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Digital Promise Research Map: A Starting Place for Exploring Research on Learning

Digital Promise

We’re excited to share an updated version of the Research Map , which features the latest research and new ways to access relevant learning science findings. In addition to being able to access research, many users wanted to see how research can be applied in the real world. Below, we highlight new features and topics to explore.

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Top STEM Schools in Georgia Host High-Tech Personalized Classes Without Hours of Screentime

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A former wildlife biologist and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, he has been teaching since 2005. There are other highly personalized STEM programs similar to the Paulding County High School program in Georgia. According to the Georgia Department of Education website , there are about 11 STEM/STEAM certified schools in Georgia.

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The problem with high-stakes testing and women in STEM

The Hechinger Report

” By contrast, this study of exceptional students in New York City didn’t find evidence of a smaller pool of super bright girls in STEM. ” By contrast, this study of exceptional students in New York City didn’t find evidence of a smaller pool of super bright girls in STEM.

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AI Might Save Teachers Time. But What Is the Cost?

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What does it mean for learners to trade off the zone of proximal development for ease of access to the creation of knowledge?” It often passes without us knowing, much like the fish who didn’t recognize water in David Foster Wallace’s 2005 Kenyon College commencement speech , we are swimming in time, not noticing it as it passes.

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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

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Despite the good intentions of targeted policies and increased attention to equity and accessibility initiatives, the achievement gap persists 2. Most often, our greatest lessons learned are those which stemmed from initial failure. 2005, September). — Alan November, Who Owns the Learning. The Learning Is In The Struggle.

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Celebrating ConnectED’s Achievements Toward Transforming Education

Digital Promise

Since 2005, LCPS had participated in the Geospatial Semester program through James Madison University, which taught GIS to hundreds of high school seniors (and even juniors) through a project-based approach. And, students who were absent could access the materials from home and arrive prepared upon their return. Safari Books.

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Grad programs have been a cash cow; now universities are starting to fret over graduate enrollment

The Hechinger Report

To cash in, private, nonprofit, bachelor’s degree-granting universities and colleges in particular vastly expanded their graduate offerings, listing more than three times as many by 2021 as they had in 2005, according to research conducted at the University of Tennessee. It seemed a good bet.

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