Students learn academic content because they need it to solve the problem in front of them. Math becomes a language for ...

Digital technologies bring the science of learning to a critical crossroad. With a lack of high-quality, evidence-based data ...

Homes are special places of discovery, abounding with scientific phenomena and engineering marvels. Carol O’Donnell Homes are special places of discovery, abounding with scientific phenomena and ...

How would you dance the ocean tides? That’s a question that several ten-year-old pupils at Portuguese schools have had to think about, as they took part in a pilot project that uses dance in geology ...

A major recent study showed that informal science learning can play an important role in improving student learning in that subject. Such out-of-class learning can include trips to zoos or museums and ...

This study will update and extend How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (2000) by examining the research that has emerged across various disciplines that focus on the study of learning ...

On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers them in a circle and asks, “What causes shadows?” It’s a good question ...

Students are struggling to learn science during the pandemic, even as they find it increasingly interesting and relevant to their lives, according to new research highlighted at the annual American ...

This study will examine how citizen science projects can be designed to better support science learning. It will explore the potential of citizen science to support science learning, attempt to ...

School leaders have long been under great pressure to boost test scores. That’s why they often double down on time teaching reading and while slashing science and social studies. James Kim, a ...

Policymakers must reimagine instruction and school structures to reflect the latest science of learning. Policymakers and educators need to reimagine the American school experience in order to better ...

I did my very first presentation when I was 15 years old. It was about the Solar System at the time when Pluto had yet to be "pluto-ed". Because I was such an astronomy enthusiast back then, I also ...