http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- When Glenn Ellison`s daughters started middle school in a Boston suburb in 2007, Ellison decided to become a volunteer coach of the school`s math team. While his squad was earning a place in the state finals, Ellison noticed something distinctive about his students. http://www.physorg.com/news176577899.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:30:02 EST news176577899 California's hottest new math teacher is an animated penguin named JiJi. Yes, it's true. A mute, waddling, tuxedo-clad cartoon figure has been quietly taking over math programs dotting Silicon Valley, dramatically improving test scores in mostly low-performing schools. http://www.physorg.com/news173644930.html Other Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:30:02 EST news173644930 Although past research has linked academic achievement gains to socioeconomic desegregation in schools, a new analysis reveals some hidden academic and psychological risks of integrating low-income students in schools with predominantly middle- and upper-class student populations that might undercut such achievement gains. http://www.physorg.com/news173609731.html Other Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:00:03 EST news173609731 Racial segregation of schools, and thereby segregated neighborhoods, appears to be a leading source of academic achievement disparities between young black and white children, according to research by sociologist Dennis J. Condron of Emory University. http://www.physorg.com/news173609645.html Other Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:54:34 EST news173609645 For low income parents, finding high quality child care not only boosts the performance of their children in school, but actually combats the effects of poverty, according to a new study in the journal Child Development. http://www.physorg.com/news172216251.html Other Sciences Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:30:01 EST news172216251 The conflicting data coming out about schools can make your head swirl. Too few kids ready for college. Too few students mastering their subjects. Too many teens trailing their global peers in math and science. http://www.physorg.com/news170529935.html Other Sciences Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:26:04 EST news170529935 (PhysOrg.com) -- In August 2007, Le Trung invented Aiko, a Yumecom, or "Dream Computer Robot." Although it took only a month and a half to build Aiko's exterior, the artificial intelligence software has been a work in progress ever since. Recently, Le Trung has demonstrated his most recent improvements to the software, called BRAINS (Bio Robot Artificial Intelligence Neural System). http://www.physorg.com/news170419268.html Technology Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:42:10 EST news170419268 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two UQ Science researchers have proved two famous physical laws that have been widely used for the past 25 years do not always work. http://www.physorg.com/news166077673.html Physics Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:41:46 EST news166077673 Cooperative learning methods have been found to be most effective in raising the math scores of middle and high school students, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Research and Reform in Education. http://www.physorg.com/news165244039.html Other Sciences Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:08:39 EST news165244039 A math-based game that has taken the world by storm with its ability to delight and puzzle may now be poised to revolutionize the fast-changing world of genome sequencing and the field of medical genetics, suggests a new report by a team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). The report will be published as the cover story in the July 1st issue of the journal Genome Research. http://www.physorg.com/news165064642.html Biology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:18:12 EST news165064642 thoughts that people may be unwilling to express or may not even know that they have - may have a powerful effect on gender equity in science and mathematics engagement and performance, according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news164914354.html Other Sciences Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:33:30 EST news164914354 Getting more high-quality sleep is associated with better academic performance. according to new research. The positive relationship is especially relevant to performance in math. http://www.physorg.com/news163823870.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:38:13 EST news163823870 (PhysOrg.com) -- Picture this next time you're stuck in traffic: Thousands of wildebeests loping across the Serengeti Plain when suddenly a few spooked animals turn the orderly migration into a sea of locked horns, U-turns, head-on collisions and trampled calves. http://www.physorg.com/news163417792.html Technology Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:50:36 EST news163417792 For more than a century, the notion that females are innately less capable than males at doing mathematics, especially at the highest levels, has persisted in even the loftiest circles. http://www.physorg.com/news163096153.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:29:40 EST news163096153 If you've got a kid with ADHD, you've probably spent countless hours pleading with him to sit still. Well, stop it. http://www.physorg.com/news162554898.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 11:11:22 EST news162554898 As thousands of students nationwide prepare to leave high school, a UC Davis study appearing online today in the June issue of the medical journal Pediatrics shows a clear link between attention problems early in school - as early as kindergarten - and lower high school test scores. http://www.physorg.com/news162540799.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 07:13:57 EST news162540799 (PhysOrg.com) -- The kind of job a woman has may be just as important as whether she works or not when it comes to the well-being of her child. http://www.physorg.com/news160407415.html Other Sciences Fri, 01 May 2009 14:37:31 EST news160407415 More challenging middle-school math classes and increased access to advanced courses in predominantly black urban high schools may be the key to closing the racial academic achievement gap, according to a University of Illinois study. http://www.physorg.com/news159454661.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:58:06 EST news159454661 Hoping that science will cast a spell on local middle and high school students, a University of Houston team is starting a program that will harness the magical draw of the Harry Potter series to make technical subjects resonate in local classrooms. http://www.physorg.com/news159448606.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:17:12 EST news159448606 Comparing different ways of solving math problems is a great way to help middle schoolers learn new math concepts, researchers from Vanderbilt and Harvard universities have found. http://www.physorg.com/news158594397.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:00:30 EST news158594397 Self-led, self-structured inquiry may be the best method to train scientists at the college level and beyond, but it's not the ideal way for all high school students to prepare for college science. http://www.physorg.com/news157286750.html Other Sciences Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:46:31 EST news157286750 Women tend to choose non-math-intensive fields for their careers -- not because they lack mathematical ability, but because they want flexibility to raise children or prefer less math-intensive fields of science, reports a new Cornell study. http://www.physorg.com/news156177684.html Other Sciences Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:42:08 EST news156177684 Women don't choose careers in math-intensive fields, such as computer science, physics, technology, engineering, chemistry, and higher mathematics, because they want the flexibility to raise children, or because they prefer other fields of science that are less math-intensive--not because they lack mathematical ability, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news155283837.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:24:35 EST news155283837 A new study in the Journal of School Health found that physically fit kids scored better on standardized math and English tests than their less fit peers. http://www.physorg.com/news152371706.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:28:54 EST news152371706 A paper written by four students from High Technology High School in Lincroft, New Jersey, entitled Ethanol: Not All It Seems To Be has been published in the January 2009 issue of The Mathematical Association of America's College Mathematics Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news151241766.html Other Sciences Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:36:06 EST news151241766 Imagine you are sitting in the back of a classroom, daydreaming about the weekend. Then, out of nowhere, the teacher calls upon you to come to the front the room and solve a math problem. In front of everyone. If just reading this scenario has given you sweaty palms and an increased heart rate, you are not alone. Many of us have experienced math anxiety and in a new report in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, University of Chicago psychologist Sian L. Beilock examines some recent research looking at why being stressed about math can result in poor performance in solving problems. http://www.physorg.com/news148048694.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:38:14 EST news148048694 (PhysOrg.com) -- Teachers have a greater impact than new textbooks or computers when it comes to raising math scores, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education. http://www.physorg.com/news147626303.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:18:23 EST news147626303 New research published in the October issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that there may be a way to identify budding scientists and engineers and thus be able to guide them, from a young age, to careers that will enable them to make the most of their abilities. http://www.physorg.com/news144326157.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:35:57 EST news144326157 (PhysOrg.com) -- I think I can, I think I can. Believe. You can fly if you just believe. I won't die if you just believe. http://www.physorg.com/news143391516.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:58:36 EST news143391516 A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news142832816.html Other Sciences Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:46:56 EST news142832816