One of of more popular posts of 2011 was about using YouTube to help generate enthusiasm for STEM at home.
Everyone on our team at Why Science believes in the power of technology to help advance education, particularly for STEM, [...]
Continue Reading →With countless digital and print books published each year, is finding reading material to engage students a daunting task? For nearly 40 years, NSTA and the Children’s Book Council have collaborated to select the best published each year for their list of Outstanding [...]
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While Why Science is a technology based STEM education company our approach to education is not entirely based on technology. In fact going beyond technology, we firmly believe that good communication is critical.
Communication needs to happen in the classroom, but we also feel [...]
Continue Reading →The ability to start and maintain an effective stream of communication between parents and their children’s school is critical. Even more so when it comes to core STEM areas that might even be a bit of a black hole for parents in terms of their own understanding.
While schools are very interested and invested in [...]
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Bringing STEM into the home is always a big challenge for parents, so one idea we’d like to introduce to you today is to utilize the popular video sharing site YouTube to help encourage your children to be excited about STEM concepts.
Old-school civil rights activists are fading into the history books — making way for a new generation.
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The 32nd annual International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference kicked off June 26 with a lesson relating brain function to teaching and learning, and attendees explored how brain sciences might influence how educators deliver instruction.
Educators must “help today’s students prepare for tomorrow’s complexities,” said new ISTE President [...]
Continue Reading →Edward Joyner, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor and Director of Five Year Program at Sacred Heart University. For 20 years, he led the most comprehensive school reform model in American Education. Below are some highlights of our discussion on the achievement gap:
Akpalu: Prof. Joyner, what is an appropriate framework for understanding the achievement gap?
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Continue Reading →Students’ fear of math can hinder their learning, according to one study that shows math creates a stress reaction in the brain for some students that could direct brainpower to worrying — rather than math. Separate experiments show that such students might otherwise be enthusiastic about the subject. Researchers also have found that students’ anxiety [...]
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