Most math classrooms feature a teacher lecturing and students quietly working on problems. But research shows that a different approach would lead to better results.
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A communication studies professor purposefully antagonizes students to show how putdowns and other forms of negative criticism can impact student learning.
A disc-golf boom is coinciding with a ball-golf bust.
Las campañas electorales de Andrés Manuel López Obrador y Donald Trump revelan cómo sus simpatizantes operaron en línea para ayudar a sus candidatos y derrotar el statu quo político desde afuera.
Los humanos seguiremos siendo necesarios en las fábricas, incluso cuando los robots sean algo habitual. Los futuros trabajadores contarán con soporte técnico y serán más fuertes, más inteligentes y estarán constantemente conectados.
Effective political campaigns use three main online strategies; research identifies which of them is most effective.
A political scientist explains why corporate lobbyists and other interest groups will thwart Trump’s efforts to strong-arm or ignore Canada.
As retro video games become more popular, research suggests players could be looking for nostalgia – and the psychological benefits it brings.
The Trump administration’s latest effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act is the expansion of short-term insurance plans. But these shorter plans are also short on real benefits.
Insider trading, like what Rep. Chris Collins is accused of engaging in, is one of the sexier crimes in securities law.
A routine childbirth proves expensive and complicated. Insurance company adjustments, inconsistent billing and mystery costs flummoxed even a health policy expert and his wife, a teacher.
Over the last three decades, the number of US pilots has decreased by 30 percent. That problem is only going to get worse as demand increases.
The motorcycle maker angered Trump after it said it plans to move some production overseas to avoid EU tariffs – just a few months after the president praised the company for being a ‘true American icon.’
In 38 US cities, hate crimes rose 12 percent in 2017. There were 1,038 hate crimes in the nation’s 10 largest cities – the most in more than a decade.
Universities teach students and produce research – but do they have responsibility to engage with the communities that surround them? Two university presidents explain why their answer is an emphatic yes.
There is simply no credible evidence supporting the contention that America is experiencing a grid emergency.
In giving Dodd-Frank the Botox treatment, Congress misses the point of what’s wrong with financial regulation: It’s an old mess.
Scientists are just starting to understand how your parents’ genes and experiences might shape your own susceptibility to dangerous drugs. Could that help to stop addictions before they start?
Efforts to undo Obamacare went far beyond grass-roots activities, with new research showing that contributions by businesses were significant. Does this signal a change in the political process?
The Oklahoma teachers strike is about more than just pay, but rather a longstanding pattern of decline in funding for the state’s public schools.
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, West Virginia University
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Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Excellence in Finance Research Chair, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Pediatric Epidemiology, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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Professor of Pediatrics and Ophthalmology, West Virginia University
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Professor of Geology, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
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Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, West Virginia University
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Teaching Assistant Professor of Musicology, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, West Virginia University
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Professor of Clinical Education, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University
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PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University
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Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University
