News tagged with student confidence

Study: Women aren't becoming engineers because of confidence issues

Women are less likely than men to stay in engineering majors and to become engineers because they want to have families and are more insecure about their math abilities, right? Not necessarily, suggests a new study in the ...

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created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

How courage can help students learn and achieve

Teaching students how to bring courage into their day-to-day school life can improve their learning, performance, and engagement at school.

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created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows connection between academic direction and student learning

A Kansas State University professor is helping students improve their confidence and academic performance by creating a map of learning.

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created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Student confidence correlated with academic performance

Do those who know more also know that they know more? And does a student's confidence level correlate to academic performance? These questions have long inspired researchers in the fields of decisionmaking and education to ...

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created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Confident teachers help preschoolers more with language and literacy skills

New research suggests that pre-school students may gain more language and literacy skills if they have teachers with higher levels of confidence in their abilities.

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created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0