Strong relationships between teachers, parents and students at schools has more impact on improving student learning than does financial support, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Oct 25, 2018
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(Phys.org) -- The world often breaks down into numbers and regular patterns that form predictable cycles. And the sooner children can inherently grasp these patterns, the more confident and comfortable they will be with the ...
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2012
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Thinking you're good at math and actually being good at it are not the same thing, new research has found.
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2014
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A study of 20 elementary schools in Hawaii has found that a focused program to build social, emotional and character skills resulted in significantly improved overall quality of education, as evaluated by teachers, parents ...
Social Sciences
Dec 30, 2011
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American students have strides to make when it comes to math and science, where they lag behind a solid block of East Asian countries, according to results released Tuesday from an international exam.
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2016
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Latina/o students' math and reading Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test scores improve when urban schools increase operating expenditures, decrease student-teacher ratios and increase the number of bilingual ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2011
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Consumers often shop to cope with stressful situations but they are much more selective when it comes to shopping as a way to cope with future challenges, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2012
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How strongly children identify with math (their math "self-concept") can be used to predict how high they will score on a standardized test of math achievement, according to a new study by researchers at the University of ...
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2015
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A recent Oregon State University study analyzing the impact of a shorter school week for high schools found that 11th-grade students participating in a four-day week performed worse on standardized math tests than students ...
Education
Jan 27, 2022
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A new study of international and U.S. state trends in student achievement growth shows that the United States is squarely in the middle of a group of 49 nations in fourth- and eighth-grade test-score gains in math, reading, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2012
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