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AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

Anthropology News

We engaged in a collaborative project based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) designed to explore how AI tools might support undergraduate learning in anthropology. In the final stage of the project, students situated medical AI tools in a broader social and economic context.

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Despite popularity with parents and teachers, review of research finds small benefits to small classes

The Hechinger Report

Related: Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based education. Andreas Schleicher, director of the education and skills unit at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, has long been arguing that the U.S. Related: Putting an ed tech darling in context.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.

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Short Course: The Logic & Best Practices of Process Tracing (QMMR A)

Political Science Now

For data collection, we consider the typical ways in which process tracing gathers evidence on the observable implications of causal mechanisms, including archival work, document analysis of secondary sources, various field methods (interviews, political ethnography, ethnography), and surveys.

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OPINION: The case for a Bachelor of Arts — what Betsy DeVos doesn’t understand about this “Noble Pursuit”

The Hechinger Report

Rather than take public support for granted, researchers began to document what theatre, dance, film, music, literature and visual arts contribute to society and how artists produce reward, economically and socially. leaders of the greater arts sector undertook a comprehensive rebuilding effort.

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Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

Steven V. Miller

Here’s the basic problem from the perspective of someone who uses R Markdown as an interface to pandoc, and ultimately a wrapper for a LaTeX document designed with my syllabus template in {stevetemplates}. One approach is to make some in-text citations that can then be formatted as a bibliography at the end of the document.

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Cultural Dimensions of health - Introduction

Anthropology for Beginners

Drawing from biological and social sciences, as well as clinical sciences, medical anthropologists have contributed significantly to the understanding and improvement of human health and health services worldwide. A specialised branch of anthropology, i.e, that predispose people to certain diseases.

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