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How AI's language barrier limits climate disaster responses

A message appears online during heavy flooding: "This rain no be small o, everywhere don red." Someone unfamiliar with the phrasing might hesitate. But for people in Nigeria, this message is immediate and clear: the flooding ...

Study rethinks the dropout-crime connection

Dropping out of high school has been linked to higher rates of delinquency and lower socioeconomic status, but thinking of high school dropouts collectively, as one group, is a flawed belief that could be affecting interventions. ...

Does listening to audiobooks improve learning?

Whether it's documents in textbooks or fiction studied in literature classes, reading print remains a pillar in learning. But the audiobook craze opens up new possibilities.

Students prefer AI chatbots, until they know it is one

Do chatbots have a role in higher education? It's a question Joshua Lambert, an associate professor and biostatistician in the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, is pondering. He's turned to a group of his students ...

What learning English means to migrants

It is widely accepted that learning English is essential for many adult migrants who move to the UK. Yet in the last census, over 1 million residents in England and Wales reported not speaking English well or at all.

AI writes a research paper that passes peer review

To date, the main role of AI in scientific research has been to assist with narrow tasks such as discovering chemical structures, analyzing data or predicting protein shapes. But now, the technology has broken new ground ...

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Education
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Social Sciences
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Mathematics
Mathematical framework maps landscape of student knowledge via short quizzes
Education
Low-income students and girls are steered away from 'risky' creative careers at school, says report
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Research team examine ethical and methodological use of generative artificial intelligence in higher education
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New research calls for 'heat literacy' in Australia

James Cook University (JCU) research argues Australians urgently need better education about heat to prepare for longer, hotter and more dangerous heat waves driven by climate change.

Incentive program for teachers yields long-term student gains

A teacher-incentive program in South Carolina has led to striking long-term benefits for students, including lower rates of felony arrest and reduced reliance on government assistance in early adulthood, according to a new ...

Teaching the human skills AI can't replace

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research suggests emotional literacy may be one of the most important skills students can learn, not just for relationships, but for their education and future careers.