(Phys.org) —XPRIZE chairman Peter Diamandis has announced the launch of a new competition—this time to disrupt education so that children living everywhere, including impoverished countries, can use technology to teach ...
Too many sixth form students do not have a realistic understanding of either the relevance of Mathematics and Statistics to their discipline or of the demands that will be put upon them in undergraduate study, according to ...
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2014
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During the "New Math" movement of the 1960s, a team of mathematicians developed a new structure for elementary mathematics. Instead of having a single subject, namely, school arithmetic, as its central core, this new structure ...
Mathematics
Oct 15, 2013
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For many years, studies have shown that American students score significantly lower than students worldwide in mathematics achievement, ranking 25th among 34 countries. Now, researchers from the University of Missouri have ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2013
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In a high-tech and rapidly globalising economy, science and mathematics education is more important than ever for Europe. At the same time, high levels of creativity and innovation, often and mistakenly seen as the antitheses ...
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2013
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Preschool children who showed less ability to estimate the number of objects in a group were 2.4 times more likely to have a later mathematical learning disability than other young people, according to a team of University ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2013
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Inquiry-based learning is an educational method centred on the investigation of questions, scenarios or problems. It is seen by many as a positive alternative to traditional forms of instruction where students are required ...
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2013
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All young people should continue to study maths at least until they are 18, even if they have already gained a good GCSE in the subject, the Sutton Trust said today, because the GCSE curriculum fails to give them the practical ...
Social Sciences
Jul 4, 2013
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Two new education performance reports released by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) have painted a bleak picture of Australia's student literacy and science and mathematics achievement, with Australian ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2012
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(AP)—Will.i.am has premiered his new single—from Mars.
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2012
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