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 ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 13, 2011
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What is the difference between e-learning, online learning and distance learning? University of Missouri researchers have found that even educators can't agree on what different forms of learning environments entail and, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2011
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Do those who know more also know that they know more? And does a student's confidence level correlate to academic performance? These questions have long inspired researchers in the fields of decisionmaking and education to ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2011
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Educational policy is controversial: positions on achievement gaps, troubled schools and class size are emotionally charged, and research studies often come to very different conclusions.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2010
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A truth in science is that a theory may fail or succeed initially and be shot down later. Now put yourself in the shoes of elementary school students faced with stating an idea and then facing potential criticism, even ridicule, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2010
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(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 are increasingly ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 2, 2009
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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 ...
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Feb 24, 2009
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