Ji Son, a professor of cognitive psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, uncovers data-based methods for helping students understand statistics more deeply. More
Ji Son, a professor of cognitive psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, uncovers data-based methods for helping students understand statistics more deeply. More
There is great comfort in the familiar. It’s one reason humans often flock to other people who share the same interests, laugh at the same jokes, hold the same political views. But familiar ground may not be the best place to cultivate creativity. Social scientist Adam Galinsky has found that people who More
APS Past-President/ Author: Lisa Feldman Barrett Millions of families with college-age children face a difficult choice. As school after school announces that it will welcome students back to campus this fall, many classes — perhaps most — may continue to be held online. A survey of college students in the More
When U.S. schools begin the next academic year with the country still fighting the coronavirus pandemic, students should spend half their time in classrooms and half doing online activities that pinpoint their individual learning style such as videos or reading. That advice comes from Nimish Mathur, 17, and his team More
Some scientists are truly extraordinary mentors. Take, for example, professor Charlotta Turner, a chemist at Lund University in Sweden, who in 2014 received a text from her Ph.D. student telling her that he might not finish his thesis in time. When she learned that her student, Firas Jumaah, was in More
Gregory L. Fenves had heard the calls for change, and he pledged to act. Standing before a quiet auditorium in the fall of 2016, the University of Texas at Austin’s president detailed a path forward: Project 2021. In five years, he said, the university wanted most of Austin’s students to More