Neag math duo decodes language barriers to math reasoning
(PhysOrg.com) -- It all started with the fear and loathing Strand 25 brings to some math classrooms in the state.
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2011
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'Osy' debuts as an educational mobile app
Having successfully navigated her way through select high school classrooms in North Georgia for more than two years while capturing the attention of hundreds of students, “Osy Osmosis” has now entered the competitive ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2011
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Robot attends Russian school to help sick schoolboy
A very special student is attending a lesson at Moscow's school number 166: Stepan, a plastic robot, is in the classroom to help a little boy with leukaemia to follow the lesson through his eyes.
Robotics
Jan 21, 2011
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Teacher effort is linked to difficult students' inherited traits
Challenging students take up more of their teachers' time—and the difference between a tougher student and an easier one appears to be genetic, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of ...
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2010
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Study: Online undergrads learn well without strong class bond
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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Classroom canines stimulate children's love of literacy
University of Alberta researcher Lori Friesen's classroom assistants are very attentive, love to listen to children read and can keep their composure in a classroom full of energetic Grade 2 students. However, her assistants ...
Social Sciences
Oct 1, 2010
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Standardized tests not always best indicator of success
(PhysOrg.com) -- Standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT have long been used in college admissions to sort through thousands of applications. Whether or not such tests accurately assess a student’s ability to succeed ...
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2010
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New study examines use of social media in the classroom
A recent study by the Lab for Social Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of social media in classroom settings has little effect on building connections or social capital among students.
Social Sciences
May 5, 2010
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Young Latino children show strong classroom skills, despite many growing up in poverty
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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To predict student success, there's no place like home: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Current school reform efforts, like No Child Left Behind, emphasize teacher quality as the most important factor in student success, but University of Florida researchers have identified another, stunningly ...
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2010
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