In March of 1848, Kate and Margaret Fox were just children, about ten or twelve years old. They had recently moved into an old cottage with their parents near Hydesville, New York that had a mysterious history. Previous tenants had stayed only briefly, leaving due to strange sounds and occurrences […]
Data Science And The Advantages It Offers
Data Science has turned out to be a progressive technological field that everybody seems to talk about these days. In fact, it is considered the ‘most appealing job of the 21st century’. Let’s find out more about it. Data Science is a buzzword and not a lot of people understand […]
Language Acquisition vs Language Learning
According to linguists (i.e. scientits who engage in the scientific study of human language)there is an important distinction between language acquisition and language learning. As you may well have noticed, children acquire their mother tongue through interaction with their parents and the environment that sorrounds them. Their need to communicate […]
The Simulation Hypothesis: Evidence From The Paranormal
The real anomaly here is that firstly you have multi-millions upon millions of reports within the “It Can’t Be Therefore It Isn’t vs. I Know What I Saw” genre from all cultures / societies and throughout all of recorded history, yet secondly, the anomalous categories are just a tiny fraction […]
Color Psychology – The Perceptions and the Realities
In 1666, Sir Isaac Newton discovered that when a beam of White light passes through a Prism, it scatters into a Spectrum of seven colors, which cannot be further sub-divided. This Spectrum gave us colors, which are a riot among artists. Every color has its own effect and universal meaning […]
Home Schooling on a Limited Budget – 4 Key Ideas You Can Use to Help
Homeschooling can be expensive and if you have a limited budget it’s easy to get frustrated. The cost of private schools has caused many people to choose the option of homeschooling. Although there are many books and programs out there, it doesn’t mean that you need to spend a lot […]
The Top 10 Reasons To Become A School Psychologist
It doesn’t seem like that long ago I graduated from my School Psychology graduate program but it has actually been going on 16 years now. Time flies and much has changed in the field of School Psychology. However, it seems like my reasons for becoming a School Psychologist have relatively […]
Teaching High School Mathematics in the 21st Century
The latter years of the 20th century saw the development, in many countries, of universal secondary education. This meant that all students, irrespective of their ability or interest in Mathematics were obliged to continue learning in Mathematics to the end of their high school education. In the past, students graduating […]
Can Special Education Help or Harm Our Emotional Disturbed Students?
As a Special Educational teacher I have seen first hand how many parents are devastated to know that they child is a candidate for this program. Special education basically makes education tailored made for the special child. I had the pleasure of working with students who were labeled as being […]
Large Vs. Small Universities
Whether you are a senior in high school picking out a college or already an underclassman at a university and looking to transfer, you still want to be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of your size school. I went to a state university that had over 46,000 students, but […]