News tagged with education program
Green 'Oakley Cluster' to double OSC computing power
Researchers using Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) resources can now conduct even more innovative academic and industrial research by accessing Ohio's newest energy-efficient, GPU-accelerated supercomputer ...
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Adolescents underserved at American Public Gardens
While public gardens typically offer educational programming for adults and elementary school–aged children, the teenage audience has been largely underserved. A new study examined the institutional benefits, ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Prison education programs reduce inmate prison return rate, study shows
According to the Pew Center on the States, one in one hundred American adults is currently in prison. U.S. Department of Justice statistics show that 67 percent of those inmates will recidivate, or re-offend and return to ...
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Oct 04, 2011 |
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Study: Entrepreneurship rankings are very flawed
High school students searching for information on the best undergraduate programs in entrepreneurship would do well to ignore published rankings, according to a paper in the fall issue of the Journal of Entrepreneurship Education ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Scientists concerned about pesticide education funding
Scientists with the Entomological Society of America (ESA), the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), and the American Phytopathological Society (APS) recently expressed concern about the precarious state of the U.S. Pesticide ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Parents need an attitude adjustment to improve their children's homework motivation
Parents who want to improve their child's motivation to complete homework this school year need to change their own attitude and behavior, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Recommendations proposed for increasing arboreta membership, sustaining programs
Public gardens and arboreta rely on members as stable sources of funding and to fill critical volunteer needs. Maturing membership demographics coupled with flat enrollment numbers presents multiple challenges ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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NASA reveals new batch of space program artifacts
NASA is inviting eligible education institutions, museums and other organizations to examine and request space program artifacts online. The items represent significant human spaceflight technologies, processes and accomplishments ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Large-scale early education linked to higher living standards and crime prevention 25 years later
High-quality early education has a strong, positive impact well into adulthood, according to research led by Arthur Reynolds, co-director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative and professor of child development, and ...
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Jun 09, 2011 |
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Robot engages novice computer scientists (w/ video)
Learning how to program a computer to display the words "Hello World" once may have excited students, but that hoary chestnut of a lesson doesn't cut it in a world of videogames, smartphones and Twitter. One ...
May 05, 2011 |
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Non-partisan education evaluations are anything but, education professor says
(PhysOrg.com) -- An increasingly influential national organization evaluating and grading teacher education programs misleads its audience by claiming to be "non-partisan" when, in reality, the group is part of a growing ...
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Apr 20, 2011 |
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Report offers framework for evaluating D.C. school reform efforts, along with first impressions
A new report from the National Research Council offers a framework for evaluating the effects of a 2007 reform law on the District of Columbia's public schools. The evaluation program must include systematic yearly public ...
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Mar 04, 2011 |
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Tensions between teacher preparation programs identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study conducted by researchers in Penn State's College of Education and College of Health and Human Development identifies several challenges and tensions for Early Childhood Education teacher education ...
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Jan 04, 2011 |
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Education programs could increase parent-child interactions in at-risk families
Parent education programs delivered through pediatric primary care offices appeared to increase parent-child interactions during infancy in at-risk families, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Babies and robots learn from each other
A few years ago, AnthroTronix, Inc., an engineering research and development firm in College Park, Md., introduced Cosmobot, a type of social robot for therapists and educators who work with developmentally ...
Nov 19, 2010 |
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