A new study led by Jamie Day of the University of Missouri shows that simple multimedia tools can make a big difference in middle school science classrooms, including students with learning ...

Proper language is crucial to the scientific community. It helps answer questions and convey big ideas to the general public. Often, though, specialized scientific words have very specific meanings ...

We all do our best to be accurate, responsible users of the English language, but despite our best intentions, we’ve all had the occasional slip up ("literally" or "ironic", anyone?) It's particularly ...

Sterling Martin found that when he returned home to Shiprock while studying biochemistry at the University of Iowa, he had difficulty communicating his work to his family in their native tongue.

The specialized meaning of science words can lead to public confusion when the media apply scientific terms out of context. A poignant example recently occurred when the media reported the Antarctic ...

To his peers in Shiprock, New Mexico, he was known as “the detective.” As a kid, he was always asking questions, wondering how things worked and why. “That’s probably where (my love of science) ...

Growing up in the Navajo tradition, there was a distance between science and the culture. Project ENABLE was created to make scientific information accessible to Navajo communities. The Project ENABLE ...

Research found that using slides with pictures and interactive elements helped students improve their science vocabulary.