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Our mutual friends

Learning with 'e's

I''m gradually working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. Milgram''s question was, how many someones are in the chain?'' (Watts, 2003, p38.) 2004) The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many are Smarter than the Few. Surowiecki, J.

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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

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ALEXANDRIA, VA Statistics—the science of learning from data—is the fastest-growing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) undergraduate degree in the United States over the last four years, an analysis of federal government education data conducted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) revealed.

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Many Hispanic students never have a teacher who looks like them

The Hechinger Report

Her parents, like many Mexican immigrant families, didn’t believe in taking out loans, even for education. They both believe that having Hispanic teachers might have made a difference in their education. Anna Egalite, education professor at North Carolina State University. Graphic: Davin McHenry. population as a whole by 2060.

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ProfHacker 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

ProfHacker

So after hunting around and doing comparison reviews I purchased the 2015 Roku 2 , which is standalone, plugs into Ethernet connections and is service agnostic, which I really appreciate. I already have a Chromecast installed on my television to stream shows, but I don’t like that it doesn’t work without a phone/tablet/computer.