Here is a ''well, duh'' moment: A study of college freshmen in the U.S. and China found that Chinese students know more science facts than their American counterparts -- but both groups are nearly identical when it comes to their ability, or lack of it, to do scientific reasoning. The study suggests that educators must go beyond teaching ...

Here is an interesting interview with an engineering PhD who made the jump to industry from academia. A lot of the comments seem to apply equally well to any kind of worker with a graduate technical degree. I particularly liked this one: ''Ph.D.'s tend to be less likely to compromise, less able to move forward without a complete analysis. They ...

What ever happened to just scribbling formulas on the palm of your hand? The YouTube clip is interesting and so is the discussion that follows.   http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3160/students-show-how-to-cheat-via-youtube?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

I always thought it was a little screwy that the grade I got in a high school typing class counted as much as my grade in precalculus. Looks like I wasn't the only one with this idea. Texas is apparently going to fold course difficulty into the calculation of high school GPAs. The move is quite controversial judging by the comments posted for this ...

Well, so much for the idea that fewer and fewer students are studying math and the sciences. The National Center for Education Statistics compared surveys of high school seniors in 1972, 1980, 1982, 1992, and 2004. One result: The percentage of seniors enrolling in calculus during their senior year grew from 6 percent to 13 percent between 1982 ...

Here's a news flash: People who take higher level math courses tend to make more money than those who do not, regardless of what they majored in. As reported in the blogs of the Chronicle of Higher Education, In raw terms, the two scholars found the usual salary disparities: Nursing and social-work majors earn $48,900 per year, on average, while ...

  If there are two trains speeding toward each other, what is the acceleration of coins tossed at algebra instructors?   Item: Abstract Math Produces Tangible Learning, Study Finds   http://chronicle.com/news/article/4364/abstract-math-produces-tangible-learning-study-finds?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Readers of my editorials might recall my Feb. 21 column which quoted Vivek Wadhwa, Executive in Residence at Duke University, as warning that more and more PhD's head back to their own countries after getting their degree in the US. His warning is true, according to the Chronicle of Higher ...