A shortage of high school physics teachers has led to teachers with little-to-no physics training taking over physics classrooms, causing additional stress and job dissatisfaction for those teachers—and a difficult learning ...
Education
Jun 25, 2019
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Smaller class sizes in schools are failing to increase the resilience of children from low-income families, according to a study published in the International Journal of Science Education.
Education
Mar 8, 2024
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Can students learn algebra from Instagram and video games?
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2014
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When Frances E. Anderson saw the latest math scores for America's fourth- and eighth-graders, she was hardly surprised that they had dropped. Until recently—including the period of remote instruction during the pandemic—Anderson ...
Mathematics
Nov 3, 2022
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Mobile devices as teaching tools are becoming a more and more common part of the American education experience in classrooms, from preschool through graduate school. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 58% of U.S. ...
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2015
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Some 40 years ago, Washington State University anthropologist Barry Hewlett noticed that when the Aka pygmies stopped to rest between hunts, parents would give their infants small axes, digging sticks and knives.
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2016
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A new study from the University of Exeter has found that teaching is not essential for people to learn to make effective tools. The results counter established views about how human tools and technologies come to improve ...
Social Sciences
Nov 26, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new survey of teachers published in The Elementary School Journal suggests that there are serious problems with writing instruction in American elementary schools.
Social Sciences
May 19, 2010
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A new teaching model using small groups significantly improves how well English-language learners increase vocabulary and reading comprehension, according to a pioneering new study by researchers at the University of Georgia.
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2015
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A new review published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching highlights the potential of machine learning—a subset of artificial intelligence—in science education. Although the authors initiated their review ...
Education
Oct 7, 2020
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