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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. Lam: Marymount, an all-girls school, was one of the first primary schools in Hong Kong to implement the CoolThink curriculum.

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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. Building equity through collaborative work.

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Hard vs Soft Skills in STEM Education

STEM Sport

While hard skills provide the foundational knowledge and technical expertise necessary to solve complex problems and conduct research, soft skills enable effective communication, teamwork, and adaptability. Here are some primary hard skills: Data Analysis: The ability to collect, interpret, and draw meaningful conclusions from data.

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STEM Statistics For 2023 (Education, Diversity, Careers)

The Maker Mom

Education and outreach to girls starting in primary school have increased, as well as the number of women who receive degrees in STEM-related fields. For instance, in the social sciences, women hold an impressive 64% share of the workforce. The gaps that have formed over decades could take just as long to close.

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Empowering girls, inspiring engineers

Futurum

Despite changing opinions and increasingly equal access to opportunities, more diversity and inclusion is still needed in the field. According to a 2018 study by Pew Research Centre, 9% of people in STEM careers are Black, 7% are Hispanic, 17% are Asian and 14% are women. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Engineering, Technology.

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New member: STEMx welcomes Arkansas!

STEMx

This project is a partnership among the Council of State Science Supervisors and researchers at the University of Colorado-Boulder and the University of Washington. A primary goal has been to evaluate and better understand the role formative assessments can play in aligning curriculum, instruction and assessment.

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Can AI Solve Science?

Stephen Wolfram

But as it is, the apparent failure of neural nets provides another piece of evidence for computational irreducibility in the three-body problem. We already know that discrete computational systems like cellular automata are rife with computational irreducibility.

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