Preliminary versions of a new Carnegie system for classifying institutions of higher education will be released for review and comment this summer, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of ...

In Piagetian theory, transition to the stage of concrete operations is characterized by a cognitive structure wherein the 4 logical groupings associated with simple and multiple classification and ...

For decades, mathematicians have struggled to understand matrices that reflect both order and randomness, like those that model semiconductors. A new method could change that. The mystery was this: In ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I was enchanted with the words metonymy and ...