Science is all about asking questions and making observations — and so are young children! Observation, an important part of scientific inquiry, leads to discovery and learning. By encouraging your ...

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. Many of science’s most important breakthroughs, from the discovery of microorganisms to the theory of ...

Joy Hamm has taught 11 years in a variety of English-language settings, ranging from kindergarten to adult learners: One idea for making teacher observations a learning opportunity rather than a ...

Observation protocol scores are commonly used as status measures to support inferences about teacher practices. When multiple observations are collected for the same teacher over the course of a year, ...

Writing for The Conversation, Dr. Laure Archibald-Pannone, a geriatrician, offers a few things to watch for when visiting older relatives over the holiday season. With the second holiday season of the ...

Ever since Russia launched the first man-made satellite in 1957, the Earth has seen a continuous rise in the number of satellites in orbit, with no signs of slowing. 2020 saw the launch of over one ...

Astronomers are now venturing outside of the solar system. In a new study, scientists are able to directly observe a planet 129 light-years away from Earth. Stars of exoplanets are usually very bright ...

Creating and maintaining a biodiversity data collection has been a much-needed worldwide exercise for years, yet there is no single standard on how to do this. This has led to a myriad of datasets ...