Science Education & Policy

Who Assesses The Assessors? Bias Tests For Standardized Tests Biased

What if assumptions of bias factored into test results to overcome social or cultural bias that prevents some people from achieving high test scores turned out to be flawed? That's a messy sentence, right?   Confusing sentences like that are what happ ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2010 - 12:04am

Texting and Driving- Where's the Research?

I'm in the process of developing a lesson plan on distracted driving for high school teachers. AAAS intends to put it up on its teacher web site, Science NetLinks. There are a handful of studies available, but shouldn't this be a major science an ...

Blog Post - Aimee Stern - Aug 4 2010 - 4:58pm

Popeye Cartoons Linked To Better Nutrition In Kids

That title reads like a headline from The Onion, right?   Researchers have noted that while media is often blamed for violence and poor grades in kids, it can also do some good.   Researchers at Mahidol University in Bangkok found the type and amount of ve ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2010 - 10:15am

'Classroom Of The Future' Gets A Summit- In A Dictatorship

Education experts are going to have input into a  'classroom of the future' at a forthcoming summit in Bahrain. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2010 - 11:48am

Brain Candy- Make Your Intelligence So Big It Can Be Seen From Space

Junk food will make your waistline bigger, which is bad for you, and candy is no exception.   But candy that makes your intelligence bigger?   Garth Sundem's Brain Candy is here to satisfy your intellectual sweet tooth. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 24 2010 - 3:11pm

Can Wikipedia Be Fixed?

It only takes a look at the Science 2.0 entry on Wikipedia to know their system is flawed (1)- anyone can create an entry but in order to edit it, like what Science 2.0 is, you have to document for some stranger on Wikipedia that you know what you are talk ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 30 2012 - 12:50am

Why Can't Science And Math Keep Their Girls? One Parent's Experience

My son thinks science is cool. He loves biology.  My daughter used to like science, now she says she hates it- she hates math too. She's just started middle school. That's the age when girls walk away from science- or at least the research tells ...

Article - Aimee Stern - Sep 3 2010 - 12:09pm

Kids And Math: Mental Number Line Impacts Memory For Numbers

Remembering numbers is one of the most basic things we do from a young age- early on, a combination lock or a phone number and later any number of things such as ATM codes, social security numbers, and more. In Western cultures, children learn to place num ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2010 - 10:49am

Time is not absolute, do you know how?

To know why time is not absolute, we must move back in time and see the evolution of theories regarding space and time. At first, Aristotle proposed that the natural state of a body is to be at rest and starts moving only when it gets acted upon by some ex ...

Blog Post - Ananthnag Jonnala... - Sep 13 2010 - 10:19am

When It Comes To Climate, 'Consensus' Has A Negative Connotation To The Public

Does expertise make the difference?   It depends.   When it comes to climate change, having a Ph.D. and a faculty position does not mean as much to the public as it does for researchers in other fields. The difference?  Climate change researchers are perce ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 14 2010 - 11:14am