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Socrative Review Games for Social Studies

Passion for Social Studies

The Government Review Games and Sociology Review Games are ready to excite students and get them to think critically. Topics include foundational documents, amendments, the branches of government, political parties, and more! Sociology Review Games Students love learning about interactions with others!

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New AI Tools Are Promoted As Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?

ED Surge

ask the authors, Zach Justus, director of faculty development at California State University, Chico, and Nik Janos, a professor of sociology there. They note that popular tools like Adobe Acrobat now have “AI assistant” features that can summarize documents with the push of a button.

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Just Another Typical Day

A Principal's Reflections

Millan’s Sociology students learned how to use and create their own blog using Blogger from their Gmail accounts. Works of art and architecture, not unlike historical documents, biographies, or works of fiction, are a testament to particular cultures and historical events.

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How Gender Alters the Costs of Political Toxicity.

Political Science Now

While earlier studies have documented that women politicians are disproportionately targeted by online toxicity, this study goes further by asking how these attacks are understood by both politicians and citizens. Jack Wippell is a PhD Student in the Department of Sociology at The Ohio State University.

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Using Research in Ed Tech: What Does “Research-Based” Really Mean?

Digital Promise

candidate in Sociology at Stanford University. Download Document. Aubrey is the Research Director at Digital Promise and Sandra is a Ph.D. In a recent Digital Promise study , a majority of ed tech product developers told us their products are “research-based.” ” Yet, many school leaders are skeptical of these claims.

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OPINION: When wealthy parents hold sway in public schools

The Hechinger Report

This provoked an outcry among many of the parents, which we documented. In 1932, Willard Waller’s classic work on the sociology of teaching pronounced parents and educators to be “natural enemies”: Parents are concerned for their own children, while educators look to the success of all students. Sign up for our newsletter.

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STUDENT VOICE: I had fewer opportunities after California banned affirmative action

The Hechinger Report

Erick Ramirez Manriquez is a sociology Ph.D. Now, as the Supreme Court considers banning the use of race in college admissions, there remains considerable tension and outrage about what could happen next. student at UC San Diego, studying the impact of race on students’ identity construction and educational attainment.