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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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Differential treatment is an example of how economic theories can shape public policies and individual’s opportunities. Regardless of whether differential treatment is considered fair, the efficiency rationale gives researchers and policymakers another way to look at how and why public policies should consider socio-economic factors.

Economics 111
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Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer

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Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer. Published: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) link the brain directly to external computers, allowing users to do something just by thinking it. In recent years, BCIs have moved from science fiction to something that could have real potential. How do BCIs work?

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

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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. It features a talking digital avatar that helps teachers unpack common misconceptions that their students carry in mathematics. “If

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Instructors Rush to Do ‘Assignment Makeovers’ to Respond to ChatGPT

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The assignment he revised was from a course he taught in 2012 about the history of mathematics and cryptography that fulfilled a campus writing requirement. The Challenge of Teaching Coding Perhaps the most challenging assignment makeovers will come in courses on computer coding.

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Helping social studies teachers to teach data literacy with Teaspoon languages

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Last year, Tammy Shreiner and I received NSF funding to develop and evaluate computational supports for helping social studies teachers to teach data literacy and computing(see post here ). We have a chapter in the new book by Aman Yadav and Ulf Dalvad Berthelsen Computational Thinking in Education: A Pedagogical Perspective.

OER 122
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Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas

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“The development of innovative tools is enabling us to make unprecedented discoveries within plant science,” says Sue. These tools and approaches cover systems biology, synthetic biology, biosensors, data science, artificial intelligence, gene editing, precision breeding, the microbiome, and more.”. BUILDING THE ATLAS.

Biology 98
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How can we modernise power distribution systems to limit the effects of extreme weather?

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Dr Anamika Dubey is an assistant professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University in the USA. Sometimes, power supply must be shut off for public safety, for example to reduce the risk of wildfires. TALK LIKE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. QUANTIFYING THE RISK OF HILP EVENTS.

Energy 57