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Mathematics for Sustainable Development

Scientix

CC-By provided by the author The Mathematics for Sustainable Development (MaSuD) Erasmus+ project combines two educational issues: math anxiety and raising awareness on environmental issues. To address these two educational issues, we decided to create the context of learning mathematics through open-ended environment related problems.

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

ED Surge

Holding the Door Open for Young Latinos Cindy Noriega is a third-year mathematics and computer science teacher in the Los Angeles area. She makes a concerted effort to encourage Latino students at her high school to take computer science classes. That's why I'm also their cheerleader.”

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Using a Student-Centered Approach to Promote Computational Thinking

ED Surge

Tony Lam, head of mathematics at Marymount Primary School in Hong Kong, recognized the mindset change required to create a student-centered coding experience. I now duplicate the same framework in my mathematics lessons. Learning to code also motivated her learning in mathematics and art. The CoolThink Pedagogy.

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Will AI Chatbots Boost Efforts to Make Scholarly Articles Free?

ED Surge

And in some cases that has caused new kinds of challenges, since those fees are often paid by college libraries, and not every scholar in every discipline has equal access to support. So for the sciences, like physics, mathematics, computer science, they basically function online.

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Student-Centered Computing: Teaching Computer Science Using Culturally Authentic Practices

National Science Foundation

Though women were once at the forefront of developing the disciplines of computer programming and software engineering (Berkeley School of Information, 2021), the computer science (CS) workforce in the US for the past three decades has become a field of mostly White and Asian men.

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

ED Surge

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. Students should be equal participants in their learning,” says Phipps. All teachers should have equal access to tools that can improve their teaching.

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Grades 9-12: Register by Oct. 29 for MIT Splash, Nov. 18-19

Newton STEM

is offering over 180 courses including many in Science , Computer Science , Engineering , and Mathematics. Classes will then be filled by lottery, treating equally all those who register anytime in the first phase of registration. This year, Splash!