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We see that there are open access journals that are doing a fine ethical job, even though they charge the authors. How much payment is then considered excessive? And if we do not pay to publish,...
10 October 2015 5,083 68 View
All of us are concerned about quality of life even as we age. What are the exercises that could improve quality of life, a healthy metabolism and reduce resting heart rate? (Besides ourselves,...
09 September 2015 2,189 86 View
I am very thankful that I studied in a convent school where I had many responsible science teachers. Most of the students are good at making hypotheses, carrying out experiments and manipulating...
08 August 2015 6,687 43 View
Quite a few of us are in teaching and research. Our organizations have always looked for new ways to fulfill its public mission. What are the new ideas, technologies and products that you have...
06 June 2015 4,049 46 View
What is your advice? Can I cite papers that were published in predator journals? There are 2 papers that are very relevant in my topic, but these papers were published in predator journals. When...
05 May 2015 9,028 39 View
You may think that I'm asking this question because I'm Malaysian. In our national history, we had a period of 'dark ages'; then we had a phase of rapid growth. And then, who could expect that...
01 January 2015 6,248 52 View
Does your research bring you satisfaction and joy? Does it cause smiling and create happiness and laughter? And what are the psychological effects of smiles on your research, as you go about...
12 December 2014 1,332 42 View
'Students often know the right thing to do. How can schools help them to do it?The numbers are in and they don't look good." That was the assessment of the Josephson Institute of Ethics last...
12 December 2014 6,112 90 View
A college of distinction (COD) is characterized by some features: engaged learners, great teaching, vibrant communities and successful outcomes. All of us desire such goals for our colleges. Our...
12 December 2014 6,681 43 View
I reviewed several papers that students learn sciences better if it's first taught in the mother mother tongue. Do you have any evidence to agree/ disagree? And, if young children learn science...
11 November 2014 5,124 89 View
I wrote a paper for a conference in 2012. Then, early this year, I carried out a second research, improving my methodology. I reviewed more papers, and improved my review. Certainly we do not...
11 November 2014 8,027 24 View
As educators we need to cater for the physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual growth of our students. What is done in your college or university? How much importance does your college/...
11 November 2014 5,204 48 View
So far I have published in two local journals. I sent one article to 1 of them in January this year, and got feedback at the end of March. One reviewer commented that the paper could be...
11 November 2014 9,777 50 View
Do you think that the review process is essentially the same, whether the journal has impact factor or not? After all, it's peer review for all our papers. Please share your OWN EXPERIENCES with...
10 October 2014 9,118 40 View
According to the U.S. Department of Education's 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey, 91 percent of the nation's sixth grade reading teachers, and 83 percent of eighth grade reading teachers are...
10 October 2014 7,118 46 View
Teaching and supervising Masters and PhD research students is definitely challenging, but it comes with a price and a reward. Are they always those who have good reason to do PhD? What are the...
10 October 2014 291 34 View
The 2014 Times Higher Education World Reputation was based on 10,536 responses, from 133 countries, to Thomson Reuters’ 2013 Academic Reputation Survey, which was carried out from 21 March to 21...
10 October 2014 7,854 41 View
Today, Saturday, September 20th, is software freedom day. What is the implication of free software to your research? How can we overcome the difficulty of using freeware, so that our research is...
09 September 2014 3,079 24 View
Does teacher education in your country need a major or minor change? Does it make teachers who are passionate about teaching and concerned about students? Do students acquire knowledge, skills...
09 September 2014 5,795 35 View
Is professional development in your college described in this manner? 'Everyone on all sides of the education reform and improvement debate agrees that what most teachers receive as professional...
09 September 2014 1,091 56 View
As researchers, in what ways should we exercise responsibility on social media, to get optimum benefits for our research? To what extent has RG facilitated your research? Have you found your...
09 September 2014 1,949 40 View
In your research paper, what information would you present as tables and what information would you describe? SPSS gives us a lot of data: Reliability and variances, Means and SD's, normality...
