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5 ways parents can help children with the ‘new’ math

Clarissa A. Thompson, Kent State University ; Lauren K. Schiller, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Marta Mielicki, Kent State University

Racial stereotypes drive students of color away from STEM, but many...

Ebony O. McGee, Vanderbilt University Dominique, a Black electrical engineering doctoral student, found herself in an awkward situation in the lounge of a hotel where...

Want to teach kids about nature? Insects can help

Akito Y. Kawahara, University of Florida and Megan Ennes, University of Florida Insects are everywhere – in backyards, balconies and the park down the street. In...

At these colleges, students begin serious research their first year

Nancy Stamp, Binghamton University, State University of New York Rat brains to understand Parkinson’s disease. Drones to detect plastic landmines. Social media to predict acts...

Boost in high school students taking advanced computer science could change...

Christina Gardner-McCune, University of Florida Often when I speak with students who are majoring in computer sciences, many of them tell me that they have...

Flying colors: Researcher reveals hidden world through the eyes of butterflies

Adriana Briscoe, University of California, Irvine An award-winning scientist and professor of evolutionary biology, Adriana Briscoe studies the evolution of vision in butterflies and how...

Here’s how to encourage more girls to pursue science and math...

Jilana Boston, New York University and Andrei Cimpian, New York University Women remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. In the field...

Lab coats help students see themselves as future scientists

Megan Ennes, North Carolina State University and M. Gail Jones, North Carolina State University In order to encourage more of the nation’s young people to...

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