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Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world
The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Early math skills predict later academic success
(PhysOrg.com) -- Continuing research by UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of education Greg Duncan has shed additional light on what constitutes school readiness and which K-5 skills and behaviors predict ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Engineering a better future
On the night of June 20, 1990, 8-year-old Behrouz Shafei was up late watching soccer on TV when his world suddenly convulsed. A 7.4 magnitude earthquake centered some 150 miles from his home in Tehran claimed ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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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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Mixed-handed children more likely to have mental health, language and scholastic problems
Children who are mixed-handed, or ambidextrous, are more likely to have mental health, language and scholastic problems in childhood than right- or left-handed children, according to a new study published today in the journal ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 25, 2010 |
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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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Study shows simple writing assignment improves minority student grades
In a follow-up to a 2006 study, a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher and his colleagues found that an in-class writing assignment designed to reinforce students' sense of identity and personal integrity increased ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Kids with contact lenses like their looks better than kids with glasses
Children wearing contact lenses felt better about how they look, their athletic abilities and acceptance by their friends than did children wearing eyeglasses in a recent study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Immigrant children from poor countries academically outperform those from developed countries
Immigrants who seek a better life in Western countries may not be able to escape the influence of their home country when it comes to their children's academic performance, according to findings from the October issue of ...
Sep 30, 2008 |
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As easy as 1, 2, 3: Number sense correlates with test scores
Knowing how precisely a high school freshman can estimate the number of objects in a group gives you a good idea how well he has done in math as far back as kindergarten, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2008 |
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