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How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

eSchool News

This article explores the significance of digital tools in social studies instruction, delving into their benefits, implications, and the emerging capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) in both elementary and secondary settings.

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Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? A New Analysis Dives Into the Research

Edsurge

Proponents say the model improves student outcomes by encouraging more interaction among students and professors, and many studies have been conducted to measure the efficacy of the approach. So a group of professors recently performed a meta-analysis to try to assess how well flipped learning is working.

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PROOF POINTS: Researchers blast data analysis for teachers to help students 

The Hechinger Report

Policymakers and advocates said that teachers should study this data to understand how to help students who weren’t doing well. In high poverty schools, where student test scores are often low and there is pressure from state and local governments to raise them, data analysis can dominate weekly or monthly meetings among teachers.

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PROOF POINTS: Overscheduling kids’ lives causes depression and anxiety, study finds

The Hechinger Report

The diaries had been collected over the years, dating back to 1997, as part of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) , a large nationally representative household survey overseen by the University of Michigan. In this study, the researchers used a new statistical technique for large datasets to disentangle it.

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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

The primary author of the study ( Binbin Zheng, Ph.D. Learning in one-to-one laptop environments: A meta-analysis and research synthesis. Given the top line finding, I suspect the study will garner much attention and – at the same time – be subject to much spin. How was the study conducted?

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Analyzing a meta-analysis of flipped learning

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

Read the whole thing (it's short) but here are some pertinent excerpts: The study considered 173 studies of flipped learning, as well as 46 previous meta-analyses of the approach. But the authors of the study have brought some of that variability upon themselves, by including K12 along with higher ed institutions in the study.

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4 Innovative Ways to Enhance Reading Comprehension with AI Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

1) Harnessing Summarization for Swift Comprehension A recent study by Stanford’s HAI Institute shows a 12% jump in factual accuracy for AI summarization tools. You can now control summary length and target specific sections – perfect for skimming key points or diving deep for analysis. For learners, this translates to power.

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