News tagged with educational performance
Key to school improvement: Reading, writing, arithmetic ... and character?
A study of 20 elementary schools in Hawaii has found that a focused program to build social, emotional and character skills resulted in significantly improved overall quality of education, as evaluated by teachers, parents ...
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Dec 30, 2011 |
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How courage can help students learn and achieve
Teaching students how to bring courage into their day-to-day school life can improve their learning, performance, and engagement at school.
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Aug 19, 2011 |
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Value of test-driven education questioned by UB researcher
Research by Jaekyung Lee, PhD, professor of counseling, school and educational psychology at the University at Buffalo, is helping to expose failures in America's controversial test-driven educational policies.
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Jul 12, 2011 |
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Current test-based incentive programs have not consistently raised
Despite being used for several decades, test-based incentives have not consistently generated positive effects on student achievement, says a new report from the National Research Council. The report examines evidence on ...
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May 26, 2011 |
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Treating students as gifted yields impressive academic results, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Schools that seek to help students who are underrepresented in advanced programs should treat them as gifted young scholars, an approach that can result in many of them actually performing at a gifted level ...
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Mar 25, 2011 |
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Academic performance of UK doctors and medical students varies by ethnicity
UK trained doctors and medical students from minority ethnic groups tend to underperform academically compared with their white counterparts, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Comprehensive nutrition services vital to children's health
School meal programs play a significant role in keeping children healthy and are "the anchor" of comprehensive school nutrition services that improve children's nutritional status, health and academic performance, according ...
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Bicarbonate adds fizz to players' tennis performance
Dietary supplementation with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) on the morning of a tennis match allows athletes to maintain their edge. A randomized, controlled trial reported in BioMed Central's open access Journal of th ...
Oct 26, 2010 |
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CEOs with top college degrees no better at improving long-term firm performance than other CEOs
Whether or not a company's CEO holds a college degree from a top school has no bearing on the firm's long-term performance. And when it comes to getting canned for poor performance, CEOs with degrees from the nation's most ...
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Sep 16, 2010 |
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Standardized tests not always best indicator of success
(PhysOrg.com) -- Standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT have long been used in college admissions to sort through thousands of applications. Whether or not such tests accurately assess a student’s ability to succeed in ...
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Aug 24, 2010 |
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States requiring PE, but amount varies
(AP) -- More states are requiring physical education for elementary, middle and high school students, though few require kids to exercise for a specific amount of time.
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Achievement gap is deep, even in middle class
(PhysOrg.com) -- Several decades after racial integration legislation was passed, many African-American students still lag behind in school, said Travis Gosa, and the black-white achievement gap, he said, is greatest among ...
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Mar 17, 2010 |
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New research shows lower educational outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer
New research funded by the Canadian Cancer Society has discovered poor educational achievement and learning difficulties for some childhood cancer survivors, especially those diagnosed with brain tumours. This first-of-its-kind ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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