Sluggish year for Germany's key chemical sector
Germany's chemicals sector complained Wednesday that business got off to a sluggish start this year, but it has not given up hope for a recovery in demand later.
Germany's chemicals sector complained Wednesday that business got off to a sluggish start this year, but it has not given up hope for a recovery in demand later.
(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 on ...
Results from one of the largest surveys of school teachers undertaken in South Australia have revealed that it is high levels of student disengagement that are the real problem in schools.
(AP)—Professor Alan Alda has a homework assignment for scientists. Yes, that Alan Alda.
(Phys.org)—For high school students with emotional and behavioral problems, the stakes couldn't be much higher: With dropout rates higher than 50 percent, members of this group who leave school before graduation often endure ...
Botswana on Monday became the second African country to be featured on Google Maps' Street View, allowing users to explore landmarks such as the Okavango Delta.
(Phys.org)—The time students spend on math and science homework doesn't necessarily mean better grades, but it could lead to better performance on standardized tests, a new study finds.
(Phys.org)—Aspiring to attend college is not enough for children who want to reach their goals.
Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego and at St. Petersburg Academic University in Russia, have developed a one-of-a-kind, hands-on online learning tool that weaves together for the ...
In no other country in Europe do more children surf the Web using their mobile phones than in Switzerland. As a study by the University of Zurich shows, children in Switzerland are adept at handling social media—they don't ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- More schools should consider adopting bilingual education for part of their teaching, according to a language education expert from the University of Exeter, UK.
Consumers should take the time to prepare themselves by researching prices and quality before they hit the stores or Internet this holiday shopping season, according to University of Colorado Boulder Professor ...
Parents who want to improve their child's motivation to complete homework this school year need to change their own attitude and behavior, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.
Children are more likely to do their homework if they see it as an investment, not a chore, according to new research at the University of Michigan.