Teachers Give No Child Left Behind Act Mixed Reviews
(PhysOrg.com) -- Highly accomplished teachers assessing the merits of the No Child Left Behind Act give the federal legislation a mixed report card, according to a study by University of California,...
View ArticleTeaching self-control skills to children reduces classroom problems
Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behavior and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to a...
View ArticleTo predict student success, there's no place like home: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Current school reform efforts, like No Child Left Behind, emphasize teacher quality as the most important factor in student success, but University of Florida researchers have...
View ArticleResearch confirms that hand-clapping songs improve motor and cognitive skills
A researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) conducted the first study of hand-clapping songs, revealing a direct link between those activities and the development of important skills in...
View ArticleYoung Latino children show strong classroom skills, despite many growing up...
Immigrant Latinos display strong parenting practices and raise socially agile children, but these early gains are likely to be eroded by mediocre schools and peer pressure in poor neighborhoods,...
View ArticleNew study examines use of social media in the classroom
A recent study by the Lab for Social Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of social media in classroom settings has little effect on building connections or social...
View ArticleIt's a small world (for small people) after all
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lab-coated and goggled, Troy Dassler's 15 third graders are itching to power up their digital optical microscopes.
View ArticleStandardized tests not always best indicator of success
(PhysOrg.com) -- Standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT have long been used in college admissions to sort through thousands of applications. Whether or not such tests accurately assess a student’s...
View ArticleClassroom canines stimulate children's love of literacy
University of Alberta researcher Lori Friesen's classroom assistants are very attentive, love to listen to children read and can keep their composure in a classroom full of energetic Grade 2 students....
View ArticleBarriers of teaching revealed by teens
British teenagers of South Asian origin have revealed some of the reasons why they are put off entering the teaching profession, new research has revealed.
View ArticleMaking ideas harder to read may make them easier to retain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Publishing ideas in a hard-to-read typeface may make concepts harder to learn but easier to retain, according to a new study by researchers from Princeton University and Indiana...
View ArticleGaining respect through the teaching of human rights
Teaching school children about their rights can reduce exclusions and bullying, raise attainment and improve respect between staff and pupils, according to new research carried out by education...
View ArticleHighlighting gender promotes stereotyped views in preschoolers
In many preschool classrooms, gender is very noticeablethink of the greeting, "Good morning, boys and girls" or the instruction, "Girls line up on this side, boys on that." A new study has found that...
View ArticleStudy: Online undergrads learn well without strong class bond
College students participating in a new study on online courses said they felt less connected and had a smaller sense of classroom community than those who took the same classes in person but that...
View ArticleSee something? Tell the teacher
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many school districts are pushing principals to spend more time in classrooms observing and evaluating teachers but few are using the information they gather to improve education.
View ArticleTeacher effort is linked to difficult students' inherited traits
Challenging students take up more of their teachers' timeand the difference between a tougher student and an easier one appears to be genetic, according to a new study published in Psychological...
View ArticleRobot attends Russian school to help sick schoolboy
A very special student is attending a lesson at Moscow's school number 166: Stepan, a plastic robot, is in the classroom to help a little boy with leukaemia to follow the lesson through his eyes.
View ArticleStudy: Negative classroom environment adversely affects children's mental health
Children in classrooms with inadequate material resources and children whose teachers feel they are not respected by colleagues exhibit more mental health problems than students in classrooms without...
View ArticleTeaching with technology: WSU examines status quo, benefits of online...
The Keeywaytinook tribe in northern Ontario, Canada, couldn't afford a high school, and its youth, some as young as 13 years old, had no option but to live in unfamiliar communities to attend school....
View ArticleCould the Internet spell the end of snow days?
(AP) -- Could the Internet mean the end of snow days? Some schools think so, and they are experimenting with ways for students to do lessons online during bad weather, potentially allowing classes to...
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