News tagged with peer groups

Family and peer relationships essential to Mexican-American college students' success

Hispanics are enrolling in the higher education system at a greater rate than ever, yet they are less likely than their non-Hispanic peers to enter college or earn degrees, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. A new study ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Turtle embryos speed up development to hatch in the safety of a group

Australian freshwater turtle embryos can sense how developed other babies are in their eggs and then speed up their own growth to hatch with the most advanced of their siblings, according to new research.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Packaging expert sees a social revolution in the evolving barcode

What if you could trace the history of everything you buy back to its origins? Using your smart phone camera, you could learn what factory made the ingredients in your heart medication, what country grew the ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Primary schoolchildren can be great tutors

Results from a project run in 129 primary schools in Scotland, the largest ever trial of peer tutoring, show that children as young as seven to eight years old can benefit from a tutoring session as short as twenty minutes ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Group learning strategies increase productivity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Large businesses could improve their productivity by implementing a peer group learning strategy according to the results of a recent UTS study in Indonesia.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brighter pupils raise the bar for classmates

Primary-school pupils in England typically do better in key stage 2 English and maths tests when they are taught with more able children. But children who are close to the average of their classmates (at key ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers will test suicide prevention program in high schools

With students returning to classes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers are beginning a large, long-term study of the effectiveness of a unique suicide prevention program in high schools across New York and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study: Benchmarks and 'leapfrogs' drive up CEO pay

Why have CEO salaries skyrocketed over the past 20 years? Much of the blame lies in the practice of compensation benchmarking, say the authors of a study to be published next week in the American Journal of Sociology.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facebook study finds emphasis on college rituals

(PhysOrg.com) -- Study by Temple professor finds that college students use Facebook photos to portray an idealized college life.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children who are dissatisfied with their appearance often have problems with their peer group

Being satisfied with one's appearance is one of the most important prerequisites for a positive self image. However, in today's appearance culture it is the rule rather than the exception that children and young people are ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0