Tag: Gerhard Sonnert

  • Nation & World

    Solving the problem of the calculus whiz

    New Harvard research challenges conventional wisdom on what it takes to excel in calculus.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Testing the test questions

    A group of researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has found a way for schools, professors, textbook publishers, and educational researchers to check the quality of their test questions that turns out to be both fast and cheap. It invokes the power of crowdsourcing.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Songs from the stars

    Gerhard Sonnert, a research associate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has created a new website that allows listeners to literally hear the music of the stars.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The gifts of immigration

    Two Harvard researchers say that new U.S. residents, most of whom are young and nonwhite, reflect not just policy challenges, but an immense reservoir of social potential.

    5 minutes