If students have poor academic results early in school, do they continue to fall further and further behind as they move through their education?
Education
Jun 30, 2023
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In recent years, concerns have been raised about children and adolescents being less physically active and having weaker motor skills than previous generations. A further cause of concern is the decline of for instance mathematical ...
Education
Jun 6, 2023
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The fact that more than half of the South African population is under 30 years could be beneficial for the country's economic growth and development. But South Africa has not been able to reap this demographic dividend. This ...
Economics & Business
May 15, 2023
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Anyone watching the debate over the National Party's recent curriculum policy announcement could be forgiven for thinking there is a deep divide in education philosophy and best practice in New Zealand. The truth isn't quite ...
Education
Mar 29, 2023
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The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has proposed that school pupils should continue learning maths until 18 in order to obtain the numeracy skills needed in careers and everyday adult life. This proposal may be useful to current ...
Mathematics
Feb 8, 2023
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One-on-one online tutoring for disadvantaged students has proved highly effective in helping them overcome their struggles with literacy and numeracy. The Smith Family, the national children's education charity, recently ...
Education
Aug 10, 2021
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The positive effects of a rich home learning environment during a child's early years continue into adolescence and help improve test scores later in life, according to a new study published in School Effectiveness and School ...
Education
Jul 8, 2019
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Starting this month, teaching students who fail or haven't yet taken the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) will not be able to teach in Victorian schools. Previously, around one in 20 teachers ...
Education
Jan 18, 2019
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More than half (58 percent) of employees in Britain can identify changes at work which would make them more productive, a research team drawn from UCL Institute of Education (IOE), Cardiff University and Nuffield College, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2018
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A psychological intervention implemented to help students cope and learn more in a tough statistics course did more than just help them in the class, a new study found.
Mathematics
Jul 12, 2017
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