Taking STEM Courses Online Is Just As Good As In-Person Classes, Study Finds

ITHACA, N.Y. — The recent coronavirus pandemic has forced students to take to virtual online classrooms to complete their coursework. Even though it may take time for students to adjust to this new format, their education might not suffer, especially if they are in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields.

A new study led by Cornell University researchers shows that STEM students learn just as much in online classrooms as they do in traditional in-person classes. Online courses might be less satisfying than in-person classes, but many more students can access them and they are much cheaper to facilitate.

The study’s authors wanted to know if it was more practical to bring STEM courses online. Research shows that there is a shortage of STEM professionals, and this is causing the global economy to slow down. This is no surprise given the immense cost of a high quality STEM education and the shortage of qualified instructors.

“Demand for higher education is surging in the digital economy we now live in, but the price of a college education has ballooned and we don’t have enough people to teach these courses, especially in more rural areas,” says co-author Rene Kizilcec, an assistant professor of information science at Cornell, in a university release. “This new study offers the best available evidence to judge whether online learning can address issues of cost and instructor shortages, showing that it can deliver the same learning outcomes that we’re used to, but at a much lower cost.”

https://www.studyfinds.org/taking-stem-courses-online-is-just-as-good-as-in-person-classes-study-finds/

>>8801364

The Inevitable Conflict When Schools Reopen

Many students across the world have been receiving an education online in recent weeks for the very first time. They are gaining new experiences with their families, along with new experiences with their neighborhood peers, and hopefully reading books to further their own independent education. Many students have always done this, and many more are now discovering it for the very first time. But when students return to their brick-and-mortar schools which they previously attended, student-to-teacher conflict will inevitably rise.

Upon return, students may see many of their teachers as lazy or unprofessional, now that many students personally and individually know that factual content is widely available on the internet and said information may not be widely shared, nor allowed within brick-and-mortar school settings. The restrictions that are placed on students within school settings may continue to hinder their learning, and without pushback, students will fall back into the same trap where they existed before. The games and gimmicks that previously existed within many school-based settings may now be seen as the waste of time they truly are, and student participation in such events may dramatically drop, much to the dismay of many educators and administrators themselves. However, this awakening among the student population may create a chain-breaking event that will undoubtedly create public and verbalized conflict within such school-based settings.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/04/the_inevitable_conflict_when_schools_reopen.html#ixzz6JglxP2CR

>>8801441

Would certainly put a dent in the California Teachers Association = biggest union in CA.

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>>8801543

They never thought she would lose

>>8801625

Interesting thoughts anon.

Never studied in HS, had fun, didn't think I was smart, no ambition.

Got to college and studied to see if I could get good grades. I did. Who knew?

Ended up STEM, doctorate degree. yadayada.

Glad nobody put me through the sorting hat in HS, KEK!

>>8801674 The Vice Mayor of Paradise arrested for communicating with a minor for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct.

notable

Think Camp Fire, 2018

Fuckers everywhere in positions of power

Eyes open anons

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>>8801674

Judge OKs PG&E plan to pay $19M in fees from victims fund

BERKELEY Calif. (AP) — The Northern California victims of catastrophic wildfires caused by Pacific Gas & Electric’s decaying electrical grid will have at least $19 million siphoned away from a $13.5 billion fund for their losses to cover administrative costs.

A bankruptcy judge said he would approve drawing from the victims’ fund as part of a plan reviewed Tuesday during a court hearing. The decision came after PG&E and a committee representing the victims struck an accord on a $21.8 million budget for administering the $13.5 billion fund for the thousands of people who lost loved ones, homes and businesses during a series of deadly wildfires in 2017 and 2018.

PG&E will pay an additional $2.5 million to cover the fund’s administrative fees, but the rest of the money will come from the fund earmarked for the fire victims under the plan that won U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali’s blessing.

Even more money could be diverted from the fire victims’ fund to cover its administrative costs if PG&E’s plan for getting out of bankruptcy gains court approval by June 30, but misses its Aug. 29 target date for becoming effective.

The economic upheaval triggered by the coronavirus pandemic has increased the chances that it may take longer for PG&E to raise the tens of billions of dollars that will be needed to finance its proposed bankruptcy plan than the company envisioned earlier this year.

The uncertainty prompted the company to draw up a contingency plan that calls for the plan becoming effective Dec. 30, which would result in the fire victims having to wait until next year before the $13.5 billion fund starts to pay their claims.

If the plan isn’t effective until Dec. 30, another $21.2 million could be drained from the fire victims’ pool of money.

https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Judge-OKs-PGE-plan-to-pay-19M-in-fees-from-victims-fund-569644891.html

>>8801767

Trump tours Camp Fire devastation in Paradise as death toll rises

https://youtu.be/Q_gqgDOwAXU