(Phys.org) —U.S. high school "sink or swim" placement policies that propel immigrant students into courses that they're linguistically and academically unprepared for – or conversely, that funnel all newcomers into remedial ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2013
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Research during the first phase of remote teaching in Victoria reported some students found the workload "too high," missed interactions with peers, felt their thinking ability was impaired, and reported a difficulty coping ...
Education
Jan 19, 2021
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When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students across ...
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009
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Immigrant Latinos display strong parenting practices and raise socially agile children, but these early gains are likely to be eroded by mediocre schools and peer pressure in poor neighborhoods, according to findings published ...
Social Sciences
May 3, 2010
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Is anyone surprised that brushes with the law are often related to finances? As one jailed man interviewed in a new University of Illinois study put it, "Most of us are in here because of money."
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2013
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Better classroom instruction is one answer to reducing the racial discipline gap, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Virginia, Rutgers University and University of British Columbia.
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2016
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Social robots, artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to interact with humans, are marketed as capable of fulfilling certain human roles. Elementary and middle school students who interacted with one of these robots ...
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many school districts are pushing principals to spend more time in classrooms observing and evaluating teachers but few are using the information they gather to improve education.
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2010
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Although a typical mathematical task has a single correct answer, in some cases, the assumptions of a proposition determine its truth. Such relativity of truth plays a major role in the development of mathematics.
Mathematics
Jan 16, 2024
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A new study using surveys and classroom noise analysis shows the success of a three-year effort by faculty in the Biology Department at San Francisco State University to get smarter about their teaching. The results run counter ...
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2018
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