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Could AI Give Civics Education a Boost?

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schools have “deprioritized” the teaching of civics and social studies, in favor of pumping resources into mathematics and STEM fields. One reason for that, he argues, is that it’s easier to measure how much students are learning in math and science by using standardized tests that can be quickly graded by machines.

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3 Fun Tech Classroom Projects for Summer

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These apps come in all shapes and sizes, catering to various subjects including math, language arts, science, and social studies. For instance, ABCmouse offers an extensive curriculum with more than 10,000 learning activities that cover reading, math, art, music, and much more. Another fantastic example is Lightbot.

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What Preservice Teachers and Teacher Educators Can Learn from Trajectories

National Science Foundation

We have argued (Terada, 2021) that the maintenance of false perceptions about STEM disciplines, specifically mathematics, plays a role in Black teachers’ participation in the field, and as a corollary, Black preservice teachers. A leading argument for bringing more STEM teachers into the field is rooted in commodification.

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Is hard maths putting girls off physics? – A response to Katherine Birbalsingh’s statements

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Is hard maths putting girls off physics? On 27 April, Katherine Birbalsingh, Social Mobility Commission Chair and Headteacher, sparked debate when she mentioned that girls didn’t like physics and were put off because of hard maths. She further added that the hard maths might be the reason “physics isn’t something girls tend to fancy”.

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Assessing My First Semester of ‘Ungrading’

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This is a class where I try to help students move from a rigid, “there’s only one way to do it and there’s always one correct answer” approach to math into a more nuanced view. They learn about the subtleties of mathematical argument by presenting to each other in class. 1 This isn’t abstract math-for-the-sake-of-math, either.

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Developing and Sustaining Teacher Leaders

National Science Foundation

For over twenty years, several mathematics education initiatives (Campbell et al., Developing teacher leaders to help facilitate change in their schools’ mathematics programs was a major component of the TEAM-Math partnership (Martin et al., The TEAM-Math TLAs built on the work of TEAM-Math. 2003; Martin et al.,

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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

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It also appears multiple times for most grade levels in the Math Standards, including the Standards for Mathematical Practice. Why is this skill so important?