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High achievers more likely to be bipolar

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Greek philosopher Aristotle once said "there is no great genius without a mixture of madness," and now there is some scientific evidence that there is a link between mania and high IQ ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (18) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

California high school exit exam gets a failing grade in Stanford study

Graduation rates for low-achieving minority students and girls have fallen nearly 20 percentage points since California implemented a law requiring high school students to pass exit exams in order to graduate, according to ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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CWRU class earns Science magazine prize for innovation

Science magazine has awarded a prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction to a Case Western Reserve University class that melds biology, computer modeling, mathematical analysis and writing.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New findings show long-term effects of fathers' job loss on children's education

There is a lot of evidence of the effect of job loss on peoples’ future earnings and employment opportunities. New research into the impact of fathers’ job loss on their child’s educational ...

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: 8th-grade students still lag in science

Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal government said Thursday.

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 22

A-levels not equipping students with appropriate mathematical skills

New evidence shows that A-levels in a range of subjects fail to equip students with an appropriate level of mathematical skills.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Contracts in the classroom

While contracts are an indispensable tool in the modern workplace, a new study has found that they may also be very effective in contemporary classrooms. According to a new article published in SAGE Open, courses in which ...

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created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

EURO 2012 is likely to hit school exam results, study suggests

(PhysOrg.com) -- School students who take their GCSEs during a major international football tournament, such as the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship, get worse exam results than they would ...

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created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women making slow, sure strides in science, math

For many of the women, the chemistry lab was a home away from home - a sorority for nerds, of sorts, that hints at the slow but steady shift in technical fields that have been traditionally filled with men.

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created Oct 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Researchers give low marks to California's English proficiency test for kindergarteners

Most of the thousands of four- and five-year-olds who take California’s official test for English language proficiency before they start kindergarten are bound to fail that exam, according to a new University of California, ...

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created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Free computer science courses, new teaching technology reinvent online education

Stanford Engineering professors are offering three of the school’s most popular computer science courses for free online this fall, and at the same time launching an experiment that could transform the ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2

R&D collaboration focuses on new system for measuring and improving human vision

With research and development assistance from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and seed funding from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA), an Atlanta-based company is developing what it hopes will ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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