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AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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AI writing helpers’ real-time feedback on grammar, vocabulary, coherence, and argument structure is their crucial draw. Accessible Educational Support AI writing tools make high-quality writing help available to more students, regardless of geography or income.

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

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Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. When I look at a social studies curriculum, I'm not just thinking, Can students construct an evidentiary argument after reading a source in response to a question?

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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Published: At Furman University in the US, Dr Ben Haywood and Professor Julia Parrish from the University of Washington are studying how citizen science programmes impact the relationships participants have with the places and ecology they study which might, in turn, increase scientific literacy. 1322820 and 2031884. . 1322820 and 2031884.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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This might include geology, geography, chemistry, or another topic. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. I want to see their creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving in action. Describe research you did to make your Minecraft world more realistic and workable. Do you see what I’m doing?

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Prosecuting rap: can we get racial discrimination out of the courtroom?

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This is a practice that an international network of scholars, including Professor Eithne Quinn from the University of Manchester in the UK, has found to be structurally racist. DEFENCE – (in court) the argument that the accused person should not be found guilty. DEFENDANT – the accused person in a court of law. Download the article.

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Winds of change: using dust in Antarctic ice to understand past climates

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Bess is an Assistant Professor of Geology at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in the US. DR BESS KOFFMAN Assistant Professor of Geology Colby College, Waterville, Maine, USA. Through evaluating evidence and mapping out arguments, students can practice this important aspect of scientific communication. FROM DUST TO DUST.

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