09 September 2014 9,881 34 View
Are teachers in public schools teaching for the sake of learning? Or are they teaching just to get students to pass exams? Are good teachers leaving the public schools in droves (perhaps for a...
08 August 2014 4,406 33 View
Homeschooling seems to show consistent learning gains as measured by exam performance at least. Homeschooling has 'grown' in US, >2.04 million children are learning at home, 75% increase from...
08 August 2014 3,310 52 View
As a researcher, and a communicator of research, what were your moments of Eureka? Eureka is the sudden, unexpected realization of the solution to a problem; attributed to Archimedes and his...
08 August 2014 7,737 41 View
Have you come across scientific studies on the benefit of consuming fish collagen, or benefit of consuming silk peptide to our skin, bones and other body tissues? Several commercial companies...
08 August 2014 9,495 25 View
There are quite a few of us who are very concerned that plagiarism is rather prevalent. When I was teaching in secondary school, I observed that student collaboration in science practicals and...
08 August 2014 2,246 40 View
Sometimes I reflect that as a Biology teacher, I have quite forgotten the T and E of STEM education. Of course I must make conscious effort not to do that. I quote: 'We have never worked harder...
08 August 2014 543 25 View
I am looking for 2 other researchers from other countries who are interested to do a research on self-directed learning (SDL) of K12 or first year college students. I have read the literature on...
08 August 2014 2,836 44 View
As teachers and researchers, have we been keeping up with research findings, and implemented them in or teaching and interaction with students?
08 August 2014 4,781 24 View
What activities would have a direct impact to promote SDL among our students? What good practices have you discovered?
08 August 2014 8,890 24 View
I do implement Collaborative learning (CL) and obtained good academic gains. But I haven't investigated other variables that could be positively affected by CL. Have you investigated academic...
08 August 2014 820 15 View
Sometimes a journal asks us as authors to suggest reviewer/s for our paper. What is your reaction to this? Do you think that this is helpful to us as authors? Have you suggested a reviewer that...
08 August 2014 4,806 48 View
Open Review on RG gives us the freedom to review any publication on RG. However, so many of us are loaded with work. I don't have summer holidays nor students to help me write my papers. So...
07 July 2014 5,520 76 View
Many of us learn ethical norms at home, at school, or in a religious setting. Ethical norms are sometimes regarded as commonsense. But if morality were is just commonsense, then why are there so...
07 July 2014 3,915 60 View
The world is projected to hold 9.6 billion people by 2050. How can all these people be fed, while also advancing rural development, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting valuable...
07 July 2014 3,574 87 View
Doing a research, collecting data and analyzing data seems to be relatively quick and easy. But I sometimes get stuck with writing. I am rather critical of my own writing. What about you? How...
06 June 2014 6,882 53 View
'Empirical evidence (the record of one's direct observations or experiences) can be analyzed quantitatively or qualitatively. Many researchers combine qualitative and quantitative forms of...
06 June 2014 1,929 14 View
What are the ways you have been practicing Team Teaching in your institution? What are the benefits that have been derived?
06 June 2014 6,742 18 View
Meditation has physiological and psychological effects that include reduced respiration rate, decreased heart rate, changes in brain wave patterns, lowered stress, improved emotional well-being,...
06 June 2014 9,917 59 View
Let's remember what Gandhi said.
06 June 2014 4,838 58 View
I read several research papers on the motivation to study science. All of them used t-tests without first testing that the data was normally distributed. Tthis was one set of data that I got for...
06 June 2014 6,971 100 View
'Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT for short) is a teaching and learning strategy based on the interaction between web-based study assignments and an active learner classroom. Students respond...
06 June 2014 1,758 24 View
We may think that making mistakes cause us to lose a lot of time. But there is a positive side. Do you sometimes think that mistakes are a great source of wisdom? What are the mistakes that you...
06 June 2014 3,289 32 View
Last week was the first week of semester for K12 colleges in Malaysia. The intake of 18 year old boys to girls was approximately 500:1500, even though in primary schools the ratio was 1:1. Can...
06 June 2014 3,871 31 View
What did you learn that surprised you? What did you learn that you didn't expect? In what ways has interaction on social media been somewhat surprising. What did you learn or experience on RG,...
