Abstract Methods that improve the learning performance of students in heterogeneous learning groups are constantly being sought after. The aim of the present study was to explore the possibility of using the smartphone to improve student classroom preparation. For this, a free app was used, which reminded the students on […]
Month: March 2020
Ancient Shell Has Revealed Exactly How Much Shorter Days Were 70 Million Years Ago
A chunk of rock that had been buried in the ground for thousands and thousands of several years has grow to be a new clock for understanding Earth’s rotation. Evaluation of a fossilised Cretaceous-era bivalve shell has exposed that our planet’s days were being 50 percent an hour shorter 70 […]
How the Coronavirus Is Hampering Science
While researchers are scrambling to have an understanding of the novel coronavirus and contain the chaos it has unleashed, the outbreak is developing chaos in just science by itself. As confirmed COVID-19 conditions boost in the U.S. and all around the globe, gatherings of all sorts are getting canceled or […]
Can’t Build a Lighthouse? Use a Ship Instead
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Three Fourths of Dogs Are Angst-Ridden–and Owners May Be Partly to Blame
For a lot of dog owners, thunderstorms are a resource of angst, a stroll to the dog park can be a fraught encounter, and New Year’s celebrations are specifically tense. In accordance to a new examine of 1000’s of pet pet dogs, anxiousness and anxiety-relevant habits complications are common. Sure […]
Arctic Exploitation May Harm Animals Large and Small
As sea ice in the Arctic Ocean dwindles with each individual successive calendar year of increasing world wide temperatures, it has grow to be less difficult and extra typical for businesses to venture into the region for fishing, transport, and oil and fuel exploration. Even though the boats, rigs and […]
Health Care System Underused in Addressing Social Isolation, Loneliness Among Seniors, Says New Report
Feb. 27, 2020 Health and fitness Care System Underused in Addressing Social Isolation, Loneliness Among the Seniors, Suggests New Report WASHINGTON — Seniors who are suffering from social isolation or loneliness could facial area a larger risk of mortality, coronary heart disease, and depression, claims a new report from the […]
New Fronts in the War on Misinformation
New Fronts in the War on Misinformation National Academies host three events to explore ways to expand the reach of accurate science and health information online By Sara Frueh | March 2, 2020 The countless false claims that have spread alongside the novel coronavirus — inaccurate advice about how to […]
That Classic Image Everyone Uses to Illustrate Evolution Is Actually Wrong
Evolution explains how all living beings, including us, came to be. It would be easy to assume evolution works by continuously adding features to organisms, constantly increasing their complexity. Some fish evolved legs and walked onto the land. Some dinosaurs evolved wings and began to fly. Others evolved wombs […]
Unborn Baby Sharks Will Swim Between Uteruses to Devour Their Brethren
As macabre as it seems, it’s not exactly a secret that in some species of shark the unborn dine on their siblings while still developing in the womb. But it turns out we don’t know the half of it. A novel kind of ultrasound device has provided biologists with a […]
The arrival of the laptop in the classroom and parental mediation
Postcard dating from 1910 featuring the utopian vision of schools in the year 2000. Credit: Villemard, 1910 – Chromolithography Paris, BNF, Postcards A study by Carme Bach, a lecturer with the Department of Translation and Language Sciences at UPF, and Cristina Aliagas, a lecturer with the Faculty of Education at […]