Manil Suri, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Nearly four decades after President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week, math readiness and enrollment in college math programs continue to decline.
What does student feedback about technology reveal about the changing nature of post-secondary education and equitably supporting student development?
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Post-secondary student input about ChatGPT and other AI matters not only for accountability, but also as a savvy way to strategize about the future of higher education.
Early play-based learning helps children develop skills and knowledge before elementary school, and provides an essential foundation for learning in later years.
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A study following Ontario students between 2004 and 2012 can help policymakers ensure all students get the supports they need when they need them.
Fostering Ramadan awareness is a stepping stone to nurturing deeper connections that matter for affirming Muslim student identities and stopping anti-Muslim sentiments.
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Educators in public schools can develop the identities of Muslim students and create a positive school culture during Ramadan by fostering community partnerships and introducing school activities.
Focusing on grades or scoring doesn’t help students learn and retain information and causes pressure and stress.
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Teachers in a study identify ‘grading obsession’ as a top challenge in education. Some are fighting back and dedicating class time to student self-assessment and peer assessment activities.
Systemic policy changes are needed to help teachers lead climate education and action.
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‘Eco-champion’ teachers face barriers in implementing climate change education. Communities and school boards can find inspiration to support them from boards with bolder climate commitments.
That students can cheat more efficiently with ChatGPT does not warrant claims about the death of the student essay.
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We ought to want student essays to reflect understanding, judgment and caring, something beyond ChatGPT.
Teachers and university professors have relied heavily on ‘one and done’ essay assignments for decades. Requiring students to submit drafts of their work is one needed shift.
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For Indigenous literature courses to be successful, Indigenous cultural safety must be centred, and commitment to teacher professional development is a must.
In elementary school, algebra involves using mathematical models to represent and analyze mathematical situations.
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Working with moveable pictures can help children learn an algebra rule: Whatever you do to one side of the equation, you need to do to the other. Here’s how teachers or caregivers can lead this.
There are many ways to perform multiplication that will still count the same quantity.
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Mathematics is not a “neutral” subject — cultural biases exist. A shift to more equitable teaching looks like teachers drawing on students’ knowledge, and students generating lots of solutions.
New research used qualitative interviews to understand what was driving athletes to consume alcohol.
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A schooling reform project is taking lessons from innovative high schools and educators in New Zealand, Southern California and Canada to make schooling more relevant for students today.