Elementary schools should make children fit to use digital media. A team at the University of Würzburg is developing a digital diagnostic tool to support teachers in this endeavor. The research is published in the […]
Employers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics—commonly called the STEM industries—continue to struggle to attract female applicants. In its 2024 jobs report, the National Science Board found that men outnumber women almost 3-to-1 in STEM […]
During my years teaching science in middle school, high school and college, some of my students have resisted teaching that educators call higher-order thinking. This includes analysis, creative and critical thinking, and problem-solving.This post was […]
Writing is critical for all students, but many students struggle to develop strong writing skills. New research suggests a technique called performance feedback could be a valuable tool for helping students with disabilities become stronger […]
Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in water—centered on presumed inherent properties rather than external factors, thereby misleading famous philosophers and scientists, from Aristotle to […]
A flagship financial aid program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison that provides generous support to in-state students from low- to moderate-income families increases student retention by several percentage points, according to new research.This post was […]
While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive from the inside-out.This […]
The specter of food insecurity unfortunately haunts many households in South Africa.This post was originally published on this site
Access to school is considered to be better for children who live in urban areas than in rural areas in countries such as Kenya. But research shows that this access doesn’t translate into children doing […]
Some children at primary school, as they head into a new school year, will find themselves learning alongside children of different ages. Year one and year two might be educated in the same classroom, for […]
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