As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

How do we know what we know? That’s where science comes in—it gives us a method for testing our ideas and getting trustworthy results. But some researchers have warned that many scientific studies can ...

A 2024 solar eclipse study found that brief moments of awe significantly increased participants' sense of belonging in ...

A new study finds that when people engage in participatory science activities that involve awe-inspiring natural phenomena, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Educators think it’s important to teach science and social studies to ...

The National Science Foundation division that covers social, behavioral, and economic sciences is in the crosshairs.

T he last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had long argued that science ...

Jessie Garbutt, design major, installs LED lights for testing at the California Lighting and Technology Center (CLTC) on March 21, 2019. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) Alexis Caligiuri didn’t follow a ...

Studies that can't be verified and may be untrue are much more likely to be cited in the media because they tend to be more interesting, researchers report. They looked at studies in top psychology, ...