Ten online learning tools
There was a time when the internet was predominantly used for educational purposes, but soon the commercial aspect got a grip and the rest is history.
However, for many people the internet can still be a place of learning and not necessarily in the conventional manner as there are many types of courses available online that [...]
The cost of going to University
Currently the tuition fees for going to university are £3,125 per year, these are set to rise next year to £3,225 per year. But if universities have it their way fees could rise to as much as £7,000 per year, in fact there are claims that a fee or £5,000 per year would not put [...]
March 19, 2009Girls are doing better than boys
Looking at the stats it would seem that girls are not doing better than boys, but when the stats are tweaked to use the results from girl only schools, then it is true girls are doing better than boys.
These results come from a study into education, it found that girls who attend single sex schools [...]
Study finds link between health and IQ
There are worrying test results coming out of Sweden, a test of one million Swedish males has found that there is a distinct link between those men who had higher IQ’s and their health.
However, the discovery is that those found with higher IQ’s were less likely to suffer from health related issues and that their [...]
Is gaming good for brain training?
We see adverts on the TV for so called brain training games that work with hand held devices; the claim is that anyone that uses these games will benefit from extra intelligence. Which begs the question, kids that play on video games should therefore be more intelligent?
However, in tests it has been found that these [...]
TV could be good for under three’s
A study that followed around eight hundred children from birth to three years old, has been tracking their TV usage in order to determine once and for all whether TV is any good for children or is it just a bad influence.
After previous studies it was even recommended that up to the age of [...]