Previous research has shown that teachers play a pivotal role in their students' academic success—or lack thereof. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has found that high school students taught by a string of ...
Social Sciences
May 22, 2018
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80 percent of teachers surveyed across the UK say that character education would improve school grades – according to findings in a new poll.
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2018
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The number of students being suspended or expelled from Australian schools is "skyrocketing", according to news reports. These note a 10% increase in suspensions over two years at NSW primary schools and that students in ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2018
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Many school pupils fail at physics because they misunderstand the fundamental concepts. A new teaching method can change this – ETH researchers have now proven its effect. It particularly helps intelligent girls to learn ...
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2018
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One in five teachers who were the victims of physical or verbal violence at their schools didn't report the incidents to school administrators, according to a nationwide study.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2018
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Companion robots could be used in rural schools to help motivate students to study science and technology, and to provide comfort, according to University of Auckland research.
Robotics
Feb 15, 2018
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Two important factors seem to explain black American adolescents' experiences with teacher-based racial discrimination – religiosity and racial pride, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2018
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A dozen other students look on as Umar Amadu uses a glass pipette to draw a solution from a conical flask as part of a chemistry experiment.
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2017
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A study of one Texas school district reveals one of the best evidence-based ways ever found to close the educational achievement gap between black and white students.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2017
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Bullying is a pervasive problem for U.S. kids. Recent studies show that between one in four to one in three children have been bullied at school. About one in 10 are victimized regularly.
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2017
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