News tagged with student performance
States face challenges to improve writing standards
Far too many K-12 students have inadequate writing skills, and the current efforts to improve instruction in the United States may be more challenging than anticipated, research from Michigan State University shows.
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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High school math teachers may not make the grade when it comes to gender bias
Do some high school teachers think math is harder for girls than boys? The authors of a new study say yes.
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Mar 22, 2012 |
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Study: Adolescents from unstable families lose ground in rigorous high schools
Research continues to support a connection between instability in the home and school performance in adolescents, but a new study in the January issue of Sociology of Education takes the research a step further by explor ...
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Jan 25, 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.
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Dec 30, 2011 |
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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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Aug 19, 2011 |
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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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Aug 08, 2011 |
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Giving teachers bonuses for student achievement undermines student learning
Recent efforts to improve teacher performance by linking pay to student achievement have failed because such programs often rely on metrics that were never intended to help determine teacher pay, contends Derek Neal, Professor ...
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Apr 04, 2011 |
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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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Apr 04, 2011 |
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Treating students as gifted yields impressive academic results, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Schools that seek to help students who are underrepresented in advanced programs should treat them as gifted young scholars, an approach that can result in many of them actually performing at a gifted level ...
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Mar 25, 2011 |
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New research shows Transcendental Meditation improves standardized academic achievement
The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective approach to improve math and English academic achievement in low-performing students, according to a new study published in the journal Education.
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Mar 21, 2011 |
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Academic performance of UK doctors and medical students varies by ethnicity
UK trained doctors and medical students from minority ethnic groups tend to underperform academically compared with their white counterparts, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Gates: Spending cuts don't have to harm learning
(AP) -- Even in the midst of large spending cuts, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Monday that schools can improve the performance of students if they put more emphasis on rewarding excellent teaching ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Social and emotional learning programs found to boost students' skills
Being successful in school requires a combination of social, emotional, and academic competencies. A new analysis of more than 200 school-based social and emotional learning programs has found that such programs improve students' ...
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Feb 04, 2011 |
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Rewarding higher marks with money doesn't make the grade
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rewarding good grades with money has only a modest effect on students, says a new study conducted by researchers Tony Chambers (OISE) and Philip Oreopoulos (economics and U of T Mississauga) at the University ...
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Nov 22, 2010 |
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Real-world programming in the classroom
In undergraduate computer-science classes, homework assignments are usually to write programs, and students are graded on whether the programs do what they're supposed to. Harried professors and teaching assistants ...
Oct 28, 2010 |
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