05 May 2014 5,553 27 View
I have sometimes this privilege of teaching excellent students who do not care to do better than their peers. Their motives are different. They want their friends to do well. But how are your...
05 May 2014 1,978 31 View
Many of you have taught thousands of students. On reflection, what are the qualities of students you have met, who persist longer even when it is difficult to attain an education goal? Can you...
05 May 2014 7,172 34 View
So far in your research, do you observe the Pareto Principle at work? In research this would mean that 80 % of your success comes from 20 % of your great efforts. Or do you have other...
05 May 2014 6,581 32 View
My research is quite straightforward, as compared to Edison's inventions, but I seem to end up with a pile of junk. My writing takes a long time. Like Edison, I found many ways that didn't...
04 April 2014 2,508 91 View
After the first year of teaching in this place, the Microsoft office was removed from my computer, and replaced with Open Office. The latter is free. How familiar are you with free and open source...
04 April 2014 8,359 26 View
I don't agree. But what are your views?
04 April 2014 2,995 49 View
This is the last week of classes in my college. Next week is the study week, but I have a few students who just don't study and retain the knowledge. They are weak, but they don't admit it and...
04 April 2014 9,212 17 View
I work hard at teaching and persuading students to be lifelong learners. And I need to work on their motivation. So, how can we, teachers, design our instruction to show our students that...
04 April 2014 3,382 31 View
On RG, we are from various fields of education. Despite that we have many things in common. What are the methods that you have used to encourage your students to set goals for themselves and...
04 April 2014 9,602 64 View
When students feel that they have more control over their learning, they will be more motivated. So, how can teachers and lecturers design our instruction to give students more control over their...
04 April 2014 5,567 36 View
My students spend a lot of time on FB. When I asked, "Do you get into FB everyday?"; a student responded, "Every hour, madam". What are the effects on them that you noted? What is our role as...
04 April 2014 373 83 View
What do you think about the warming? Do you agree that it's largely irreversible or are there ways that scientists can discover to reverse the process? How do you think, this is going to affect...
04 April 2014 9,910 18 View
In my country, our daily temperatures have increased about 6 degrees Celsius, from 27 to 33. At times, it can be hotter. A few months ago, there was so much rain that some places were flooded....
04 April 2014 5,348 72 View
FB and RG are here to stay, and they are useful for us to interact and learn. But they take up some precious time. Does this have a negative effect on our deeper and more meaningful...
04 April 2014 7,115 48 View
I just had to unlearn and relearn. I had done a research on mnemonics to facilitate learning of the Electron Transport Chain, and then after a month, I received some new info. So I updated my...
04 April 2014 3,628 39 View
I wonder if any country will be able to avert the crisis. What are the practical things that we, researchers, can do to survive the 'bumpy ride'? What effect/s will the crisis have upon us and...
04 April 2014 2,624 36 View
Can we claim any conclusive findings solely on the basis of a single study that obtained a p-value less than 0.05? What can we really claim? Please state your views. Thank you.
04 April 2014 5,515 38 View
'An investigative personality type tends to be analytical, intellectual and scholarly. They enjoy research, mathematical or scientific activities. These individuals live in their mind and prefer...
04 April 2014 1,185 37 View
This is interesting: "Blue Ocean Strategy is a book published in 2005 and written by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, Professors at INSEAD and Co-Directors of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy...
04 April 2014 2,912 21 View
It's necessary to reflect. So far, what are the effects of our research on our communities, or on our country?
04 April 2014 8,938 31 View
"Underperformance in the world economy was observed across almost all regions and major economic groups" Problems in global economy will surely affect our national economies. What are the...
04 April 2014 1,611 19 View
Many of us on RG are researchers and authors. Please share your experiences with us. What advice would you give to authors so that we can efficiently disseminate scientific info? Thanks.
03 March 2014 8,489 25 View
Research is time consuming. We also need to have time for our students and colleagues. Do you sometimes think our time each day is very little? In what ways have you been optimizing your time?
