Science Education & Policy

New research from Vanderbilt University has found students benefit more from being taught the concepts behind math problems rather than the exact procedures to solve the problems. The findings offer…

I'm not usually much for video - text allows me to do three other things at the same time whereas video occupies two of my senses and annoys me when I am playing guitar.    And I would like…

This is what I would do: Princeton's Integrated Science curriculum. This is how science should be taught: The course begins with an overview of the different disciplines in the natural sciences (…

Last time I discussed reducing cognitive load in a new approach to scientific education: Some ways to do so are obvious, such as slowing down. Others include having a clear, logical, explicit…

The House passed  legislation by a 298-112 vote to grant FDA authority to regulate, but not ban, cigarettes and other tobacco products, according to NPR and the Wall Street …

... Not that the Texas school board creationists were coherent before, but what else do they have left? After the defeat of language in the state standards to teach the "strengths and weaknesses" of…

Creationists have put us into a bizarre, alternate universe, at least when it comes to curriculum design. Their latest attempt to undermine science education involves inserting the code words '…

Continued from Part 2, A Scientific Approach to Science Education - Research On Learning On average, students have more novicelike beliefs after they have completed an introductory physics course…

Two guest writers on Olivia Judson's blog offer an interesting idea for spending stimulus money on research: Instead of simply funding more grants, we suggest using some of the windfall to provide an…

Continued from Part 1, Why Not Try A Scientific Approach To Science Education? In a traditional science class, the teacher stands at the front of the class lecturing to a largely passive group of…