Science Education

Science Education

Video Games as Educational Tools: Study Reveals Benefits

“Video games in virtual educational environments are a complement to traditional teaching for the student”, Pablo Moreno-Ger, lead author of the study and…

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ESA and Commission Expand GMES Cooperation Agreement

This amendment will extend the scope of the original Agreement (signed in February 2008) to activities of Segment 2 of the GMES Space Component Programme and…

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£27M Bioenergy Investment to Boost UK’s Sustainable Fuels

The £27M BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre has been launched to provide the science to underpin and develop the important and emerging UK sustainable…

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Tekes invested 516 million euros in R&D and innovation

The recession underlined the great need for and key role played by public funding in sustaining research and development during an economic downswing. “During…

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Identifying Student Dropouts: Insights from Educational Software

Sotiris Kotsiantis of the Educational Software Development Laboratory at the University of Patras, Greece, explains how student dropout rates are much higher…

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A more attractive European Research Area but stagnating EU R&D intensity: no time to take a break!

It shows that Europe's pool of researchers is growing and the EU is becoming more attractive for foreign researchers and for private R&D investments from the…

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Explore Florida’s Science Tunnel: A Unique Exhibit Debuts

On January 16, 2009, the internationally-renowned Science Tunnel, an exhibition of the Max Planck Society, makes its U.S. debut at the South Florida Science…

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Young Children Master Reading and Writing Skills Early

The material for the study is comprised of video recordings of children in a pre-school. The children are aged from eighteen months to three years old.The…

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New Quality Mark for Primary Science Education Launched

The Primary Science Quality Mark which has been developed by the SLC EE, in conjunction with the Association for Science Education and Barnet Local Authority…

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Learning Societies Lab Secures £800K for Student Assessment Innovation

LSL has just been awarded £800,000 from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) for projects to improve student assessment and to develop light-weight…

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New Centre Launches to Advance UK Synthetic Biology Research

The new centre will focus on synthetic biology. This is a field in which engineers work with molecular bioscientists to produce biologically-based parts, by…

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IRB Barcelona Leads Two New European Biomedicine Projects

This concession makes IRB Barcelona a leader in European projects in Spain, together with the Spanish National Research Council. In all, Spanish centres will…

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£1.5M Cross-Border Cancer Research Targets Suicide Genes

Researchers at Queen’s have identified a number of biological targets, such as suicide genes in cells, which they hope will be stimulated by new drug…

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New Strategic Partnership in European Marine Research – Memorandum of Understanding signed by the three leading institutes

The institutes signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 15 December, in Kiel, Germany in the presence of the Prime Minister of the German State of…

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New IQ Test Scoring System Benefits Children with Disabilities

Parents of children with intellectual disabilities have long been frustrated by IQ testing that tells them little to nothing about their children's long-term…

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Eurostars Second Call Boosts European Research Ambitions

Proposals involved more than 75% industrial partners, with some 70% R&D-performing SMEs. As with Call 1, the majority of projects covered three main areas:…

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