News tagged with educational experiment
Co-workers can be as important as supervisors for effective student internships, researcher finds
Summer internships are beginning, and career-related research from Kansas State University is helping determine what can make those internships more meaningful for students.
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May 08, 2012 |
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The stress of undress: Public change rooms can cause body anxieties for women
Sweating in the gym, surrounded by others, pounding to the beat in group exercise class has become the norm for many women. But when it comes to the experience of changing in the locker room, the acts of disrobing, ...
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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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.
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Jan 17, 2012 |
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Knowledge mining resource accelerates science, technology education, research
Interdisciplinary collaborations bring vitality and success to the nation's research enterprise. Such interactions among disciplines also provide robust, real-life experiences for university students.
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Game on! Instructional design researcher works to make learning fun
It's a frustrating problem for many of today's parents: Little Jacob or Isabella is utterly indifferent to schoolwork during the day but then happily spends all evening engrossed in the latest video game.
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Feb 15, 2011 |
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Children's genes influence how well they take advantage of education
New research from the Twins Early Development Study at King's College London Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), published in PLoS ONE on February 2nd, shows that measures used to judge the effectiveness of schools are partly ...
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Feb 02, 2011 |
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Probing Question: Is a brick-and-mortar education passe?
Once upon a time, college was as much a romantic ideal -- a rite of passage essential to the American Dream -- as an actual place. The vision included verdant lawns, students chatting between classes and campus ...
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Jul 01, 2010 |
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Impact of information technology on workers' prosperity
Recent research results published in "The Economic Effect of Education in an Information Technology-Penetrating Economy: Evidence From Hong Kong" reflect the impact of education on economic well being in a technological society. ...
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Jun 24, 2010 |
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Weather in a Tank
In recent years, U.S. undergraduates have shown an increasing interest in introductory meteorology, oceanography and climate classes. But many students find it difficult to grasp the non-intuitive nature of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle
When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Bad jobs: Why they make some women bad moms
(PhysOrg.com) -- The kind of job a woman has may be just as important as whether she works or not when it comes to the well-being of her child.
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May 01, 2009 |
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