http://netvouz.com/pdboyer/tag/findings?feed=rss pdboyer's bookmarks tagged "findings" on Netvouz http://www.prometheanplanet.com/blog/?p=1008 Dr Robert Marzano and Dr Debra Pickering review their recent research into the effectiveness of the Promethean Activclassroom and Interactive Whiteboards on raising academic standards. pdboyer Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:29:43 GMT http://www.g2conline.org/#Ethics Neuroscience research has progressed rapidly in the last few decades and techniques at every level of analysis have become increasingly powerful. With this power comes huge responsibility, and ethics in neuroscience concerns its appropriate use. It relates to subjects such as cognitive enhancement, medication, privacy, and morality. Genetic testing is one area of research that carries significant ethical ramifications. Professor Kay Jamison discusses these issues in The Value of Diversity. Another issue that has attracted recent controversy is medication, specifically over-medication. Professor Tom Insel tackles this topic in Under-Medication and Over-Medication. Stem cell research has also generated recent ethical controversy, both as a technique and instr pdboyer Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:23:07 GMT