Popularity of A-level and GCSE physics keeps on rising
Physics is continuing its resurgence in schools with the number of exam entries increasing again this year.
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2013
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Educators explore innovative 'theater' as a way to learn physics
In a study released last week, education researchers found that personifying energy allowed students to grapple with difficult ideas about how energy works. Contrasted with more traditional lectures and graphs, this innovative ...
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2013
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Shoals tells whale tale with beached minke
(Phys.org) —When a 25-foot, 10,000-pound minke whale washed up dead on Kap and Christina Mona's property in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, June 30, the couple found themselves with a whale of a problem: how to get rid of the carcass, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 12, 2013
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Black-white education gap is worsened by unresponsive state policymakers, study shows
State policymakers' attention to teacher quality—an issue education research shows is essential to improving schooling outcomes for racial minority students—is highly responsive to low graduation rates among white students, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2013
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Teaching quality most important factor for inspiring interest in science
(Phys.org) —Wellcome Trust Monitor, an independent nationwide survey, highlights the important role of science teachers in encouraging young people to learn science and as a source of careers advice.
Social Sciences
May 21, 2013
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Understanding student weaknesses: Best science teachers can predict their pupils' misconceptions, study says
If you had to explain what causes the change in seasons, could you? Surprisingly, studies have shown that as many as 95 percent of people—including most college graduates—hold the incorrect belief that the seasons are ...
Social Sciences
May 1, 2013
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No 'silver bullet' for science standards
America's K-12 teachers are not fully prepared to meet a new set of science standards, a Michigan State University education scholar argues in Science.
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2013
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Researcher advocates 'student-centered' approach to science education
(Phys.org)—A group of educational researchers at Florida State University are drawing widespread attention after their paper measuring the superior results of a more "student-centered" approach to teaching science was published ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2012
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Report: 8th-grade students still lag in science
Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal government said Thursday.
Social Sciences
May 10, 2012
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Same-ethnicity mentors boost students' commitment to STEM careers
Youths from African American, Native American, and Latino backgrounds are underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (known as STEM subjects). Although having a mentor of the same ethnicity ...
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2012
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