News tagged with critical thinking
The new myths of gifted education (w/ Podcast)
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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More than 25 years after myths about gifted education were first explored, they are all still with us and new ones have been added, according to research published in the current Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ), the official journa ...
Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor ...
Teaching intangibles with technology
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Teach students some facts, and they learn for one exam at a time. Teach students to think and they learn how to learn for the rest of their lives. Ambitious work from European and Israeli researchers is making it easier to ...
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Nerve-cell transplants help brain-damaged rats fully recover lost ability to learn
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
6 hours ago |
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Nerve cells transplanted into brain-damaged rats helped them to fully recover their ability to learn and remember, probably by promoting nurturing, protective growth factors, according to a new study.
Business professor says lessons on ethics, character can prevent unethical behavior in the workplace
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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A Kansas State University professor's research is showing a gap between the character traits that business students say make a good executive and the traits they describe having themselves.
The thalamus, middleman of the brain, becomes a sensory conductor
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Two new studies show that the thalamus--the small central brain structure often characterized as a mere pit-stop for sensory information on its way to the cortex--is heavily involved in sensory processing, and is an important ...
Potential new 'twist' in breast cancer detection
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Working with mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins publishing in the December issue of Neoplasia have shown that a protein made by a gene called "Twist" may be the proverbial red flag that can accurately distinguish stem cells ...
'Digging into Data Challenge' grant awarded
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 04, 2009 |
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A professor at Tufts University will lead a team of international researchers to explore how humanities scholars can use data analysis to track topics about the Greco-Roman world as they appear in a million documents, spanning ...
Male and female shopping strategies show evolution at work in the mall
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Dec 02, 2009 |
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Male and female shopping styles are in our genes---and we can look to evolution for the reason. Daniel Kruger, research faculty at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, says it's perfectly natural that men often ...
Message for women and dogs: keeping ovaries is linked to longevity
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This year, hundreds of thousands of women and pet dogs will undergo a hysterectomy and have their ovaries removed along with their uterus. Now, two independent research studies looking at longevity may challenge ...
Home Field Advantage Often Overestimated In College Football
Dec 01, 2009 |
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This year, many of college football's biggest rivalry games take place over Thanksgiving weekend. A win earns bragging rights for the year. Visiting teams are often thought to be at a considerable disadvantage, ...
Building real security with virtual worlds
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore ...
In College Football, Home Field Advantage Often Overestimated
Nov 24, 2009 |
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This year, many of college football's biggest rivalry games take place over Thanksgiving weekend. A win earns bragging rights for the year. Visiting teams are often thought to be at a considerable disadvantage, especially ...
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