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A range of essential textbooks from all disciplines will be freely available to support higher education institutions worldwide With the Coronavirus outbreak having an unprecedented impact on education, Springer Nature is launching a…

With colleges and universities around the world shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, chemistry teachers are navigating the shift to online learning. There are several factors to consider in this effort, from technology to…

Credit: Adapted from Journal of Chemical Education 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b01177 Dropping Mentos® candies into a bottle of soda causes a foamy jet to erupt. Although science fair exhibitors can tell you that this geyser…

A new space for neuroscience and educationCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Building bridges between the science and education communities to contribute and improve the current didactic experiences is the goal of the Journal of…

NYU Marron Institute report looks at risks as COVID-19 roils markets The volatility of the financial markets amid the COVID-19 pandemic has significant implications for taxpayer-supported pension systems nationally. The Marron Institute…

Constantly being told to wash your hands? Us too. So we're diving into the chemistry behind why soap is so effective against viruses like the coronavirus that causes COVID-19: view more  WASHINGTON, March 23, 2020 -- Constantly being told…

Nashville, Tennessee - New research finds that as education policy has shifted, post-No Child Left Behind and as a result of Race to the Top (RTTT), the rollout of statewide teacher evaluation systems have proven to phase out lower…

Research Quest Live provides a classroom experience with professional educators in real time from the comfort of your home!Credit: Natural History Museum of Utah The Natural History Museum of Utah is now offering an interactive version of…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- U.S. school districts may be flagged as over-identifying students of color as having disabilities when other factors, such as achievement gaps, may explain these disparities, according to new Penn State research…

PULLMAN, Wash. - When teachers use a funny joke, a cat video or even background music in their lessons, it can keep students from understanding the main content. These so-called "seductive details," information that is interesting but…

'Keen observation' of children fosters timely explanations that can support exploration and discoveryCredit: UC Santa Cruz Children's museums can be a challenging environment for parents who feel the urge to explain the science behind all…

In advancing research to tackle the problem of burgeoning global economic inequality, researchers at Simon Fraser University used a poverty simulation game called SPENT to foster greater understanding of what causes poverty and economic…

Alexandra Navrotsky to receive the 2020 Jan Czochralski Award from the European Materials Research SocietyCredit: Mary Zhu Arizona State University Professor Alexandra Navrotsky will be honored with the European Materials Research Society…

Propels family meals movement as Americans celebrate National Nutrition MonthCredit: Food Marketing Institute Foundation A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) builds on years of previous research…

What The Study Did: Researchers in this observational study of 43,000 twins born in Scotland used linked maternal and educational data to identify the optimal gestation week for the birth of infant twins associated with the lowest risk of…

Nathan Sleeter, Research Assistant Professor, Center for History and New Media, received funding for a project in which researchers with Mason's Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) will create teaching modules for…

Teachers' ideological bias may be moderated by how they define media credibility WASHINGTON, DC, March 5, 2020--At a time when there's been a sharp uptick in partisan critiques of the credibility of the news media and growing concern among…

LAWRENCE -- Some children in the U.S. grow up under severe disadvantage in terms of the amount and quality of language they are exposed to in their earliest years. Researchers have documented that some children are exposed to roughly 30…

More women than ever are pursuing STEM education; why do they remain underrepresented in their fields?Credit: Jill Wenderott DENVER, COLO., FEBRUARY 28, 2020 -- Women in the United States hold fewer than 25% of bachelor's degrees,…

A new longitudinal study of fifth and sixth graders in Germany examined the relation between classmates' gender stereotypes and individual students' reading outcomes to shed light on how these stereotypes contribute to the gender gap in…