Students can enter 3D spheres representing university’s three campuses in UK, China and Malaysia. Author provided We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the metaverse—a vision for the internet which uses technology like virtual and augmented reality to integrate real and digital worlds. With Facebook changing its name to Meta […]
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Schools are surveying students to improve teaching. But many teachers find the feedback too difficult to act on
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Education departments have been investing in feedback-based tools to assess school performance. These include student perception surveys, where students provide feedback on the quality of their learning and their experiences in the classroom or at school. The hope is such feedback will provide teachers and other […]
University students complete the 2nd ESEO In-Flight Experience Workshop
Agency 18/11/2021 110 views 11 likes Throughout several days they received lectures on the lessons learned and experiences gained throughout the ESEO spacecraft development and operations. These were offered by the engineers, project managers and payload experts involved in the mission, both from the universities, industry and ESA. During the […]
Survey shows food-insecure students more likely to fail, leave school
Credit: Pexels A survey conducted by a team of researchers from The University of New Mexico finds that students who are food-insecure are more likely to fail or withdraw from classes or drop out of college entirely. The survey was done by lead author Heather Mechler, UNM Office of Institutional […]
Teaching university students to be ‘age-conscious’ could help address our elder care crisis
What it’s like to get older? A course on the psychology of aging helped students gain empathy and curiosity. Credit: Shutterstock How does systemic ageism affect our society? A coroner’s inquest into COVID-19 deaths in long-term care homes in Québec recently heard that ageism was a contributing factor. This is […]
Students who self-identify as multilingual perform better in exams
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Young people who consider themselves ‘multilingual’ tend to perform better across a wide range of subjects at school, regardless of whether they are actually fluent in another language, new research shows. The study, of more than 800 pupils in England, found a positive relationship between GCSE […]
Inspiring Health-Conscious Students Through Private-Public Partnerships for Education
As we saw during this pandemic year, preventative health education can play a critical role in protecting the health and wellbeing of all citizens. Unfortunately, one of the lessons of COVID-19 is that access to healthcare and education is not equal for all students. To help overcome that challenge, AstraZeneca […]
Study finds women, honor students prefer active learning spaces
Credit rating: University of Kansas The Association of American Universities has made a modern press to motivate establishments to put in far more lively finding out spaces on campuses, in which pupils can shift and work jointly, as a substitute of sitting down in fixed seats in a standard lecture […]
Low-performing computer science students face wide array of struggles
Credit history: CC0 Community Domain Scientists at the College of California San Diego done a broad scholar experience study to master which components most affect college student results in early computing classes, a discipline that has traditionally found high failure charges and lousy pupil retention. They observed that reduced-undertaking college […]
Physics outreach programs benefit students’ scientific identities, career prospects
Educational outreach activities like the Texas A&M Physics and Engineering Pageant, pictured right here, benefit taking part pupils in various ways, researchers found. Credit history: Texas A&M University School of Science Even though academic outreach plans sometimes get short shrift in educational circles in phrases of prioritizing, funding and staffing, […]
Dynamic New Virtual Field Trips From Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Help Students Explore STEM in the World Around Them
To aid students investigate the exciting the several ways STEM is shaping the world around them, Discovery Training and foremost corporate and community partners proudly introduce four new engaging, no-cost digital industry outings (VFTs). Master more and sign-up for the new virtual field outings and locate all the resources here. […]