How do we help students from disadvantaged backgrounds feel confident about school?
Research shows that students who are confident about their ability to succeed at school tend to be more academically successful.
Research shows that students who are confident about their ability to succeed at school tend to be more academically successful.
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2024
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Black youth in Canada experience poorer educational achievement than other children and youth, which leads to subsequent poor economic outcomes.
Social Sciences
Mar 19, 2024
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A positive relationship with a teacher at an early age may help children to feel more engaged with school, but not necessarily in the long term, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2024
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Mobile phones are currently banned in all Australian state schools and many Catholic and independent schools around the country. This is part of a global trend over more than a decade to restrict phone use in schools.
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2024
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Supporting student mental health and well-being has become a priority for schools. This was the case even prior to the increased signs of child and youth mental health adversity in and after the pandemic.
Social Sciences
Jan 9, 2024
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The relative underperformance of disadvantaged students at school has little do with them lacking the "character," attitude, or mindset of their wealthier peers, despite widespread claims to the contrary, new research indicates.
Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2023
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Engaging middle-school students in brief mindfulness exercises could boost their reading performance—and could offer an effective intervention to help youth from historically minoritized backgrounds, according to a new ...
Education
Dec 14, 2023
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The size of the gap in academic achievement between white and minority ethnic medical students in the UK varies considerably, depending on their individual ethnicity and which medical school they attended, finds the largest ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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School students experience a wide range of achievement emotions during the years they spend attending school. Some of those emotions, such as joy and pride, are positive. Yet students also experience boredom and anger when ...
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2023
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A pink glow is shining on the faces of enthusiastic students as they tend to plants in purpose-built grow boxes for space stations.
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2023
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