Education

As schools increasingly move to ban smartphones in classrooms, new research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) suggests that there may be a more effective way to boost focus and academic engagement.This post was originally published […]

Large language models such as ChatGPT recognize widespread myths about the human brain better than many educators. However, if false assumptions are embedded into a lesson scenario, artificial intelligence (AI) does not reliably correct them.This […]

A new study combines eye tracking and artificial intelligence to identify the exact moments in an educational video that matter for learning in children.This post was originally published on this site

Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it.This post was originally published on this site

The University of Phoenix College of General Studies has published a new peer-reviewed study in the journal Wild, co-authored by Jacquelyn Kelly, Ph.D., associate dean, Dianna Gielstra, Ph.D. and Tomáš J. Oberding, Ph.D., along with […]

As we move closer to the start of the fall term, returning to school is often a source of conversation and excitement.This post was originally published on this site

A new analysis of data on scientists with exceptional early-career success—according to a metric known as citation impact—has identified common characteristics among them, some of which could also be indicators of problematic or fraudulent behaviors. […]

Around 98 million children and youth in sub-Saharan Africa are out of school, accounting for nearly 40% of the global out-of-school population. This is disproportionately high, considering that the region accounts for roughly 15% of […]

On 2 January 2024, Sholto David dropped a blog post on the website For Better Science that would send ripples through a major American research institute.This post was originally published on this site

Since its release in November of 2022, the use of ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) has proliferated throughout many disciplines, providing writing assistance for everything from speeches to contracts. So, it may not […]