Many students were very uncomfortable with the idea that they would be making the decision about what form their project will take, and continually tried to get a stamp of approval.
How Much Is Left? The Limits of Earth's Resources - 3 views
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Superb interactive timeline about our natural resources and when they will run out. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE,+RE,+Citizenship,+Geography+&+Environmental
Hunger Gains: A New Idea of Why Eating Less Increases Life Span - Scientific American - 39 views
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids - Scientific American - 70 views
What's So Hard about Research? | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network - 77 views
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Students today are accustomed to instant gratification, and therefore can be overwhelmed by tasks that require time-consuming research.
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Build a Paper Rocket - Scientific American - 25 views
The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens - Scientific ... - 25 views
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The matter is by no means settled. Before 1992 most studies concluded that people read slower, less accurately and less comprehensively on screens than on paper. Studies published since the early 1990s, however, have produced more inconsistent results: a slight majority has confirmed earlier conclusions, but almost as many have found few significant differences in reading speed or comprehension between paper and screens. And recent surveys suggest that although most people still prefer paper—especially when reading intensively—attitudes are changing as tablets and e-reading technology improve and reading digital books for facts and fun becomes more common.
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Compared with paper, screens may also drain more of our mental resources while we are reading and make it a little harder to remember what we read when we are done. A parallel line of research focuses on people's attitudes toward different kinds of media. Whether they realize it or not, many people approach computers and tablets with a state of mind less conducive to learning than the one they bring to paper.
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Both anecdotally and in published studies, people report that when trying to locate a particular piece of written information they often remember where in the text it appeared. We might recall that we passed the red farmhouse near the start of the trail before we started climbing uphill through the forest; in a similar way, we remember that we read about Mr. Darcy rebuffing Elizabeth Bennett on the bottom of the left-hand page in one of the earlier chapters.
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The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens: Scientific A... - 103 views
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prevented them from zooming out to see a neighborhood, state or country
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Because of these preferences—and because getting away from multipurpose screens improves concentration—people consistently say that when they really want to dive into a text, they read it on paper
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Surveys and consumer reports also suggest that the sensory experiences typically associated with reading—especially tactile experiences—matter to people more than one might assume.
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