News tagged with computational learning
Plugged into learning: Computers help students advance
Technology has grown by leaps and bounds, yet are computers helping students progress in their learning? Absolutely, says a 40-year retrospective on the impact of technology in classrooms.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2012 |
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The talking kitchen that teaches you French
An innovative kitchen that gives step-by-step cooking instructions in French could spark a revolution in language learning in the UK.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Low-cost electronic tablet proves worth in Indian classroom
The U.S.- and Singapore-based creators of the low-cost I-slate electronic tablet are preparing for full-scale production now that a yearlong series of tests has shown that the device is an effective learning ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Good youth programs help teens learn to think not just logically, but strategically
Teens develop strategic thinking skills in youth activities that they rarely learn in the classroom, says a new University of Illinois study of 11 high-quality urban and rural arts and leadership programs.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Programming regret for Google: Scientists give computers 'hindsight' to anticipate the future
Human beings are well aware that hindsight is 20/20 -- and the product of this awareness is often what we call "regret." Could this hindsight be programmed into a computer to more accurately predict the future? Tel Aviv University ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 13, 2011 |
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How rare is that fingerprint? Computational forensics provides the first clues
(PhysOrg.com) -- Crime scene forensic analysis has long functioned on the premise that a person's unique identity is hidden in the tiny loops and swirls of their fingerprints, but teasing that information out of the incomplete ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Neuroscientists making computers smart enough to see connections between brain's neurons
(PhysOrg.com) -- C. elegans, a tiny worm about a millimeter long, doesn’t have much of a brain, but it has a nervous system — one that comprises 302 nerve cells, or neurons, to be exact. In the 1970s, a team ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Study examines how much is too much visual information when it comes to learning
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But with advances in computer graphics capabilities, more recent cognitive theory related to multimedia learning suggests that very ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Celebs spawn copycat suicides, study confirms
Dr Alex Mesoudi, from Queen Mary's newly established Research Centre for Psychology, has found evidence that the increasing reach and influence of the media, combined with a growing number of people assigned celebrity status, ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Learning is social, computational, supported by neural systems linking people
(PhysOrg.com) -- Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Physics education improves when students make their own computer models
A current trend in secondary science education is for students to learn by discovering for themselves how things work. Computer modelling is a teaching method that fits in nicely with this trend and also with new learning ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Researchers Wanted: Humans Need Not Apply?
(PhysOrg.com) -- As science fiction plot lines go, the unintended consequences of yielding tasks too complicated or dangerous for human hands to computers and robots is a popular one. Yet real life scientists ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Computer-assisted learning - Fun and usefulness combined
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic learning systems must be easy to use, flexible and interactive so as to enable knowledge to be conveyed successfully. Researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will be showcasing ...
Feb 27, 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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