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Online educational empowerment

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Online learning communities flourish best if individual learners have self-governance. That is the conclusion of a US study published in the International Journal of Web Based Communities.





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Chalk and talk

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The traditional view of a teacher scribbling on a chalkboard while talking at students has changed in recent years, not only with the advent of net-connected classroom displays and other gadgets but in the sense that educational ...


Pre-K students benefit when teachers are supportive

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 15, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

States are investing considerable amounts of money in pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds. A new study finds that the quality of interactions between teachers and children plays a key role in accounting for gains in ...


E-learning can have positive effect on classroom learning, scholar says

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Traditional classroom teaching in higher education could learn a thing or two from online teaching, otherwise known as e-learning, according to a University of Illinois professor who studies computer-mediated communication, ...


Can virtual teachers plug the educational divide?

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bringing more technology into the classroom might strike fear into the hearts of traditional educationalists, but one academic believes it may just hold the key to solving a worldwide problem.


Researcher study effectiveness of traditional and blended learning environments

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In today's online era, the concept of a classroom extends beyond a walled room with desks and chairs and into the realm of cyber space. Computer screens are replacing the blackboard and keypads are replacing chalk. To provide ...


Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn

Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study co-written by a University of Illinois expert in math education suggests that incorporating technology in high school-level geometry classes not only makes the teaching of concepts such as congruency ...


Pregnant women face hostile behavior when applying for jobs, new study shows

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 06, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Pregnant women may still face judgment and obstacles to getting jobs, shows two recent studies by George Mason University and Rice University professors.


Personalised learning puts students in a class of their own

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new learning platform is giving the traditional classroom a radical makeover. Using innovative ICT technology, iClass is putting pupils at the centre of the learning experience and providing them with more ...


Students, teachers need to be transculturally literate, expert says

Students, teachers need to be transculturally literate, expert says

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The current generation of college students and teachers need to be as culturally fluent with people from different cultures as they are with their own, a soft skill that has become an essential part of life ...


Online tutorials help elementary school teachers make sense of science

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the interactive tutorials are ...



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