News tagged with active learning
Scans show learning 'sculpts' the brain's connections
Spontaneous brain activity formerly thought to be "white noise" measurably changes after a person learns a new task, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Chieti, Italy, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Researchers identify a protein critical for memory, learning
Researchers from the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) have made a breakthrough discovery that may eventually change the way physicians approach treatment of learning and memory defects ...
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Muscling toward a longer life: Genetic aging pathway identified in flies
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified a set of genes that act in muscles to modulate aging and resistance to stress in fruit flies.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Revamped college science course improves student performance -- in spite of cuts
Students overall performed better – and educationally disadvantaged students generally made even greater strides than everyone else – in an introductory biology course at a university where recent budget woes doubled ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Discovery gives insight into brain 'replay' process
The hippocampus, a part of the brain essential for memory, has long been known to "replay" recently experienced events. Previously, replay was believed to be a simple process of reviewing recent experiences in order to help ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Babies' brains tuned to sharing attention with others
Children as young as five months old will follow the gaze of an adult towards an object and engage in joint attention, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council. The findings, published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 27, 2010 |
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New findings about brain proteins suggest possible way to fight Alzheimer's
The action of a small protein that is a major villain in Alzheimer's disease can be counterbalanced with another brain protein, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Teachers cutting paper usage; kids loving it
In some school classrooms, paper is becoming more of a relic than an educational staple.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 30, 2009 |
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New direction in teaching computer science emphasizes activity, interaction, critique
Contrary to the words of a popular song, there is such a thing as the real world. Computer science faculty at Washington University in St. Louis are exposing their undergraduate students to learning in ways that prepare ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Brain mechanisms of social conformity
New research reveals the brain activity that underlies our tendency to "follow the crowd." The study, published by Cell Press in the January 15th issue of the journal Neuron, provides intriguing insight into how human behavi ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2009 |
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'Flipped classroom' teaching model gains an online community
Researchers at Harvard University have launched the Peer Instruction (PI) Network, a new global social network for users of interactive teaching methods.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Home learning experiences boost low-income kids' school readiness
Home learning experiences that are consistently supportive in the early years may boost low-income children's readiness for school. That's the finding of a new longitudinal study that appears in the journal Child Development.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2011 |
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A window into the brain: Researchers use MRI to track memories
When we absorb new information, the human brain reshapes itself to store this newfound knowledge. But where exactly is the new knowledge kept, and how does that capacity to adapt reflect our risk for Alzheimer's disease and ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 12, 2009 |
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Singapore nanotechnology combats fatal brain infections
Doctors may get a new arsenal for meningitis treatment and the war on drug-resistant bacteria and fungal infections with novel peptide nanoparticles developed by scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 28, 2009 |
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Making waves in the brain: Researchers use lasers to induce gamma brain waves in mice
Scientists have studied high-frequency brain waves, known as gamma oscillations, for more than 50 years, believing them crucial to consciousness, attention, learning and memory. Now, for the first time, MIT researchers and ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2009 |
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