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Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics
Scott Freeman,Sarah L. Eddy,Miles J. McDonough,Michelle K. Smith,Nnadozie Okoroafor,Hannah Jordt,Mary Pat Wenderoth +6 more
TL;DR: The analysis supports theory claiming that calls to increase the number of students receiving STEM degrees could be answered, at least in part, by abandoning traditional lecturing in favor of active learning and supports active learning as the preferred, empirically validated teaching practice in regular classrooms.
Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution: A Report Prepared for the UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education
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Rethinking Giftedness and Gifted Education A Proposed Direction Forward Based on Psychological Science
TL;DR: This monograph proposes a definition of giftedness that is useful across all domains of endeavor and acknowledges several perspectives about giftedness on which there is a fairly broad scientific consensus, and suggests some directions for the field of gifted education.
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The rate of growth in scientific publication and the decline in coverage provided by Science Citation Index
TL;DR: It is problematic that SCI has been used and is used as the dominant source for science indicators based on publication and citation numbers, because the declining coverage of the citation databases problematizes the use of this source.