03 March 2014 6,373 80 View
There seemed to be many Trojans and other threats on my campus. My antivirus showed 16 threats were arrested in the past month. Then it showed the message 'Removing of threat has failed', on my...
03 March 2014 5,223 31 View
The environment during Piaget's time, during Vygotsky's time is so different from today. Do you think the Education theories that we have learnt from them still apply wholly or apply partially or...
03 March 2014 5,570 33 View
We often hear the proverb 'the grass on the other side of the fence is greener'. Some of us on RG may have emigrated or decided to emigrate; and some may have decided to stay put for various...
03 March 2014 7,068 10 View
My students often complain that there is such a lot to study. I tell them that because we are humans, it's our responsibility and pleasure to study. They are doing the pre-univ studies in 1...
03 March 2014 1,474 37 View
This is important to some of us who do a frugal research. When I check online, I normally find abstracts but these do not provide the results. If we want them we have to pay, and we have no...
03 March 2014 1,766 41 View
Each one of us has certain preferences concerning what research activities we would like to do. What are your preferences? What is your favorite research topic? Do you like doing conventional...
03 March 2014 9,423 32 View
Each year, there will be some organizations who send people to do some health tests for lecturers in our college. Last year, my thumbnail was rubbed with some olive oil and studied under a...
02 February 2014 7,864 40 View
For me, and my students this semester, it seems to be quite true, although we cannot always generalize excessively. But is it true for you?
02 February 2014 5,945 43 View
We are the researchers; we always think and do lots of mental work. We know the benefits of physical exercise: swimming, jogging, tennis, walking, golf. Do you also give the same exercise to...
01 January 2014 5,129 81 View
With the features of up-vote and down-vote and endorsements and other features that we may use, what is the potential of RG to enable us to be more collaborative; better researchers? How does RG...
01 January 2014 3,463 84 View
Many of us acknowledge that politicians have a major role in the Education system, and its development, within a country. How major is this role? How important, then, is our role as educators,...
01 January 2014 1,403 90 View
I want to do a research on K12 students' motivation for Science learning. Are you willing to translate the questionnaire to your native language, and run the reliability? Can you share resources...
01 January 2014 255 94 View
'Lesson studies' had been developed in Japan about 40 years ago. It is done to improve student performance in Math, Science, Language and other academic subjects. Does anyone have research...
01 January 2014 8,549 35 View
With the resources that we now have at our disposal, what topic of education research should we look into? Perhaps we can begin by brainstorming.
01 January 2014 5,665 70 View
When I look at your profile overviews, I see that your research has been downloaded more that 1000 times. Recently, we are also able to view who downloaded our papers. Have these people cited...
12 December 2013 2,110 7 View
All of us go through this experience. We love our research, we work very hard at it. We want to share it with the scientific community and the lay people. But, sometimes our paper is not...
12 December 2013 337 93 View
Education is more than delivering content, knowledge and skills. Can e-learning deliver values as well? How can we facilitate this delivery of values?
12 December 2013 6,475 18 View
Please feel free to agree or disagree, but share your thoughts. I'm still learning. Thank you.
12 December 2013 9,391 10 View
In my institution, we have this system that is called IPPA (Indeks Pencapaian Prestasi Akademik or Academic Performance Index). Each semester, a lecturer gets a score that is the average grade of...
12 December 2013 7,196 70 View
Finland, South Korea and Singapore do well on international assessments (PISA). Finland uses a 'low-tech' approach, while S. Korea uses more technology. Which model is the one that your country...
12 December 2013 3,850 18 View
With the help of technology, or without it, what have you been doing? Please share your inspiring stories and...
12 December 2013 3,065 31 View
So far, I have carried out quantitative studies. My stats 'guru' was a great quantitative study expert. For my Masters and PhD, I carried out quantitative research. But I feel that a mixed...
12 December 2013 7,112 5 View
Most of our work, as scientists, is collaborative. Surgeons work in teams. Even to make a phone or tablet requires artists, scientists and technologists. Our students need people skills or soft...
12 December 2013 2,820 63 View
Which classification system do you prefer to use, and why?
