https://phys.org/science-news/education en-us Phys.org provides latest news on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education Overall, Matthew Burnett's medical school experience has been wonderful. But the fourth-year medical student at A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine understands his experience does not represent all medical students. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-mindset-key-medical-students-alarming.html Social Sciences Education Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:07:20 EDT news645966436 William Hersh, M.D., who has taught generations of medical and clinical informatics students at Oregon Health & Science University, found himself curious about the growing influence of artificial intelligence. He wondered how AI would perform in his own class. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-chatgpt-ai-real-world-students.html Education Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:30:34 EDT news645723029 Since the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of chronic absenteeism have nearly doubled across the nation for students in kindergarten through grade 12. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-virtual-linked-chronic-absenteeism.html Education Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:59:31 EDT news644756367 Since their release, AI tools like ChatGPT have had a huge impact on content creation. In schools and universities, a debate about whether these tools should be allowed or prohibited is ongoing. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-ai-tools-chatgpt-popular-students.html Education Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:01 EDT news643991521 A team of economic and business researchers from Southeast University, in China, University College London and Queen Mary University of London in the U.K. has found what they describe as the academic equivalent of a Great Gatsby Curve in science mentorships. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-academic-equivalent-great-gatsby-science.html Education Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:39:35 EDT news643973970 In many countries, scientists have experienced a loss of academic freedom in recent years. This trend has been criticized on the basis of fundamental principles. However, there has been no research to date on whether the degree of academic freedom also has an impact on a society's ability to produce innovations. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-academic-freedom.html Education Political science Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:17:06 EDT news643457822 As the use of generative artificial intelligence continues to extend into all reaches of education, much of the concern related to its impact on cheating has focused on essays, essay exam questions and other narrative assignments. Use of AI tools such as ChatGPT to cheat on multiple-choice exams has largely gone ignored. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-statistical-analysis-chatgpt-multiple-choice.html Education Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:34:07 EDT news642861242 As the Paris Olympics captured the world's attention, it proved apparent that winning medals often hinged on the success of teamwork. While such an approach clearly works in sports, new research suggests teamwork is not always the desired method … especially for young scientists trying to find an academic job. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-larger-teams-academic-worsen-career.html Economics & Business Education Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:00:01 EDT news642847982 A year ago, economics professor Kaushik Basu was in his office hosting a colleague from Sweden, mapping ideas out on a blackboard. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-knowledge-curse-isnt-necessarily.html Education Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:43:36 EDT news642249812 A new study by an international team of collaborators led by researchers at the University of Vienna, and in collaboration with the Dom Museum Wien, aimed to address the questions of whether art exhibitions can make us more empathic or even change our attitudes and behaviors? https://phys.org/news/2024-08-art-socially.html Social Sciences Education Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:35:29 EDT news642162922 A new paper from Carnegie Mellon University indicates that giving students more autonomy leads to better attendance and improved performance. The research was published in the journal Science Advances. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-autonomy-boosts-college-student.html Social Sciences Education Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:59:15 EDT news641638750 Scientists agree that solving some of society's greatest challenges in biomedicine, such as food sustainability, aging and disease treatment, will need researchers from a variety of scientific fields working together. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-young-scientists-career-hurdles.html Education Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:00:01 EDT news641449916 A new study from Hebrew University led by Ph.D. student Kinneret Endevelt, under the supervision of Dr. Roni Porat from the Department of Political Science and Department of International Relations and Prof. Eran Halperin from the Department of Psychology, unveils a novel approach to bridging the achievement gap for minority students in higher education. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-higher-minority-students-minor-adjustments.html Social Sciences Education Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:09:56 EDT news641470193 The intuition to distill hard numbers like "90 percent" into words like "almost all" may help make science and statistics more accessible, but new research shows that isn't necessarily the best way to engage people online. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-communicating-boosts-climate-science.html Education Political science Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:00:01 EDT news641213517 Do smartphone reminders encourage pupils to engage regularly with learning material? Researchers at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education investigating this question came to the conclusion that simple reminders such as push notifications tend to have a negative effect on learning times. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-smartphone-negative-impact.html Education Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:08:02 EDT news640433281 Ever wondered why you performed worse than expected in that final university exam where you sat in a cavernous gymnasium or massive hall, despite countless hours, days and weeks of study? Now you have a genuine reason—high ceilings. