A program that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology not only helps students learn, but improves their attitudes about science, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2016
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A school is more likely to retain effective teachers, a new study reports, if it is led by a principal who promotes professional development for teachers, is characterized by collaborative relationships among teachers, has ...
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2016
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Florida is launching an initiative that will use a custom-designed video game to boost computational thinking in middle school ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2016
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A North Carolina State University study of middle school science classes explored whether teachers' beliefs about climate change influenced students' perceptions.
Environment
Sep 7, 2016
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Social scientists have known for several years that kids enrolled in run-down schools miss more classes and have lower test scores than students at well-maintained schools. But they haven't been able to pin down why.
Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2016
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As elementary and middle school students progress in school, they are less likely to have friends of a different race, even from the beginning to the end of a single school year, finds a study led by NYU's Steinhardt School ...
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2016
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The biggest decision many children have regarding their diets may be deciding whether to have fries with a fast-food burger. However, a new educational software application under development at the University of Illinois ...
Social Sciences
May 19, 2016
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A class of 150 US 7th graders has helped select a name for a newly discovered plant, which amazes with its fruits that appear to be bleeding once they are cut open. Bucknell University biology professor Chris Martine and ...
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2016
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A North Carolina State University study of middle schoolers found that concern about climate change was linked to whether students had a personal belief in human-caused climate change and how often they discussed the topic ...
Environment
May 3, 2016
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Imagine a teaching tool so effective that students look forward to using it in class and continue to seek out new information with it after the school day ends. New research offers powerful evidence that Twitter, if used ...
Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2016
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