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.
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Rates of cardiac arrest are high. So, why don’t more people know CPR?
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Seeing grit as a panacea among historically disadvantaged students can be a dangerous distraction from other barriers to student retention.
A savvy ChatGPT user needs to master two sciences: prompting and evaluating the software’s response.
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Many view ChatGPT as a death sentence for homework. But beyond all the alarm, could it be the software offers students unprecedented chances to hone their language awareness skills?
A soldier stands guard at a makeshift camp in Somalia’s Baidoa, a southwestern town frequently attacked by Al-Shabaab militants.
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The negative effects of conflict on human capital – particularly nutrition, health and education – are larger than commonly thought.
The challenge is not so much to integrate sustainable development into engineering or management as to teach engineering and management for sustainable development.
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The challenge is not so much to integrate sustainable development into engineering or management education as to teach engineering and management for sustainable development.
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Being able to verify how information is produced is important, especially for academics and journalists.
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ChatGPT is a sophisticated AI program that generates text from vast databases. But it doesn’t understand the information it produces, which also can’t be verified through scientific means.
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A new review study has sought to understand the impact of the COVID pandemic on children’s school attainment.
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Every year, parents have an opinion on the books on their kids’ reading lists – whether they think the books are stale, unchallenging or confronting. How are books and reading taught?
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Some think ChatGPT threatens education, but it might benefit educators and students alike.
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As the start of the school year looms, school uniform prices will be front-of-mind for many families already facing a cost of living crisis. What can be done to reduce the burden?
Technology is increasingly important in Holocaust education – seen here in ‘The Journey Back’ within The Richard and Jill Chaifetz Family Virtual Reality Gallery at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
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Antisemitism often appears and spreads on social media. But digital technology can be part of the solution, too.
AI writing tools may carry hidden dangers that harm the creative process.
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People who have used AI to help with writing report a loss of pride and ownership in what they produce.
The Chinese ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, toasting a year in which Australia and China can ‘rise above differences’.
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Now that diplomatic relations are out of the deep freeze, business and cultural ties between China and Australia are set for a major rebound.
Male teachers are disproportionately more likely than women to be sanctioned for misconduct.
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A new analysis finds that teacher sanctions are relatively rare. But when they do occur, it’s usually related to sex and drugs.
The shooting of an elementary school teacher by one of her students is a shocking example of gun violence.
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Watching gun violence on screen can desensitize children to the harm caused by firearms.
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There are many benefits to being bilingual.
In the remains of her classroom, 16-year-old Khrystyna Ignatova visits her desk in the Chernihiv School #21, in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
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The war in Ukraine affects everyone – including teachers and students, who are meeting the challenges with their people’s famed determination.
A school sign wishing students a Happy New Year stands outside Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 7, 2023, in Newport News, Virginia, where a 6-year-old boy reportedly shot his teacher after an altercation.
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Extremely young school shooters are not believed to be capable of forming criminal intent.