Degrees

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It’s not surprising in some ways,” says the lead researcher on the study, Jing Liu. Liu, who is an assistant professor of education policy at the University of Maryland at College Park, surmises that taking a class in computer science helps some students overcome popular misconceptions about coding.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

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In response, Schneider and researchers from Michigan State and the University of Helsinki in Finland developed a curriculum called Crafting Engagement for Science Environments and published a related book. Once implemented, researchers will also collect data and study the curriculum’s impact using the same methods as in previous studies.

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How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound?

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Roadmap p 18) This report also says that the pandemic negatively impacted math and widened achievement gaps. Acceleration research says it is a way to do that. This episode focuses specifically on acceleration research. Episode 770 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound?

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Balancing Academics and Social Life in College

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Let’s dive in and explore some strategies to achieve this equilibrium. Excelling in your studies opens doors to future opportunities, whether it’s graduate school, competitive job markets, or research opportunities. Finding the perfect balance between academics and social life is akin to walking a tightrope.