Video games could dramatically streamline educational research
"Seeking educational curriculum researchers. Humans need not apply."
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2014
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Social class makes a difference in how children tackle classroom problems
An Indiana University study has found that social class can account for differences in how parents coach their children to manage classroom challenges. Such differences can affect a child's education by reproducing inequalities ...
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2014
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'Vital signs' of teaching captured by quick, reliable in-class evaluation
A 20-minute classroom assessment that is less subjective than traditional in-class evaluations by principals can reliably measure classroom instruction and predict student standardized test scores, a team of researchers researchers ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2014
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Researchers find that kindergarten is the new first grade
(Phys.org) —Kindergarten classrooms nationwide have changed dramatically since the late 1990s and nearly all of these changes are in the direction of a heightened focus on academics, particularly literacy, according to ...
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Jan 30, 2014
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Study: Students text, a lot, during class
The typical college student plays with his or her digital device an average of 11 times a day while in class, according to a new study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate professor.
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2013
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Why children should be taught philanthropy
"Philanthropy" is usually a word we associate with the world of adults and rich people. Increasingly though, children from a spread of socio-economic backgrounds are participating in and learning about what it means to be ...
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Aug 20, 2013
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Digital fluency is a key to classroom inequality, new study says
(Phys.org) —Elementary school students bring varied skills and experience to the classroom, commonly referred to as cultural capital. And when teachers notice and value these skills, students do better in school.
Social Sciences
Apr 30, 2013
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Time-poor parents go digital to communicate
Teachers are turning to twitter, blogging and Facebook as a way of keeping in touch with parents about their child's learning, and according to QUT education expert Associate Professor Margaret Lloyd it is a trend which is ...
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2013
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NYC students, hackers train for cybersecurity jobs
Every Wednesday evening about two dozen teenagers and 20-somethings gather in a New York City computer lab and start hacking.
Internet
Apr 11, 2013
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School policies, biased teachers hamper immigrant children's learning
(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 ...
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Mar 8, 2013
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