Education
Researchers created a chatbot to help teach a university law class—but the AI kept messing up
“AI tutors” have been hyped as a way to revolutionize education.This article was originally published on this website.
Month: May 2025
Education
In the age of AI, human interaction key to preserving academic voice
How can doctoral students maintain their disciplinary voice when writing with AI tools? A new study from Chalmers University of Technology suggests that human interaction—particularly peer feedback—is essential for developing critical AI literacy.This article was […]
Education
Researchers help college students understand why mathematics classes matter
West Virginia University researchers are changing how college mathematics is taught by evaluating and sharing a model for problem-solving that supports what students learn in other courses like business or biology.This article was originally published […]
Education
Research shows importance of promoting better understanding, inclusion of children with disabilities in the classroom
According to the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, approximately one in six children in the United States have developmental disabilities which include physical, learning, language or behavior-related disabilities.This article was originally published […]
Health
US health boss Kennedy calls medical journals corrupt
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has attacked major medical journals, accusing them of collaborating with the pharmaceutical industry and threatening to bar government scientists from publishing in them.This article was originally published on […]
Education
Do biases affect assessment in kindergarten? Educators discuss strategies for mitigation
Teachers’ perceptions and judgments of student skills are key to measuring children’s academic progress. But educators’ own biases can distort these perceptions and judgments.This article was originally published on this website.
Education
Texas’ annual reading test adjusted its difficulty every year, masking whether students are improving
Texas children’s performance on an annual reading test was basically flat from 2012 to 2021, even as the state spent billions of additional dollars on K-12 education.This article was originally published on this website.
Education
Your best friend’s personality can shape your own
Students become more conscientious, open and competitive when they spend time with peers or friends who also exhibit these traits, according to a study conducted at the University of Zurich. It is the first study […]
Education
Financial literacy is about more than personal responsibility—wealth and inequality should be included
Financial literacy will become a core element of the New Zealand social sciences curriculum for Year 1–10 students from 2027. But what is being proposed presents a limited picture of the factors influencing people’s financial […]
Education
Linguistics could make language learning more relevant and attractive for school pupils
A 2023 YouGov poll found that only 21% of UK adults can hold a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue. About half of the other 79% regretted not engaging more with languages […]