Manchester Britain's 'city of languages'
Manchester is the UK's language capital, according to researchers at The University of Manchester.
Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2013
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Silence is golden in the classroom, says researcher
Silence in the classroom can enrich children's educational experience and improve behaviour and exam results, the University of Stirling's Dr Helen Lees has reported.
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2012
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Traditional teaching methods still dominant in maths classrooms
Twenty-first century maths lessons in English secondary schools are generally much like those of decades ago, with the teacher standing at the front of the class asking questions and opportunities for pupils to relate the ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2012
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Research Suggests New Approach to Using Assessment Results to Improve Classroom Instruction
(PhysOrg.com) -- Education researchers at the University of Arkansas have taken an important first step toward better understanding both formative assessment and how to get the information teachers need to improve classroom ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2009
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Are school league tables any good?
Choosing a child’s school based on league tables is inadvisable because the tables ignore the uncertainty that arises from predicting a school’s future performance based on its past performance, according to new research ...
Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2009
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Microsoft offers computer training to unemployed
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. announced Monday it would be giving away more than 30,000 vouchers over the next 90 days to help unemployed people in Washington state get new computer skills.
Other
Apr 14, 2009
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UGA research explores little-known chapter in college desegregation
Many of the battles to desegregate Southern colleges and universities were fought in public, but efforts to desegregate the standardized testing that is often a prerequisite to admission have, until now, received little attention. ...
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Jan 9, 2009
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