ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). But getting to those careers means surviving the academic journey. While there’s been progress of late, it’s been “uneven” and Black, Hispanic and women workers are still underrepresented in some STEM fields. Traditional methods of calculus instruction may be knocking students off the path to these vital occupations, which is why advocates warn that getting diverse students into these careers ma

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Tradition Teaching Economics Research 126

Achieve the Core

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

“Miss, you do know that one person does the homework and then passes it around the lunch table for everybody else to copy, right?” — 9th grade student, circa 2005 Welcome to My “Why” I probably should have known. I vaguely remember the same practice from back when I was in high school. Homework counted 15%, maybe 30%, of our grade in some classes.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Clad in a beanie, university sweatshirt and gold-rimmed glasses, a TikToker who goes by Mimi looks directly into the camera and speaks in a gentle tone as she addresses her viewers on the topics that flash in red-highlighted letters at the top of the video: “TW: Climate Anxiety & Doomism.” The trigger warning is buttressed by a more hopeful message accentuated in green: “& TIPS on how to deal with that.

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Government Advocacy Elementary School Research 121

O-Level Geography

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

What is extreme weather? Why is there a need to adapt to more extreme weather? How can Singapore adapt to more extreme weather? Weather monitoring through weather model. Flood alert through SMS and Telegram channel. Public education - how to respond to alert and flash flood in Singapore. [link] 70% of Singapore's coast protected by hard structures. Dam gates to help divert storm water into the sea.

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Education 52

Education Week - Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

More than a dozen states require students to take the U.S. Citizenship exam, but it doesn't seem to boost turnout.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This past spring, I overheard one of my fifth graders boast that he would start using ChatGPT to do his homework. I chuckled because I knew him well enough that he wouldn’t follow through. Frankly, I would have been thrilled that he did any homework, even with assistance. I’d already read many stories about ChatGPT in the news, and initially, I wasn’t concerned that the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) would impact my teaching.

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Teaching Education Humanities Tutoring 140