The Straits Times

Learning by talking: Instead of fishing for answers, students explain concepts to bot

SINGAPORE – At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, social distancing rules meant that Ms Akshaya Rajesh could not hold study sessions with her friends. She ended up explaining what she learnt out ...
The Straits Times

MPs should not ask questions to ‘clock numbers’; focus should be improving S’poreans’ lives: Seah Kian Peng

SINGAPORE – Singaporeans can expect more debate in the upcoming 15th Parliament, with today’s uncertain world and the need for more policies to tackle the attendant challenges, and more MPs in the ...
Nature

Developing a BOPPPS (Bridge-in, Objectives, Pre-assessment, Participatory Learning, Post-assessment and Summary) model combined with the OBE (Outcome Based Education) concept ...

Traditional higher education’s unidirectional knowledge transfer and unitary assessment methods inadequately address social needs, resulting in compromised teaching effectiveness. Therefore, how to ...
The New York Times

Why Do Americans Stink at Math?

When Akihiko Takahashi was a junior in college in 1978, he was like most of the other students at his university in suburban Tokyo. He had a vague sense of wanting to accomplish something but no clue ...
The New York Times

A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash

ORANGE PARK, Fla. David Campbell switched on the overhead projector and wrote “Evolution” in the rectangle of light on the screen. He scanned the faces of the sophomores in his Biology I class. Many ...