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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

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Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. So when it comes to research, are you still directing kids toward your grandmother’s resources — encyclopedias, reference books, and museums? So why do students turn to it for news?

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Technology Use and Wellness: How to Guide Students in a Digital Age

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Technology Use and Wellness: How to Guide Students in a Digital Age The amount of time young Americans spend staring at a screen has reached unprecedented levels. As such, parents and educators must be more proactive in managing technology use to mitigate these health consequences.

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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Scientific knowledge is proliferating in an unprecedented rate with an increasing number of journal articles and research papers published every year across various disciplines from humanities to medicine and technology. As researchers, our research stands on the shoulders of other researchers.

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What New Research Says About Fostering a ‘Sense of Belonging’ in Classrooms

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Research shows that everybody finds things like that annoying, but if you're a first-generation college student, those start to trigger worries about belonging, because there's a belonging uncertainty there,” he says. Walton has spent decades researching how to foster a stronger sense of belonging in education settings.

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How are advances in technology improving dietary research?

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How are advances in technology improving dietary research? By combining their skills and expertise, they are developing new technologies to improve dietary assessment. However, this is very time-consuming for both participants and researchers. How can technology improve dietary assessment?

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It’s Time to Ditch the Idea of Edtech Disruption. But What Comes Next?

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Combined with sobering reports on the persistent lack of strong evidence for edtech , it’s no wonder why the notion of using technology to “fix broken schools” has fallen out of most startup pitch decks and education TED Talks. According to Papert: “The content for human development is always a culture, never an isolated technology.”

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Students’ Physical and Mental Health Declined During the Pandemic. Could a New Telehealth Initiative Help?

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Faced with these daunting realities, it’s understandable that school and district leaders might put deep investment in students’ physical and mental health on the back burner. Children’s Health Is Crucial to Closing the Achievement Gap Student wellbeing—including physical and mental health—is deeply intertwined with learning outcomes.

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