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Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?
Education & Development

Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?

...working on a task can also be motivating. When something feels easy, it can mean that success is possible and when something feels difficult, it can mean that success is worthwhile (“no pain, no gain”). In this case, homework that feels easy implies: “I can do this!” Homework that feels difficult implies: “This is valuable!” Naturally, the demotivating frames...
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Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...works from the Environment Agency, click here. London's economic value to the UK London is central to the UK economy and as such is seen as a valuable asset. A major flood in 1953 with estimated costs of 1.2 billion at 2014 values (Wadey et al., 2015) led to calls for action. The weighing of costs of inaction i.e. no further protection, and action i.e. spending on further...
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Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza
Health, Sports & Psychology

Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza

...work, while this number fell by 12% across the rest of Northern Ireland. Figures from the Department for Regional Development for this same period show that cycling has increased in key locations in the city by up to 152%, with activity in some of the most popular areas such as Stranmillis Embankment and the Albertbridge Road rising to an amazing 200%. In 2015 Belfast...
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Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...worked through this series, consider the construction and reconstruction of the local uniqueness and interdependences throughout these articles. Think in terms of how the historical layers have been constructed and, have in turn combined with the previous layer to produce a modified, yet new set of social relations. What elements and processes have been involved? Did you...
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Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...work of Treezilla...Find out more about The Open University's Geography courses and qualifications Trees have been in the news a lot recently with political parties trying to outdo each other on tree planting pledges. As the climate crisis has risen up the political agenda, trees and tree planting have been recognised as an important response since they take up carbon...
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The machine that is still changing the world
Science, Maths & Technology

The machine that is still changing the world

...work, so every single action at every step in the process is controlled and continuously improved. This intensity of improvement activity is a clear characteristic of Toyota’s operations which has been emulated by many other companies worldwide. Supply Chain coordination [A photograph of the Landrover Discovery production line in modern times. The photo is in colour and...
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The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains

...work, in the evening time. Jack Fowler Traffic lights on a bridge change the patterns of the traffic flow. Once it changes then you’ve got all the traffic that’s backed up, and they come, a wave of them rush across the bridge, and whatever is in that line, that’s the load that you’re going to get at that time. And it was on both sides and it worked both ways. So...
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The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse

...work, it would be another bridge next to the exact same bridge that you have, and then remove that false work when you’re all complete. The different techniques that we use to inspect the steel members would be, um, non-destructive testing where we can x-ray the metal or we can use a sonogram where you use a gel over top of the metal with a sound probe. In the near...
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