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New Effort Hopes to Make ‘Weed-Out’ Courses More Equitable

ED Surge

Research by the nonprofit Gardner Institute and other groups has found that these typically-freshman-year classes tend to prune some kinds of students from academic tracks more than others. Research shows students may drop out or change their major based on these gateway courses.” Organic chemistry , anyone?) history surveys.

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How can smart contact lenses monitor and treat eye conditions?

Futurum

Biomedical engineering lies at the heart of medical technology, where researchers collaborate with healthcare practitioners to develop new and innovative devices that can improve the lives of patients. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Biomedical Engineering. RESEARCH PROJECT : Developing wearable biomedical devices for the skin and eye.

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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This placed the responsibility for learning on the students, using teacher-prescribed methods, even though decades of research screamed that lots of kids perform better with images than pages filled with black-and-white text. Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge.

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How to Think Computationally about AI, the Universe and Everything

Stephen Wolfram

It’s a new paradigm—that actually seems to unlock things not only in fundamental physics, but also in the foundations of mathematics and computer science , and possibly in areas like biology and economics too. You know, I talked about building up the universe by repeatedly applying a computational rule. But how is that rule picked?

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Empowering Educators: Online Workshops for Aspiring STEM Teachers – Comprehensive Guide

STEM Education Shopping

Virtual simulations, online research, and coding activities are some examples. They should also explore various branches of science such as biology, chemistry, physics, and earth sciences. Students should be taught mathematical concepts such as algebra, geometry, statistics, and calculus.

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How Can We Prepare STEM Teachers to Work and Thrive in Rural Schools?

National Science Foundation

2019) have developed the three Cs framework for teacher education, summarizing both theory and research about the features of teacher education that might better prepare educators for placements in rural schools. Research on Rural STEM Teacher Preparation and Retention. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Azano, et al.

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What should mathematics majors know about computing, and when should they know it?

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

As I teach my Linear Algebra and Differential Equations class this semester, which uses more computing than ever, I'm thinking even more about these topics. I’ve learned Python over the last three years along with some of its related systems like NumPy and SciPy , and I’ve successfully used Python as a tool in my research.