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Shared representations for accessible and AI-supported inquiry

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As we enhance the accessibility of our inquiry-based STEM simulations and integrate generative AI into our learning platforms, we’re constantly evaluating and leveraging emerging technologies to improve teaching and learning. Recent work has led to an exciting convergence and potentially transformative insight surrounding these two goals. The representations needed for a large language model (LLM) […]

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Inclusive inquiry: Simulation accessibility and VPATs

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The Concord Consortium has developed hundreds of STEM simulations to engage students in the NGSS science and engineering practices—from asking questions and defining problems to developing and using models, planning and carrying out investigations, and analyzing and interpreting data. These simulations—covering everything from genetics to plate tectonics, diffusion, protein folding, the underpinnings of AI, and […]

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