11 November 2013 7,708 10 View
Several countries have come up with education plans for the 21st century. Skills and knowledge that are needed for 21st century learners are spelled out, based on values like honesty, and...
11 November 2013 1,232 63 View
Learning can be an enjoyable experience. What can the teacher do to make it more so? What are the things that you have tried, that worked well?
11 November 2013 6,097 70 View
Even now (before BYOD), our role as knowledge provider has in some measure been replaced by a role in learning facilitation. What else is likely to change? How should we prepare ourselves?
11 November 2013 3,080 16 View
I have been reading up concerning equity in education, and non-profit organizations like Azim Premji Foundation. We need people with this mind-set for the advancement of education and a better...
11 November 2013 2,566 2 View
Many of my friends who teach Physics seem to like this phrase so much. Do you agree? Can your field of study or research be likened to chocolate, and why?
11 November 2013 7,051 35 View
A committed teacher is greatly concerned about his/ her PD (Professional Development). Do you agree? What are the areas of PD that YOU are concerned about? Does your institution encourage...
11 November 2013 7,036 19 View
If students write in another language and they have translated the text, is it as BAD as plagiarizing? What are the implications? http://esl.about.com/u/sty/writinginenglish/improve_writing_tips/
11 November 2013 5,276 31 View
It's probable that with a small tutorial class of about 25 students, we know them by name. We also know who are the V, A and K learners. But if it's a large class, in what practical ways we can...
11 November 2013 8,954 11 View
Besides the questions that begin 'Compare and contrast...' or 'Discuss...' or 'Explain in your own words...' or 'Evaluate the importance of...'. How can we be more creative in the questions...
11 November 2013 2,001 34 View
Recently, my health minister mentioned about the use of a genetically modified mosquito, in the control of dengue fever. Having been a victim of DENV, I would be glad for measures to control the...
11 November 2013 3,987 1 View
That's the rice that contains a gene from carrot. This would be helpful to promote vitamin content of the diet of millions of Asians, whose staple diet centers on rice. Any research done, any...
11 November 2013 1,335 4 View
Usually there are mixed reactions when there is such a change. Students who don't like exam stress will be happy. But parents may be concerned that the benchmark is removed. There are also some...
10 October 2013 9,900 3 View
Each country would have drawn up these education plans, based on what is important to their society. What has been proposed for the education of the y-generation and the 'millenials', in your...
10 October 2013 1,188 13 View
In my country, general practitioners also provide (sell) the medicine. What do you think of this practice? Please share your views concerning the advantages or disadvantages of this practice....
10 October 2013 5,073 28 View
Recently I discussed with my students the topic 'Expression of Biological Information'. They were quite boggled as to why Crick called his hypothesis the 'central dogma'. They could understand...
09 September 2013 1,441 6 View
Can we (educators and researchers) send a soft-copy and leave it to you to adjust it to the requirements of your journal? Some of us teach, and we do research without a grant. But if the fee is...
08 August 2013 821 3 View
I have observed that children are naturally inquisitive. However, when they have got into the primary school 'system', they seem to lose this natural curiosity. They want to learn, but for other...
08 August 2013 7,548 74 View
Quite a few members of RG have been asking concerning the use of English at tertiary level. I have recently responded to a question concerning the use of English (or the national language) in the...
07 July 2013 8,341 14 View
I have searched two international biology books. Both show that the protons come from glycerol. But I thought that glycerol is like alcohol, that means it contributes the hydroxyl group. On the...
06 June 2013 7,419 8 View
I have also done that for multi-item constructs that used Likert scales. Now, I need to ask if I can use Cronbach alpha to measure the reliability of a multiple-choice question biology test to...
05 May 2013 4,789 3 View
Recently several lecturers at my college were exposed to Action Research by 2 persons attached to Education Planning and Research Division (EPRD) of the Education Ministry of Malaysia. Now we are...
04 April 2013 449 6 View
Perhaps I should just wait for conferences and present them? This question is addressed to those of you who have had similar experiences of being rejected by journals; and yet you will not give up...
04 April 2013 4,417 13 View
