News articles tagged with 'teaching'
Playing with building blocks of creativity help children with autism
— 30 Nov 2010 21:57 | HealthIn an attempt to help children with autism learn the building blocks of creativity, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Centre (URMC) tapped a toy box staple for help…
Fixing Wiki: Wikipedia revision project teaches teamwork, communication, chemistry
— 26 Aug 2010 19:43 | TechnologyHalogen bonding, hyperconjugation, electroactive polymers - such subjects are typical fare in graduate-level chemistry courses. But how many classes challenge students to explain the…
Perchance to dream, perchance to write for young children
— 16 Apr 2010 00:32 | HealthAn approach to teaching young children the principles of writing and literacy that prohibits them from borrowing from our common cultural landscape is a problematic one, according to…
Students' perceptions of Earth's age influence acceptance of human evolution
— 15 Mar 2010 13:45 | BiologyHigh school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a University…
MSU researcher advocates new way to treat autism
— 29 Jan 2010 19:31 | HealthChildren with autism would likely receive better treatment if supporters of the two major teaching methods stopped bickering over theory and focused on a combined approach, a Michigan…
Teaching computer games
— 22 Jan 2010 15:39 | TechnologyComputer games have a broad appeal that transcends gender, culture, age and socio-economic status. Now, computer scientists in the US think that creating computer games, rather than…
Learning styles debunked
— 17 Dec 2009 10:39 | HealthAre you a verbal learner or a visual learner? Chances are, you've pegged yourself or your children as either one or the other and rely on study techniques that suit your individual…
Multicultural education focus of new UOG publication
— 30 Oct 2009 10:03 | BiologyUniversity classrooms around the world are becoming more like the highly diverse classrooms that prevail at the University of Guam. This trend has led UOG professors Thomas Marler and…
War, genocide 'difficult knowledge' to teach younger students
— 9 Sep 2009 12:05 | HealthWhether they're found in a museum or a textbook, historical narratives about traumatic events such as war and genocide are better left to older students, who have typically developed…
Do electronic health records help or hinder medical education?
— 12 May 2009 11:41 | HealthMany countries worldwide are digitising patients' medical records. In the US, for example, the recent economic stimulus package signed into law by President Obama includes $US17 billion…