Phys.org – Education

In South Africa, the age of consent for sex is 16 years old. Engaging in sexual activity with someone under the age of 16 is considered statutory rape, even if the minor consents as defined […]

Scientists aren’t comedians, but it turns out a joke or two can go a long way.This post was originally published on this site

Educators and researchers have had longstanding concerns about the quality of computer science instruction in U.S. schools. A recent study exploring student learning and computer science teachers’ qualifications in one state suggests that these teachers […]

The ability to learn socially from one another is a defining feature of the human species. Social learning enables humans to gradually accumulate information across generations. And although we are able to build cities full […]

Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and 4 percentage points below […]

Fewer than one in 10 senior authors in a physics journal are women, according to a new study.This post was originally published on this site

An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers is arguing the research community should make a concerted effort to capitalize on advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to expedite work that addresses sustainable energy, emerging […]

The complex and evolving nature of the cyber domain requires that cybersecurity professionals have both technical skills and social intelligence. In a new article, researchers argue that cybersecurity educators need to share teaching resources to […]

Digital learning has become the norm in education, but evaluating its effectiveness remains a challenge. In K-12 settings, the results of a tutoring system or educational game often come long after students have engaged with […]

In recent years, the number of students missing school has risen steeply. In the UK, one in 50 students missed more than 50% of school in 2022–23. Previously, almost 95% of sampled students were found […]