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Mayo researchers, Rochester educators, students to present at science conference
ROCHESTER, Minn. — America’s largest general science conference will be the setting next week for seven presentations on how zebrafish changed the classroom in Rochester. Those presenting at the conference in Washington, D.C., include researchers f…
Teacher effort is linked to difficult students’ inherited traits
Challenging students take up more of their teachers’ time — and the difference between a tougher student and an easier one appears to be genetic, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psycholo…
Can you analyze me now? Cell phones bring spectroscopy to the classroom
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois chemistry professor Alexander Scheeline wants to see high school students using their cell phones in class. Not for texting or surfing the Web, but as an analytical chemistry instrument.
Scheeline …