The SCoRE tool developed at the University of Würzburg reliably records the football skills of girls in real game situations for the first time. It is available as an app for coaches.
Elementary schools should make children fit to use digital media. A team at the University of Würzburg is developing a digital diagnostic tool to support teachers in this endeavour.
Enduring competitive pressure not only changes young people's behaviour, but also their personality: they become less prosocial. This is shown by a new study from the University of Würzburg.
Early childhood education programs neglect social skills that are important for living and working together. This is shown by a study involving the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Luxembourg, which examined educational policy guidelines in more than 50 countries worldwide. The importance of children's socio-economic circumstances for educational success also plays only a subordinate role in the programs.
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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Cologne have developed an AI-based learning system that recognizes strengths and weaknesses in mathematics by tracking eye movements with a webcam to generate problem-solving hints. This enables teachers to provide significantly more children with individualized support. - First school in Germany to use eye tracking and AI in maths lessons. - Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has enhanced the system with artificial intelligence. - System recognises pupils' individual strengths and weaknesses.
The majority of 15-year-olds in Germany know how to perform online searches, but lack confidence when it comes to assessing the quality of the information they find. They rate their skills in this regard at a lower level than the OECD average. They are also less likely to consider their teachers sufficiently competent to use digital media in the classroom. This was revealed in an analysis of the latest PISA study.
Researchers from the Africa Focus in Bayreuth will investigate the specific characteristics of vocational training in selected African countries. Together with colleagues from the UK and Canada, as well as partners from Ghana, Benin, and Côte d'Ivoire, Erdmute Alber, former Vice Dean of research in the Cluster Africa Multiple, will from 2025-2028 explore the pathways young people in Benin, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire take to acquire vocational training and the role traditional "apprenticeships" or schooling play in this process.
Children have become increasingly inactive over the past two decades, as shown by a long-term study involving 3,500 schoolchildren in Austria. Professor Dr Jan Wilke, a sports scientist at the University of Bayreuth, was involved in the project. He and his colleagues are calling for an expansion of sports activities, particularly in schools, as a way to reduce future strain on the healthcare system.
Researchers across Europe have joined forces under the coordination of a team from the University of Passau to investigate persistent conspiracy beliefs. The researchers hope to gain new insights into how democracies can be made more resistant to conspiracy theories.
