Players in Crystallize learn new words by observing conversations. Credit: Cornell University
Games are usually more fun when you play with other people, but if you're playing an educational game, interacting with other players may help you learn more, according...
English is the most used language on the Internet, and globally most of the people who speak or write in English are non-native speakers. A new database of annotated English sentences written by non-native speakers could help improve how...
The changing economy has been hard on all workers with less than a high school education, but especially devastating for black men, say authors of a new report.
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After years of progress, the median earnings...
Another reason to get an education. Longer life.
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A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado, New York University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill estimates the number of deaths that...
Despite efforts from No Child Left Behind to promote 'highly qualified' teaching, recent research shows that just 36 percent of new secondary science teachers are teaching only in their trained subject.
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Ryan Nixon spent four years studying...
Are preschool teachers failing their students in science? A Michigan State University study examines.
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Preschool instructors appear to lack the knowledge, skills and confidence to effectively teach their young students science -- a problem that is likely...
Ability grouping places students of similar skills and abilities in the same classes. Image Credit: Flickr/breadfortheworld
Schools should use both ability grouping and acceleration to help academically talented students, reports a new Northwestern University study that examined a century of...
About half of the genes that influence how well a child can read also play a role in their mathematics ability, say scientists who led a study into the genetic basis of cognitive traits.
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Around half...
Modeled microcapsules demonstrate 'quorum sensing' behavior. A small collection of microcapsules remains dormant (left) whereas a large, crowded population exhibits oscillations in chemical activity (right), represented by circular waves of color.
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From the smallest cell to humans, most...
Musicians are monitored to determine how they anticipate one another's moves.
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Researchers at McMaster are one step closer to solving one of the mysteries of social interaction: how musicians communicate during a performance and anticipate one another's moves...
A preschooler is exposed to light at night as part of a CU Boulder study measuring the impact of screens on sleep.
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With their brains, sleep patterns, and eyes still developing, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to...
