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September 5, 2024

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Non-Cognitive Skills: The Hidden Key to Academic Success

Aug. 26, 2024 — A study has revealed that non-cognitive skills, such as motivation and self-regulation, are as important as intelligence in determining academic success. These skills become increasingly influential throughout a child's education, with genetic ...

Redefining the Computer Whiz: Research Shows Diverse Skills Valued by Youth

Aug. 11, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered a more nuanced view of what makes an 'ideal' computer science student, challenging long-held stereotypes of geeky, clever, detail-oriented men, who lack social ...

Just Say 'Climate Change' -- Not 'Climate Emergency'

Aug. 12, 2024 — The familiar terms 'climate change' and 'global warming' are more likely to resonate with people than other commonly used ...

New, Holistic Way to Teach Synthetic Biology

June 27, 2024 — Synthetic biology combines principles from science, engineering and social science, creating emerging technologies such as alternative meats and mRNA vaccines; Deconstructing synthetic biology across scales gives rise to new approach to uniting ...

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AI Generated Exam Answers Go Undetected in Real-World Blind Test

June 26, 2024 — Experienced exam markers may struggle to spot answers generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI), researchers have ...

Researchers Engineer AI Path to Prevent Power Outages

June 24, 2024 — Researchers developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that could help electrical grids prevent power outages by automatically rerouting electricity in milliseconds. The approach is an early ...

New Study Finds AI-Generated Empathy Has Its Limits

May 8, 2024 — Conversational agents (CAs) such as Alexa and Siri are designed to answer questions, offer suggestions -- and even display empathy. However, new research finds they do poorly compared to humans when ...

Cybersecurity Education Varies Widely in US

May 6, 2024 — Cybersecurity programs vary dramatically across the country, a review has found. The authors argue that program leaders should work with professional societies to make sure graduates are well trained ...

Hey Dave, I've Got an Idea for You: What's the Potential of AI-Led Workshopping?

Apr. 23, 2024 — Sure, ChatGPT can write a poem about your pet in the style of T.S Eliot, but generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have a potentially more ...

The Evolving Attitudes of Gen X Toward Evolution

Apr. 10, 2024 — As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they ...

Teacher Effectiveness for Students With and Without Disabilities

Mar. 25, 2024 — Research has often focused on how teachers and educators can best instruct and accommodate students with disabilities. However, are the methods used to teach students with disabilities effective and ...

High School Students Contribute to Exoplanet Discovery

Mar. 20, 2024 — A group of high school students from Oakland, California, made contributions to the field of exoplanet research. Researchers worked with the students to use backpack-sized digital smart telescopes. ...

Education and Information Can Increase the Acceptance of Climate Policies

Jan. 29, 2024 — An important question for policymakers worldwide is how to make climate and environmental policies acceptable among the populations. A new study sheds light on the preferences in five East African ...

Child-Centric Approach: Blueprint to Improve Communities

Dec. 1, 2023 — Communities can prosper by providing attentive education and social services to their youngest residents -- but the challenge is for leaders to work together, according to ...

Study Finds When Self-Determination Model Provided to Schools With Support, Teachers and All Students Benefit

Sep. 4, 2024 — Researchers published a study detailing their work implementing the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction in 15 schools. They found the schools that received training and coaching for ...

Clever Pupils Don't Need to Attend Academically Selective Schools to Thrive, Study Finds

July 4, 2024 — New findings challenge the idea that academically selective schools are necessary for clever pupils to achieve good ...

Rigorous New Study Debunks Misconceptions About Anemia, Education

June 19, 2024 — In low- and middle-income countries, anemia reduction efforts are often touted as a way to improve educational outcomes and reduce poverty. A new study evaluates the relationship between anemia and ...

Computer Game in School Made Students Better at Detecting Fake News

Apr. 24, 2024 — A computer game helped upper secondary school students become better at distinguishing between reliable and misleading ...

Life Goals and Their Changes Drive Success

Apr. 22, 2024 — Though life goals change over time, a study of teen goals indicates that goals of education and high prestige can drive ...

Japan's Premodern Concept of Nature at Root of Distinctive Mindset in Early Childhood Education

Apr. 22, 2024 — Observers of Japanese early childhood education and care have pointed to the mindset of educators watching over and waiting on preschoolers as being an intriguing tendency. This mimamoru approach has ...

School Suspensions and Exclusions Put Vulnerable Children at Risk

Apr. 15, 2024 — Managing problematic student behavior is one of the most persistent, challenging, and controversial issues facing schools today. Yet despite best intentions to build a more inclusive and ...

Innovative Approaches for Addressing Difficult Topics in K-12 Schools

Mar. 13, 2024 — Three peer-reviewed journals have recently published research papers by Penn State's Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative. The papers illustrate how the initiative's programs help K-12 ...

Asthma Rates Climb for High School Students as Cannabis Use Increases

Jan. 30, 2024 — Asthma is more common among high school students who use cannabis, relative to those who do not and the prevalence of asthma increases with the frequency of its use among the students, according to a ...

From Interests to Employment (or Not): New Study Explores Gender Gaps in Career Paths

Dec. 19, 2023 — A recent study found significant variations in career interests between men and women. Surprisingly, even with these interest differences, gender gaps in career opportunities are more substantial ...

New HS Curriculum Teaches Color Chemistry and AI Simultaneously

Dec. 7, 2023 — Researchers have developed a weeklong high school curriculum that helps students quickly grasp concepts in both color chemistry and artificial intelligence -- while sparking their curiosity about ...

Botany Must Feature More Prominently on the School Curriculum to Promote Awareness of Climate Change, Study Warns

Dec. 4, 2023 — Children must be taught more about the importance of plants if education about climate change and sustainability is to be effective, experts have ...

Rewarding Women More Like Men Could Reduce Wage Gap

Nov. 6, 2023 — Addressing the shortage of women in STEM fields such as computer science is not enough to close the gender gap: Treating women more like men, especially on pay day, is more important than ...

Increased Risk of Depression and Anxiety When in Higher Education, Study Finds

Sep. 29, 2023 — Young people who are in higher education in England face a small increased risk of depression and anxiety, compared to their peers who are not attending higher education, finds a new ...

Breaking in the Black Box of Pedagogical Authority

Sep. 19, 2023 — How does pedagogical authority operate in the classroom? A team has produced one of the first in-depth field studies on this subject. By filming teachers in training over a period of several months, ...

New Research Highlights Importance of Equity in Education

Sep. 18, 2023 — A new study looks at the impact of learning environments on the academic success of racialized students. Compared to their peers, these students feel they have less control in their academic ...

How Education, Work and Motherhood Shape Women's Life 'Pathways'

Sep. 13, 2023 — A new study offers insights into the ways that education, work and motherhood shape the lives of women in the United States. In a longitudinal study of more than 8,100 women, the researchers found ...

In the Age of ChatGPT, What's It Like to Be Accused of Cheating?

Sep. 12, 2023 — A new study looks at how college students react to being accused of using ChatGPT to cheat on ...

Poor Time Management Causes Poor Sleep for College Students

Aug. 8, 2023 — Poor time management skills, particularly in organization, can lead to poor sleep quality for college ...

Teachers Who Struggle to Cope With Stress Report Far Lower Job Satisfaction

Apr. 10, 2023 — As teacher shortages continue to worsen across the United States, a new study gives insight into why so many stressed and burnt-out teachers are leaving the profession. The study found teachers who ...