Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Sherry is the Associate Chair and Assistant Professor Teaching Stream in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, specializing in pedagogical research in biological anthropology, and community-engaged learning with the local Indigenous community.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

A new research review finds inconsistent benefits for students with disabilities who learn alongside general education peers. But a recent international analysis of all the available research on special education inclusion found inconsistent results. Again, more research is needed to confirm this statistically.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 5, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. candidate in political science at UCLA.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2024

A trio of researchers at the University of Michigan, including one whose surname begins with W, documented an unintended consequence of grading in alphabetical order. The study is described in a 2024 draft paper posted on the website of SSRN, formerly known as the Social Science Research Network.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 21, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 20, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.

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Society for Classical Studies

APRIL 4, 2024

The HRFP, the only residential fellowship program west of the Mississippi in Hellenic studies broadly conceived, enables visiting scholars to conduct research using the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection in Sacramento, CA. This year we are happy to inaugurate writer-in-residence fellowships as an addition to the Program.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2021

A 2018 review of the research evidence for reducing class sizes found only small benefits in reading and no benefits in math, on average. Parents and teachers may like smaller classes but the research evidence for spending money on them isn’t strong. Class size reduction is costly,” the Danish researchers wrote.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that Turkish high school students who had access to ChatGPT while doing practice math problems did worse on a math test compared with students who didn’t have access to ChatGPT. The researchers believe the problem is that students are using the chatbot as a “crutch.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

Education administrators at all levels need to act now to resist a rising tide of efforts against social science knowledge. There, too often, struggling students attempt to discredit the educator and the field of social science. Usually, when a student in a classroom is not understanding the material, they ask for help.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We are here to engage them in the kinds of high-impact discovery learning that public research universities can offer at scale; the kinds of experiences that can change the trajectory of their lives and the lives of their families. Ann Ardis is dean of George Mason University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

There’s a general consensus among education researchers that smaller classes are more effective. (In When I have written about unrelated educational reforms, researchers often compare them to the effectiveness of class size reductions to give me a sense of their relative impact. In math, it found no benefits at all.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 17, 2024

Each year, the Guggenheim Foundation awards approximately 175 fellowships to individuals making their mark in the social sciences, the natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. He is also an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science where his office is located.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The training collaboration between the department and APSA coincided with the establishment of the Social Sciences Lab at the college and thus, both workshops aimed at supporting the mission of the lab to disseminate cutting-edge skills among the faculty.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

At Project Information Literacy (PIL), the nonprofit independent research institute I lead, a group of library and information science and new media researchers — including myself — conduct national research about the information seeking behavior of college students and recent graduates.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Critics say she misrepresents research to make her case and her ideas actually impede students. This is a whole effort to shut me down, my research and my writing,” said Boaler. “I Cognitive science research suggests that students need a lot of practice and memorization to master math. That tells us something.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The less-selective schools that graduate high shares of low-income students help them succeed not only by reducing financial barriers, but also by providing an array of academic support through learning communities, peer support and undergraduate research experiences.

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Anthropology News

AUGUST 23, 2024

He was department chair for three different terms that spanned the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, and for a time was Director of Core Curriculum, and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, for the College of Arts and Sciences. Neighborhood Health Center in the Bronx, New York.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2024

In response, Schneider and researchers from Michigan State and the University of Helsinki in Finland developed a curriculum called Crafting Engagement for Science Environments and published a related book. The participation of HBCUs is notable in part because they play a key role in training future K-12 science teachers.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

Throughout the course we will emphasize best practices and applications to exemplars of process tracing research. The course’s final section is devoted to small-group breakout sessions, where participants workshop how they plan to use process tracing in their research.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Next Generation Science Standard Grades 3-5 ETS1-2 Engineering Design ETS1.B: B: Developing Possible Solutions Research on a problem should be carried out before beginning to design a solution. Let’s look at some examples of content standards and the rubric criteria teachers might use to assess them.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 7, 2024

Elizabeth Dorssom is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lincoln University of Missouri where she regularly teaches courses on American National Government, American State and Local Government, Public Policy and Administration, and Research Methodology.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 22, 2024

Jackson (they/them) is a queer, androgynous Black woman, an abolitionist, a lover of all Black people, and an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University in the Department of Political Science. The post Learn More About: To Be a Radical: How Intersectional Organizing Remade Social Movements appeared first on.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In a survey, humanities, arts and social science professors say they really want their students to be able to analyze data, create charts and spreadsheets and reason mathematically – skills that high school math courses often skip or rush through. Majors that require calculus were excluded.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Researchers have long found correlations between a child’s knowledge and reading scores, but that’s not the same as proving that building knowledge first is what causes reading comprehension to flourish later. In this study, the researchers copied a method used by charter school researchers.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 8, 2024

In December 2023, APSA’s Middle East and North Africa Program launched a research methods training initiative for early-career scholars from the Arab MENA region. Additionally, the program offered designated office hours for fellows to seek feedback and guidance on their research. Led by Drs.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 28, 2024

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is pleased to announce a call for applications from early-career scholars who would like to participate in a one-week in-person research development workshop, “The Politics of Identity in the Middle East and North Africa.” Professional fluency in English is required.

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Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

Their first child, Professor Benjamin Glick, was born during their research in the highlands. In 1972 he left to join the faculty of the two-year-old Hampshire College as full professor and dean of social sciences. Leonard Glick published two books based on his research on Jewish history and Judaism.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

. — FEBRUARY 13, 2024 De Gruyter and the American Political Science Association (APSA) are pleased to announce agreement on a cooperation partnership to publish two new book series: The De Gruyter-APSA Teaching Civic Engagement Series and The De Gruyter-APSA Political Science Professional Development Series.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

Subsequent research and statements from math experts questioned the relevance and efficacy of traditional pathways to calculus for all students. Research found that 80 percent of students said they took AP Calculus because it “looks good on college applications.” It’s time to reconsider the dominance of calculus.

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ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

The lesson could be used as a precursor to a unit on the New Deal in history classrooms or as a case study on economic policy impacts in a social science course. This lesson was designed to continue the topics presented in Dr. Witcher’s economic history lessons on The Great Depression.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Their research and teaching focuses on the intersections of climate justice and queer liberation, environmental justice, and social movements. They have published in Energy Research & Social Science and AAPI Nexus and contributed to Edward Elgar’s A Research Agenda for Human Rights edited volume.

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Political Science Now

JUNE 17, 2024

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies and Middle East Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2018 with a high academic distinction, and received her Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Chicago in 2021, where she received the Social Sciences Scholarship of full tuition.

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Political Science Now

MAY 8, 2024

Karis Rivers, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Karis Rivers is a rising senior at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor majoring in political science and minoring in quantitative methods in social sciences. After graduating, Karis plans to pursue a doctoral degree in political science.

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Political Science Now

JULY 31, 2024

Theoretically, we emphasize the importance of political behavior, social connectivity, governance processes, and citizenship for prospects of sustainable development. Methodologically, we draw from a range of social science research strategies, including surveys, field experiments, interviews, and participant observation.

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Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Can you tell us about your professional background and your research? I am currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lincoln University of Missouri where I regularly teach courses on American National Government, American State and Local Government, Public Policy and Administration, and Research Methodology.

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