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Collective effort is needed to help children thrive following exposure to online risks
Helping children become more "digitally resilient" must be a collective effort if they are to learn how to thrive online, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia. The work is published in Education ...
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2022
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Almost 60% of secondary school students in public schools can identify fake news
More than half of Spain's Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO, in its Spanish acronym) students can distinguish between fake and real news. This is one of the conclusions of a study carried out by researchers from the Universidad ...
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2022
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Wildfire smoke exposure hurts learning outcomes
When wildfire smoke pollutes the air in schoolyards and classrooms, as it does with increasing frequency and severity across the country, it hurts not only children's health but also their ability to learn and possibly their ...
Education
Sep 29, 2022
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Exposure to accents helps children learn words
If elementary school children are accustomed to many regional and foreign accents because they hear them frequently in their linguistic environment, then it is easier for them to learn new words from other children who speak ...
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2022
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Encouraging girls to roleplay as successful female scientists could help close the gender gap in STEM
Make-believe doesn't usually have a place in laboratory settings, but research just published in Psychological Science suggests that girls may persist longer in science activities when they pretend to be successful female ...
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2022
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Studying for SATs? Strategic self-control may beat pure willpower
In two surveys of nearly 20,000 high schoolers, students who reported using at least one self-control strategy—such as turning off their phone—tended to spend more time practicing for the SAT and had higher SAT scores ...
Education
Sep 28, 2022
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Teachers' turnover intentions, burnout and poor work climate are interlinked
The risk of burnout and poor experienced teacher-working environment fit is increased among teachers with persistent turnover intentions. However, positive experiences in the workplace seem to protect against cynicism and ...
Economics & Business
Sep 28, 2022
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How introductory courses deter minority students from STEM degrees
A new paper in PNAS Nexus, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that minority students who earn low grades in introductory science, technology, engineering, and math classes are less likely to earn degrees in these ...
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2022
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'There's only so far I can take them': Why teachers give up on struggling students who don't do their homework
Whenever "Gina," a fifth grader at a suburban public school on the East Coast, did her math homework, she never had to worry about whether she could get help from her mom.
Education
Sep 27, 2022
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Physically active lessons in school can enhance pupils' learning and motor skills, study finds
Sports scientists at Nottingham Trent University examined how bouts of physically active math lessons for eight hours per week affected children aged 6–7 during their first two years of school, by comparing them with another ...
Education
Sep 27, 2022
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Correcting peers is key in small-group learning
Collaborative group work is increasingly prioritized across higher education, particularly in the life sciences and STEM-related fields. But how students communicate within these smaller groups is key to their success.
Education
Sep 26, 2022
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Small group reading shown to boost student progress
A trial scheme which sees primary school children reading in small groups has shown that the program can help pupils to make an additional two months' progress during the course of an academic year.
Education
Sep 26, 2022
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Widening participation in STEM requires an attitude change
Students rule themselves out of, or in to, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines, based on stereotyped views of what makes a typical student, a new study has found.
Education
Sep 26, 2022
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Why children's 'choice' about COVID-19 masking at school needs far more discussion
Public health pandemic responses across Canada continue to be fluid. Like other provinces, Nova Scotia has moved away from mandatory masking protocols in public spaces toward individual choice and recommendations, including ...
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2022
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How do you teach a primary school child about consent? You can start with these books
Parents will be increasingly aware they need to talk about consent with their children.
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2022
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How to train doctors in a pandemic
One of the great ironies of lockdowns, border closures, and self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic is that medical students, as with so many other people in education, were forced online for their ongoing studies. Medical ...
Education
Sep 22, 2022
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Being a librarian isn't just about books. It's about helping everyone get access to information and resources
Michelle Martin is the Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services in the Information School at the University of Washington. She primarily teaches students who will be youth services librarians who work with ...
Education
Sep 22, 2022
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What's behind the teacher shortage in US schools?
Nancy Latham is the executive director of the Council on Teacher Education and an associate dean in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Latham spoke with News Bureau education editor Sharita ...
Education
Sep 22, 2022
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What teachers think of children and young people's technology use
Mobile phones, computers, social media and the internet are part of the daily lives of children and young people, including at school. Concerns over the risks of too much screen time or online activity for children and young ...
Education
Sep 21, 2022
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Stressed out, burned out and dropping out: Why teachers are leaving the classroom
Many school districts across the United States are in the midst of a crisis: a teacher shortage. Part of the problem is due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are other reasons why teachers are leaving their jobs at higher ...
Education
Sep 21, 2022
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