These teachers think ChatGPT can help them spend less time on writing reports – and more time with their students
Teachers may be able to use ChatGPT to save time grading papers and writing reports.Getty Images Schools fear students will use AI to cheat, but some teachers think it's an asset for educators. Tools such as ChatGPT...

Looking Back and Looking Forward in CS Education 2023
Traditionally I write a year end look back on thee previous yest in CS education. (Last year at Looking Back on Computer Science Education in 2021) Honestly, that post would largely work for 2022 as well. I attended SIGCSE, CSTA, and the New England Regional CSTA conference. They were all great. There was good learning at all of them. But new stuff? Not a whole lot. A few new tools. Some new robots. Some new AI and cyber security...


Interdisciplinary Connections: Using Crossover Teaching to Promote Holistic Learning
This can help make learning more engaging.In the context of education, “crossover teaching” refers to the practice of incorporating aspects of multiple subject areas into a single instructional session or curricular...



Hey, what happened with this randomized controlled trial of “How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk”?
Regular readers of this blog will know that one of my favorite books ever is “How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk,” by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Here’s how I described it a few years...




Hey! Check out this short new introductory social science statistics textbook by Elena Llaudet and Kosuke Imai
Elena Llaudet points us to this new textbook for complete beginners. Here’s the table of contents: 1. Introduction [mostly on basic operations in R] 2. Estimating Causal Effects with Randomized Experiments [goes through an experiment on class sizes and test scores] 3. Inferring Population Characteristics via Survey Research [goes through the example of who in U.K. supported Brexit] 4. Predicting Outcomes Using Linear Regression...





