http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org) —Xerox, the copy-machine giant, has announced that it will be selling a software upgrade for its copiers that will turn many of them into test grading machines. Called Ignite, the software not only grades papers, it analyses the results and produces reports for the teacher. http://phys.org/news287309007.html Technology Thu, 09 May 2013 09:03:42 EST news287309007 Learning a new language can be a challenge, as new vocabulary and grammatical rules can be hard for some people to grasp. To address this issue, a group of linguistics graduate students are examining how a person's working memory capacity, which is how well a person can process and retain knowledge, is connected to learning a second language. Do people with larger memory capacities have an advantage over their peers? http://phys.org/news285233523.html Other Sciences Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:20:01 EST news285233523 The number of online educational offerings has exploded in recent years, but their rapid rise has spawned a critical question: Can such "virtual" classes cut through the maze of distractions— such as email, the Internet, and television—that face students sitting at their computers? http://phys.org/news284282671.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:25:07 EST news284282671 Students perform better when their instructors use hand gestures – a simple teaching tool that could yield benefits in higher-level math such as algebra. http://phys.org/news283776325.html Other Sciences Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:46:49 EST news283776325 124 + 329 = tummy ache. According to a recent study by Rose Vukovic, NYU Steinhardt professor of teaching and learning, math gives some New York City students stomachaches, headaches, and a quickened heartbeat. In short, math makes these children anxious. http://phys.org/news281688163.html Other Sciences Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:44:24 EST news281688163 One in five adults in the United States lacks the math competency expected of an eighth grader, according to the United States Center for Educational Statistics. University of Missouri researchers identified how a lack of a specific math skill in first grade correlated to lower scores on a seventh grade math test used to determine employability and wages in adults. Intervention programs designed to overcome this early math deficiency could prepare students for later employment, help them make wiser economic choices and improve the future U.S. workforce. http://phys.org/news278747695.html Other Sciences Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:55:01 EST news278747695 NASA today announced that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Boston, has incorporated math problems developed by the SpaceMath@NASA program into some of its latest curriculum and educational products. SpaceMath uses the latest discoveries from NASA's space science missions to develop grade-appropriate math problems spanning all of the contemporary mathematics topics areas in formal education. http://phys.org/news252088245.html Other Sciences Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:30:53 EST news252088245 Math problems make more than a few students - and even teachers - sweat, but new brain research is providing insights into the earliest causes of the anxiety so often associated with mathematics. http://phys.org/news225034370.html Other Sciences Thu, 19 May 2011 15:10:05 EST news225034370 The SpaceMath@NASA mathematics resource for teachers and students recently achieved a landmark number of downloads. http://phys.org/news221381057.html Other Sciences Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:44:29 EST news221381057 Something for men to think about the next time they gawk at an attractive female co-worker: That longing stare may touch off a vicious cognitive cycle that could hurt her ability to do her job well. http://phys.org/news215952111.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:42:16 EST news215952111 Who says 'Little Red Riding Hood' has nothing to do with math? http://phys.org/news202572976.html Other Sciences Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:30:01 EST news202572976 (PhysOrg.com) -- Many children, when learning to read, are encouraged by their teachers to retell all they remember about a story in order to build their comprehension skills. But can similar comprehension strategies be applied to mathematics? Researchers at North Carolina State University say that when teachers work with kids to talk through math problems, kids do a better job of absorbing and understanding the content. http://phys.org/news200068048.html Other Sciences Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:40:01 EST news200068048 Imagine you are sitting in the back of a classroom, daydreaming about the weekend. Then, out of nowhere, the teacher calls upon you to come to the front the room and solve a math problem. In front of everyone. If just reading this scenario has given you sweaty palms and an increased heart rate, you are not alone. Many of us have experienced math anxiety and in a new report in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, University of Chicago psychologist Sian L. Beilock examines some recent research looking at why being stressed about math can result in poor performance in solving problems. http://phys.org/news148048694.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:38:14 EST news148048694