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-high-ceilings-linked-poorer-exam.html Education Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:00:04 EDT news639223201 Children who are not considered "school-ready" by their teachers are more than twice as likely to become persistently absent at some point in their education, according to a new study led by the University of Leeds. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-early-childhood-problems-linked-persistent.html Education Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:00:01 EDT news638636841 In a test of the examinations system of the University of Reading in the UK, artificial intelligence (AI)-generated submissions went almost entirely undetected, and these fake answers tended to receive higher grades than those achieved by real students. Peter Scarfe of the University of Reading and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on June 26. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ai-generated-exam-submissions-evade.html Education Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:00:01 EDT news638603234 An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, from the fields of Psychology, Education, and Information Technology have developed the first machine learning models that forecast upper secondary education dropout earlier than ever before. By utilizing a 13-year longitudinal dataset with onset in kindergarten age, the models predicted secondary school education dropout and retention from as early as the end of primary school (Grade 6). https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ai-upper-secondary-dropout-early.html Education Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:21:59 EDT news638536916 Private philanthropy has long been a key source of funding for U.S. scientists, particularly as government support has failed to keep pace with the rising cost of research. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-reveals-complex-dynamics-philanthropic-funding.html Economics & Business Education Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:37:05 EDT news637245421 Medical research is increasingly informed by recognition of diversity's key role in addressing health equity. But when it comes to medical education, there's a group that has remained not just underrepresented but also under-researched: first-generation (first-gen) medical students—those whose parents have not earned bachelor's degrees. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-generation-medical-students-unique.html Education Thu, 16 May 2024 16:33:31 EDT news635096008 Early education programs are widely believed to be effective public investments for helping children succeed in school and for reducing income- and race-based achievement gaps. However, a new study conducted by a team of investigators from Teachers College, Columbia University, University of Virginia, University of California-Irvine, and the University of Delaware finds mixed evidence on the long-term effectiveness of today's preschool programs for helping children succeed in school. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-reveals-varied-impact-preschool-term.html Education Thu, 02 May 2024 14:00:01 EDT news633857882 A team of researchers from the University of Cologne and the University of Würzburg have found in training studies that the distinction between known and unknown words can be trained and leads to more efficient reading. Recognizing words is necessary to understand the meaning of a text. When we read, we move our eyes very efficiently and quickly from word to word. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-brain-efficient.html Education Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:34:32 EDT news632658869 Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-grades-students-surnames-alphabetical.html Social Sciences Education Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:02:04 EDT news632588520 If you've ever been taught about how Earth orbits around the sun, you might well think our planet travels along an oval-shaped path that brings it much closer to the sun at some times of the year than at others. You'd have a good reason to think that, too: it's how most textbooks show things. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-earth-sun-bike-wheel-high.html Education Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:58:17 EDT news631799894 A team of researchers from the University of Lisbon and Cornell University has presented a touch-based robot that is capable of fostering inclusion in schools, giving equal opportunities to children with and without visual impairment to participate in a group activity with the robot. Their most recent study showed improved individual and group participation perception, which contributes to creating more inclusive learning environments. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-touchibo-robot-fosters-inclusion.html Education Fri, 05 Apr 2024 11:50:47 EDT news631536644 Want your teen to graduate from college one day? Focus on strengthening their social networks within and beyond the family, says a new BYU study. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-money-family-community-bonds-prep.html Social Sciences Education Fri, 05 Apr 2024 11:05:03 EDT news631533901 Online learning has become "the new normal" of education since COVID-19 severely disrupted face-to-face teaching activities. Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have conducted a study to analyze whether and how the instructor's presence in online video lectures affected student learning and learning outcomes. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-reveals-significant-effects-onscreen-instructors.html Education Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:23:31 EDT news630581006 For the first time in history, a single language dominates global scientific communication. But the actual production of knowledge continues to be a multilingual enterprise. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-prestigious-journals-hard-scientists-dont.html Social Sciences Education Sat, 23 Mar 2024 10:30:01 EDT news630322167 A team of researchers with varied backgrounds has found that using X (formerly Twitter) as a means to increase citations on research papers has little impact. In their study, published on the open-access site PLOS ONE, the group compared the number of citations for papers that had been promoted on X and those that had not. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-twitterx-impact-citations.html Social Sciences Education Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:30:01 EDT news630319822