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Training and Development in Organizations: What Matters, What Works
Each year in the United States about $135 billion is spent in training employees — but those billions do not always improve the workplace because the skills often do not transfer to the actual job.
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Research Finds Students Short on Study Savvy
Education Week: Students are least likely to choose to test themselves while studying, although it has been shown to be the most effective study strategy, according to researchers here at the Association for Psychological Science
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Babies’ Hunger to Learn Has a ‘Goldilocks Effect’
The New York Times: Infants are constantly trying to make sense of the world around them, and they do this by seeking out situations that are neither too simple nor too complex. Writing in the
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Does Speaking in a Second Language Make You Think More, or Feel Less?
Discover Magazine: Should homosexuals should be allowed to serve in the military? Let me rephrase that: Should gay men or lesbians be allowed to serve in the military? You may have detected within yourself a
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Scientists Find Learning Is Not ‘Hard-Wired’
Education Week: Neuroscience exploded into the education conversation more than 20 years ago, in step with the evolution of personal computers and the rise of the Internet, and policymakers hoped medical discoveries could likewise help
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2012 Wikipedia Symposium
The 2012 APS Annual Convention featured the symposium “Wikipedia in the Classroom: Initial Responses to the Call to Action.” The symposium included a status report on the APS Wikipedia Initiative and featured presentations from APS
