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Sexual misconduct in science may not face same penalties as research fraud

Science strives to produce reliable knowledge, advance our understanding of the world, and ultimately drive progress. This pursuit depends not only on individual excellence but also on collaboration, exchange, and support within the scientific community.This […]

Kids less likely to be expelled from preschool when parents cooperate with teacher, study shows

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Children who are expelled from preschool are subsequently more likely to experience academic failure and enter what scientists and advocates call the “cradle-to-prison pipeline,” meaning that these children tend to follow a trajectory away from […]

Elementary school children also need digital skills

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Elementary schools should make children fit to use digital media. A team at the University of Würzburg is developing a digital diagnostic tool to support teachers in this endeavor. The research is published in the […]

Identifying as a ‘STEM person’ makes you more likely to pursue a STEM job

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Employers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics—commonly called the STEM industries—continue to struggle to attract female applicants. In its 2024 jobs report, the National Science Board found that men outnumber women almost 3-to-1 in STEM […]

Five ways students can think about learning so that they can learn more, and how their teachers can help

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During my years teaching science in middle school, high school and college, some of my students have resisted teaching that educators call higher-order thinking. This includes analysis, creative and critical thinking, and problem-solving.This post was […]

Q&A: Study highlights possible path forward for teaching writing to students with disabilities

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Writing is critical for all students, but many students struggle to develop strong writing skills. New research suggests a technique called performance feedback could be a valuable tool for helping students with disabilities become stronger […]

Inquiry into the history of science shows an early ‘inherence’ bias

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Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in water—centered on presumed inherent properties rather than external factors, thereby misleading famous philosophers and scientists, from Aristotle to […]

Tuition promise boosts retention rate for lower-income students, long-term study finds

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A flagship financial aid program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison that provides generous support to in-state students from low- to moderate-income families increases student retention by several percentage points, according to new research.This post was […]

‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse

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While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive from the inside-out.This […]

Hunger among students: Study shows those studying remotely need financial aid for food

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The specter of food insecurity unfortunately haunts many households in South Africa.This post was originally published on this site

Retail rents decrease when a marijuana dispensary moves in

As more states open the doors to legal marijuana, dispensaries are becoming a more common retail sighting. But what happens to the businesses next door when one opens for business?This post was originally published on [...]
Too much or too little AI adoption may lower workers’ job satisfaction

In research based on 2009–2020 data from 509 publicly listed US firms, lower and higher levels of adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) were associated with reduced job satisfaction, whereas moderate levels were linked to greater [...]
New study shows why clothing take-back programs fail—and what truly moves consumers to act

Retailers don’t need big financial incentives to get consumers to return used clothing—but they do need the right message. A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management finds that simply telling [...]