Does "edutainment" such as content-rich music videos have any place in the rapidly changing landscape of science education? A new study indicates that students can indeed learn serious science content from such videos.
Social Sciences
May 26, 2016
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The inhabitants of a Caribbean island will soon be able to learn more about the volcano which towers over their homes thanks to a video game created at Plymouth University.
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2015
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A new SAGE white paper out today reveals the types of educational videos that appeal to students and where they go to find them. Titled "Great Expectations: Students and Video in Higher Education," the paper includes suggestions ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2015
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"Seeking educational curriculum researchers. Humans need not apply."
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2014
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Inspiring primary school age children to think of themselves as inventors and to devise novel solutions to the problems around them was the aim of an educational experiment reported in the International Journal of Technology ...
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2014
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Two-thirds of young children in the United States now have access to an e-reader or tablet, but only half of them actually use the device to read, a research institute said in a study published Friday.
Other
Jan 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —In grade school classrooms across the country, students have been hard at work this semester trying to figure out how to smash a virtual frog with a virtual truck.
Software
Dec 12, 2013
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Math video games can enhance students' motivation to learn, but it may depend on how students play, researchers at New York University and the City University of New York have found in a study of middle-schoolers.
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2013
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Video games have expanded rapidly and created a large and growing industry since the 1980s.
Other
Mar 7, 2013
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter creator Jack Dorsey are among the tech luminaries appearing in a new video promoting the teaching and learning of computer coding in schools.
Internet
Feb 26, 2013
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