News tagged with grades
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 ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Football team success throws fall grades of non-athletic college males for a loss
(PhysOrg.com) -- College football bowl season is in prime time, and a new report card is in: Male grades drop relative to female grades when their college football team performs well during the regular season.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Poverty-related stress affects readiness for school
Stress in the lives of poor children is one cause of the early achievement gap in which children from low-income homes start school behind their more advantaged classmates.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Bullying victims often suffer academically, particularly high achieving blacks and Latinos
Victims of bullying often suffer academically, and this is particularly true for high achieving black and Latino students, according to new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Teacher influence persists in early grades
Having consistently good teachers in elementary school appears to be as important for student achievement as small class sizes, according to new research by a Michigan State University education scholar.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Gender stereotypes about math develop as early as second grade
Children express the stereotype that mathematics is for boys, not for girls, as early as second grade, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers. And the children applied the stereotype to themselves: ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Allergies lower risk of low- and high-grade glioma
The more allergies one has, the lower the risk of developing low- and high-grade glioma, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Resear ...
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Gender gap in physics exams reduced by simple writing exercises, study says
Women are underrepresented and on average perform more poorly than men in introductory physics. But a recent study finds that this gap arises predominantly from differential preparation prior to college and ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2010 |
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HPV vaccine gives prolonged protection against genital warts and low-grade pre-cancerous growths
Vaccination against certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) gives strong and sustained protection against genital warts and pre-cancerous growths of the cervix, according to a new study published in the British Medical ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Study links sleep apnea in children and teens to lower academic grades
The average academic grades of children and teens with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea are worse than the grades of students who have no sleep-disordered breathing, according to a research abstract that will be ...
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Acute toxicity predicts overall survival in high-grade gliomas
Patients with high-grade gliomas who experience acute (early) neurological toxicity during their treatment were more likely to experience chronic (late) neurological toxicity and shortened overall survival, according to researchers ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
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All-volunteer US military still offers a pathway for young men
For many Americans coming out of high school, college, military service and the workforce represent the primary avenues of opportunity. With rising costs and stiff academic requirements, college tends to draw students from ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Blasting children's cancer -- not their ears
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new grading scale for hearing loss developed by a physician at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital could help doctors find the best way to protect the hearing of young patients who need chemotherapy to treat ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2010 |
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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
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Reasons explored for making child repeat first grade
Reasons for requiring a child to repeat the first grade may go far beyond the basic "three R's," reveals a study by two Texas A&M University education psychologists. They say parents must often shoulder at least part of the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 13, 2010 |
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