Science Education & Policy
- Malaise: 70 Percent Of Americans Believe Recession Is Permanent
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Though the rich get richer and the stock market is booming, which has led to claims by the administration that things are fine, the American public hasn't been this pessimistic about the future since Jimmy Carter was president. Pessimism has instead ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 8:59pm
- China's R&D Budget Surpasses The Entire EU- But Applied Research Has Plummeted
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In almost 20 years, China's Research & Development (R&D) expenditure as a percentage of its gross domestic product has more than tripled, reaching 1.98 percent in 2012. That is a big improvement, it surpasses all 28 countries that make up ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2014 - 11:30pm
- Why Replacing Teachers With Automated Education Lacks Imagination
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By George Veletsianos, Royal Roads University The belief that technology can automate education and replace teachers is pervasive. Framed in calls for greater efficiency, this belief is present in today’s educational innovations, reform endeavors, and tec ...
Article - The Conversation - Aug 29 2014 - 1:49pm
- MOOCs: Learning About Online Learning, One Click At A Time
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While MOOCs are free, their value lies in providing information about how students. Credit: learnFlickr/Ilonka Talina, CC BY-SA By Gregor Kennedy, University of Melbourne ...
Article - The Conversation - Aug 31 2014 - 12:00pm
- Learning To Read By Tricking The Brain
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Even for experienced readers, mirror-image letters like b/d or p/q can be confusing. Why is it difficult for some to differentiate these letters? ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2014 - 10:00am
- Do We Need A Law To Help People Try Experimental Drugs?
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People with life-threatening or incurable diseases may be willing to try experimental drugs and unproven treatments. Credit: juicyrai/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND By Tina Cockburn, Queensland University of Technology and Bill Madden, Queensland University of Techn ...
Article - The Conversation - Aug 30 2015 - 11:02am
- Tax And Spend Policies Could Make You Eat Healthier
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Scholars from Tufts University, Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital are calling for the implementation of taxes and subsidies to improve dietary quality in the United States. ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2014 - 5:30pm
- How To Get Women To Participate More In Biology Classes
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields used to be considered the domain of white men, especially in academia, and that has changed, but universities are criticized because of the pace of change- researchers with tenure cannot just ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2014 - 4:54pm
- The EPA Is Too Pro-Pesticide, Say Environmentalists
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A group of ecotoxicologists claim that the US Environmental Protection Agency's evaluations of pesticide safety are inadequate and lead to bias. ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2014 - 7:30am
- Don’t Dismiss MOOCs – We Are Just Starting To Understand Their True Value
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By Neil Morris, University of Leeds Over the past couple of years, massive open online courses (MOOCs) have taken the academic world by storm. Despite much debate about whether the idea of running free online courses for everyone is both a good and cost-e ...
Article - The Conversation - Sep 4 2014 - 10:32am