Engaging Math-Avoidant College Students

Engaging College Students by Singing the Science†

Basic Math in Monkeys and College Students

Adult humans possess a sophisticated repertoire of mathematical faculties. Many of these capacities are rooted in symbolic language and are therefore unlikely to be shared with nonhuman animals. However, a subset of these skills is shared with other animals, and this set is considered a cognitive vestige of our common evolutionary history. Current evidence indicates that humans and nonhuman ani...

Engaging College Students From Diverse Backgrounds in Community Service Learning

Community service learning at the university level is often conceived of as a mechanism for introducing privileged young adults to people with whom they have never interacted and experiences they have never had. American universities and courses involving community service learning are increasingly filling, however, with undergraduates who are members of the identity categories to which the com...

A Hypnotist Teaches Math: The Effect of Person Centered Math Support Classes on At-Risk Community College Students

The prevalence of barriers for Colombian college students engaging in physical activity.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of barriers and their association with Colombia college students engaging in PA. METHODS A total of 5,663 students (3,348 male) from three cities in Colombia. In fall 2013, students voluntarily completed a demographic questionnaire, Barriers to Being Active Quiz. Logistic regression analysis of each barrier (adjusted for confusion variables: gender, age...