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Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instruction

  • Written by: Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW
Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instructionThere's no need for the tug of war. Explicit instruction and inquiry based learning go hand-in-hand.from shutterstock.com

Last year there was substantial hand-wringing over Australia’s declining results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests. Ideas for how to reverse this decline were coming from far and wide,...

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Plants safely store toxic mercury. Bushfires and climate change bring it back into our environment

  • Written by: Larissa Schneider, DECRA fellow, Australian National University
Plants safely store toxic mercury. Bushfires and climate change bring it back into our environmentIndustrial activities like mining, fossil fuel combustion, and cement production release mercury into the environment.Shutterstock

Climate change and bushfire may exacerbate recent mercury pollution and increase exposure to the poisonous neurotoxin, according to our study published in the Journal of Paleolimnology.

Mercury stored in plants is...

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Building standards give us false hope. There's no such thing as a fireproof house

  • Written by: Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW

Bushfires have killed 33 people and destroyed nearly 3,000 houses across Australia so far this fire season. Canberra is under threat right now.

It isn’t only houses. Significant commercial buildings have been destroyed, among them Kangaroo Island’s iconic Southern Ocean Lodge.

In New South Wales alone, 140 schools have been hit. Many...

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How the term 'Anthropocene' jumped from geoscience to hashtags

  • Written by: Dr Duncan Cook, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Australian Catholic University
How the term 'Anthropocene' jumped from geoscience to hashtagsThough its use has grown in the last decade, the Anthropocene concept has been around since the 19th century. John Cobb/Shutterstock, CC BY

Disastrous fires, ongoing drought, and heat extremes have refocused Australians’ attention on the human contribution to climate change.

For decades experts have known (and warned) of the consequences for...

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  2. After 40 years of Australian-Chinese sister cities, how are they faring?
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  4. Fear spreads easily. That's what gives the Wuhan coronavirus economic impact
  5. Comma again? Philip Pullman's Oxford comma rage doesn't go far enough
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  7. Humans are good at thinking their way out of problems – but climate change is outfoxing us
  8. Scott Morrison's 'resilience' speech overshadowed as McKenzie crisis deepens
  9. The US presidential primaries are arcane, complex and unrepresentative. So why do Americans still vote this way?
  10. Gwyneth Paltrow’s The Goop Lab whitewashes traditional health therapies for profit
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  12. Seniors struggle with technology, and often their kids won't help
  13. How to cope with extreme heat days without racking up the aircon bills
  14. How contagious is the Wuhan coronavirus and can you spread it before symptoms start?
  15. how drug slang affects the way we use and understand drugs
  16. What we know suggests the economic impact of Wuhan coronavirus will be limited
  17. Fire almost wiped out rare species in the Australian Alps. Feral horses are finishing the job
  18. Stone tools reveal epic trek of nomadic Neanderthals
  19. Pulling out weeds is the best thing you can do to help nature recover from the fires
  20. no lift in wage growth, no lift in economic growth and no progress on unemployment in year of low expectations
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  23. this is what Australia can learn from India
  24. Indigenous languages matter – but all is not lost when they change or even disappear
  25. Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking?
  26. Australia's National Digital ID is here, but the government's not talking about it
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  38. Australia's bushfire smoke is lapping the globe, and the law is too lame to catch it
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Australian organisations are relying on business continuity plans built for a far more predictable world

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How to Rent a Car for Uber in Melbourne: What Every New Driver Needs to Know

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The strategic rise of Bali as Australia’s next essential healthcare support hub

As Australian healthcare providers grapple with unprecedented operational bottlenecks, a new nearshore model is quietly transforming patient care delivery. Forward-thinking organisations,  including...

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Cost Savings and Benefits of Using Used Pallets in Logistics

In today’s competitive logistics and supply chain industry, businesses are constantly looking for ways to reduce operational costs without compromising efficiency and reliability. One of the most prac...

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How Fulfilment Services in Australia Help Businesses Scale Efficiently

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Executive Recruitment Solutions That Help Organisations Secure Exceptional Leaders

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Every excavation project in Australia — from a backyard deck footing to a multi-storey commercial bu...

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Finding a dentist you trust is one of those decisions that quietly affects your health for years, ...

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