News tagged with math achievement
Children with home computers likely to have lower test scores
Around the country and throughout the world, politicians and education activists have sought to eliminate the "digital divide" by guaranteeing universal access to home computers, and in some cases to high-speed Internet service.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2010 |
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Elementary school women teachers transfer their fear of doing math to girls
Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about math pass on to female students the stereotype that boys, not girls, are good at math. Girls who endorse this belief then do worse at math, research at the University ...
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Jan 25, 2010 |
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Study debunks myths about gender and math performance
A major study of recent international data on school mathematics performance casts doubt on some common assumptions about gender and math achievement — in particular, the idea that girls and women have less ability due ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Inconsistent math curricula hurting US students, study finds
A new study finds important differences in math curricula across U.S. states and school districts. The findings, published in the May issue of the American Journal of Education, suggest that many students across the countr ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 02, 2011 |
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Racial Segregation Fuels Early Black-White Achievement Gap, Data Suggest
Racial segregation of schools, and thereby segregated neighborhoods, appears to be a leading source of academic achievement disparities between young black and white children, according to research by sociologist Dennis J. ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Socioeconomic Desegregation Alone Is Not Effective in Improving Classroom Performance
Although past research has linked academic achievement gains to socioeconomic desegregation in schools, a new analysis reveals some hidden academic and psychological risks of integrating low-income students in schools with ...
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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Countries that best prepare math teachers share similarities
Countries that best prepare math teachers meet several key conditions generally lacking in the United States, according to the first international study of what teacher preparation programs are able to accomplish.
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Apr 16, 2012 |
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Cooperative learning methods top list of effective approaches for secondary mathematics
Cooperative learning methods have been found to be most effective in raising the math scores of middle and high school students, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's ...
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Jun 26, 2009 |
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Physically fit kids do better in school
A new study in the Journal of School Health found that physically fit kids scored better on standardized math and English tests than their less fit peers.
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Poor attention in kindergarten predicts lower high school test scores
As thousands of students nationwide prepare to leave high school, a UC Davis study appearing online today in the June issue of the medical journal Pediatrics shows a clear link between attention problems early in school — as ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 26, 2009 |
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Gender gap in spatial ability can be reduced through training
Barriers to children's achievement in the areas of science, math, and engineering have become a particular concern as policymakers focus on America's economic competitiveness. A gender difference in girls' spatial abilities ...
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Sep 15, 2010 |
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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.
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Jul 27, 2011 |
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Preschool program improves standardized test scores through grade 5
Continued participation in the Harrisburg Preschool Program (HPP) has led 5th-grade students to score higher on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) literacy and math tests than peers who have not ...
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Oct 06, 2011 |
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Middle-school math classes are key to closing racial academic achievement gap
More challenging middle-school math classes and increased access to advanced courses in predominantly black urban high schools may be the key to closing the racial academic achievement gap, according to a University of Illinois ...
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Apr 20, 2009 |
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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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