The air in some school classrooms may contain higher levels of extremely small particles of pollutants — easily inhaled deep into the lungs — than polluted outdoor air, scientists in Australia and Germany are reporting ...
Environment
Dec 22, 2009
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Classroom programs designed to improve elementary school students' social and emotional skills can also increase reading and math achievement, even if academic improvement is not a direct goal of the skills building, according ...
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2014
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A Texas panel has approved 89 history and social studies textbooks for use in classrooms across America's second-largest state, after one top publisher withdrew a book.
Social Sciences
Nov 21, 2014
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For the first time, clear-evidence has been found that well-designed primary school classrooms can boost learning progress in reading, writing and maths.
Social Sciences
Apr 2, 2015
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Interventions targeted at individual students can improve the classroom environment and trigger a second wave of benefits for all classmates, new research shows. The findings, published in Psychological Science, a journal ...
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2015
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Using tech, like iPads, in schools has turned into a heated political debate. Los Angeles infamously spent $1.3 billion on a program to give iPads to each student that has subsequently been plagued with problems. In the United ...
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2015
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Can learning and physical and psychological well-being be enhanced by redesigning traditional classrooms? The scientific evidence says they can. Traditional classrooms, which are usually organized in rows of chairs and desks ...
Education
Apr 18, 2023
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College students participating in a new study on online courses said they felt less connected and had a smaller sense of classroom community than those who took the same classes in person – but that didnt keep online ...
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2010
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If you're a student, teacher or parent, you might have noticed there is a massive push to use technology in the classroom these days. Hardly a day goes by that we don't hear somebody talking about the digital curriculum, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2015
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Many Australian school kids could be learning in classrooms with poor indoor air quality that exceeds safety guidelines.
Education
Apr 14, 2021
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