Teachers' gestures boost math learning
Students perform better when their instructors use hand gestures – a simple teaching tool that could yield benefits in higher-level math such as algebra.
Mar 29, 2013
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Study shows immigrant students succeed in education
There are relatively few differences in problem solving, mathematics and science achievement between immigrant students and non-immigrant students after accounting for socio-economic status, literacy, recency of arrival and ...
Feb 08, 2013
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Study links prevalence of bullying, teasing to high dropout rates
Teasing and bullying is linked to the dropout rate of students, according to the latest report from the Virginia High School Safety Study, directed by Dewey Cornell, a professor at the University of Virginia's Curry School ...
Nov 01, 2012
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Studies challenge established views development of children raised by gay or lesbian parents
Despite considerable research showing that children of same-sex parents fare just as well as children with heterosexual parents, two papers - a review of existing studies and a new study - published today in Elsevier's Social Sc ...
Jun 10, 2012
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Students need to be 'switched on' to maths, say researchers
(Phys.org) -- The precarious decline in children's participation in mathematics can only be reversed by tackling a complex mix of factors, including positive and negative attitudes of a student's parents, peers and teachers, ...
Apr 23, 2012
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Study: Reasons for suspension and expulsion complex, race still central
An Indiana University study presented on Friday at the American Educational Research Association meeting in Vancouver shows that race continues to be an important factor in determining who receives out-of-school ...
Apr 13, 2012
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Education doesn't increase support for affirmative action among whites, minorities
Highly educated whites and minorities are no more likely to support workplace affirmative action programs than are their less educated peers, according to a new study in the March issue of Social Psychology Quarterly, which ...
Feb 22, 2012
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Focus on testing hurts students in high school health classes
High school health classes fail to help students refuse sexual advances or endorse safe sex habits when teachers focus primarily on testing knowledge, a new study reveals.
Nov 15, 2011
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Researchers outline ways to advance scientific thinking in children
Science educators aim to nurture, enrich and sustain children's natural and spontaneous interest in scientific knowledge using many different approaches. In a new paper published in "Science," Carnegie Mellon University's David ...
Aug 18, 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.
Jul 12, 2011
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E-learning a powerful tool for teaching the arts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning in dance and drama has traditionally involved face-to-face tuition, but that may change following Victoria University research into the potential of online tuition.
Apr 07, 2011
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Love remains a main source of regret for typical American, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to romantic relationships, have you ever made a decision that you regretted?
Mar 24, 2011
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In matters of body image, one size doesn't fit all
(PhysOrg.com) -- While female perfection is often portrayed in the media as young, white and thin, body-image issues and eating disorders affect all ethnic groups, says a Northeastern psychologist.
Mar 22, 2011
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Anti-bullying program reduces malicious gossip on school playgrounds
Elementary school students who participated in a three-month anti-bullying program in Seattle schools showed a 72 percent decrease in malicious gossip.
Jan 03, 2011
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Making ideas harder to read may make them easier to retain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Publishing ideas in a hard-to-read typeface may make concepts harder to learn but easier to retain, according to a new study by researchers from Princeton University and Indiana University.
Oct 29, 2010
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