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An AI tutor helped Harvard students learn more physics in less time

The Hechinger Report

A student’s view of PS2 Pal, the AI tutor used in a learning experiment inside Harvard’s physics department. But students learned more than twice as much in less time when they used an AI tutor in their dorm compared with attending their usual physics class in person. They learned more and they liked it.

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How to Create Engaging and Interactive Lessons With Technology

TeachThought

Education has gone beyond acquiring knowledge to acquiring skills using EdTech tools; students learn digital literacy, teamwork, and critical thinking skills. Thus, tech serves as an additional tool for navigation, similar to how tutors and experts at a professional coursework writing service assist with developing writing skills.

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PROOF POINTS: 10 of the most popular stories about education research in 2020

The Hechinger Report

What stands out for me is how readers remain interested in basic research into how kids learn, from reading to critical thinking to collaborating with peers. A study on teaching critical thinking in science. Takeaways from research on tutoring to address coronavirus learning loss.

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I Worked for ESL Companies with Lousy Curriculums. Here’s What I Learned — And What You Should Look For.

ED Surge

Likewise, this trend took off in China and grew to be worth many billions of dollars, thanks to companies like VIPKid that eventually hired upward of 100,000 foreign educators—mostly Americans—to tutor millions of kids in China. Tutoring companies have since formed and grown all over the world, from Eastern Europe to Canada, from the U.S.

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Why Hidden Artificial Intelligence Features Make Such an Impact in Education

ED Surge

This is a big game changer, especially for teachers who create content, do virtual tutoring, hold virtual office hours or interact with parents online. We must embrace advancing technology and show students how to gain mastery in even higher critical thinking skills. This sort of functionality makes a world of difference.

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How Teachers Are Pondering the Ethics of AI

ED Surge

But the desire among some entrepreneurs to use these tools as replacements for teachers or personal tutors has provoked skepticism. For businesses, artificial intelligence has proven immensely profitable, by some accounts even lifting the overall amount of funding flowing to edtech last year.

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A college where the graduation rate for black students has been 0 percent — for years

The Hechinger Report

Ashtabula regularly has more than a dozen tutors available, and can increase the number depending on need, said Carol Jones, coordinator of academic services. Students receive academic advising and can visit the writing center, sign up for tutoring or attend supplemental instruction.

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