Electroshock therapy may boost math skills, study finds
Electroshock therapy may boost math skills, study finds
| Researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology say that electroshock therapy may boost math skills when applied to an area of the brain known to be associated with math ability. Roi Cohen Kadosh of the University of Oxford says that it … See all stories on this topic » |
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Tougaloo College plans civil rights commemorations
Tougaloo College plans civil rights commemorations
… designed to help the poor or disenfranchised: Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center; Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund; Dr. H. Jack Geiger of Physicians for Human Rights; and Robert "Bob" Moses of The Algebra Project.
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Bad at Math? Consider a Zap to the Brain
Bad at Math? Consider a Zap to the Brain
(Newser) – Terrible at math? No worries, it's nothing that a little electrical stimulation can't help. Researchers from the UK and Austria found that transcranial random noise stimulation (Popular Science describes it as "a painless zap to the brain …
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Van de Putte: Flexible curriculum should maintain rigorous standards
Van de Putte: Flexible curriculum should maintain rigorous standards
It does, at least, start students on one of the endorsements, rather than defaulting to the minimum, but one of the endorsement paths (Business & Industry) does not require Algebra II. The problem? Algebra II is required for eligibility in the …
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