Most educational platforms feature a core trait such as learning, discussing or problem solving. Function Space, a social learning science network, wants to bring the three together for free in a ...

Our brains are much more active when we daydream than previously thought. Activity in numerous brain regions increases when our minds wander, according to new research. Psychologists found that brain ...

Talking with other people in a friendly way can make it easier to solve common problems, a new study shows. But conversations that are competitive in tone, rather than cooperative, have no cognitive ...

This paper introduces an applied problem-solving task, set in the context of cryptography and embedded in a network of computer-based tools. This designed learning environment engaged students in a ...

This study investigated the effects of variations in the amount of preutilization experience with the switch and pendulum functions of a microswitch, relative to experience with nonspecialized ...