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. Teachers tend to spend more time speaking than most professionals, putting them at a greater risk for hurting their voices -- they're 32 times more likely to experience voice problems, according to one study. And unlike singers or actors, teachers can't take a day off when their voices hurt. http://www.physorg.com/news175782929.html Other Sciences Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:37:20 EST news175782929 Teachers' unions have little impact on a school district's allocation of money, including teacher pay and spending per student, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Labor Economics. http://www.physorg.com/news175268826.html Other Sciences Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:48:37 EST news175268826 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research experiences for science teachers can have a direct impact on the achievement of their students, increasing their performance significantly on state assessments. There are also economic benefits--to the schools and to society at large--in having science teachers take part in research experiences. These are the findings Samuel C. Silverstein of Columbia University and colleagues describe in the Oct. 16 issue of Science magazine. http://www.physorg.com/news174842842.html Other Sciences Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:40:04 EST news174842842 (PhysOrg.com) -- Many teachers appear to be leaving training college with serious misconceptions about how the brain functions, new research suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news171213840.html Other Sciences Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:40:02 EST news171213840 Schools have the ability to drastically reduce cheating among their students - all they need to do is follow the relatively simple and inexpensive solutions suggested by research. http://www.physorg.com/news169012252.html Other Sciences Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:51:28 EST news169012252 (PhysOrg.com) -- Too much confidence among teenage students can be harmful. In a study that reinforces the danger of indiscriminately bolstering a child's self esteem -- whether the child earns that distinction or not -- the results show a clear connection between overconfident students and low reading comprehension, and suggest recommendations for parents and teachers. http://www.physorg.com/news168105367.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:30:01 EST news168105367 A German teacher who had sued to shut down a website where pupils rank their instructors according to competence and "coolness" lost her battle in court Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news164982347.html Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:26:19 EST news164982347 Swine flu reminded us how important washing our hands can be. Studies show that simple handwashing can decrease communicable gastrointestinal diseases by 50% and communicable respiratory diseases by 20%. http://www.physorg.com/news163259354.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:52:40 EST news163259354 A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson (Cornell University), this is the first study to show that a school's racial makeup may have a direct impact on the quality of its teachers. http://www.physorg.com/news162625766.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 May 2009 06:49:47 EST news162625766 After donning a navy lab coat, Huava Xiong moves through a 3M Co. lab like an old pro as he cuts strips of pressure-sensitive adhesives for testing. http://www.physorg.com/news161615160.html Other Sciences Fri, 15 May 2009 14:07:09 EST news161615160 (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 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Michigan education officials are considering new standards for licensing teachers focusing more on effectiveness rather than years of educational and work experience. Are teachers ready? http://www.physorg.com/news159031757.html Other Sciences Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:29:53 EST news159031757 Performance pay programs designed by teachers, for teachers, tend to offer small incentives to a large number of teachers, new research indicates. http://www.physorg.com/news158244918.html Other Sciences Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:55:57 EST news158244918 What began in the 1980s as a possible way to relieve teacher shortages and improve instructional quality in areas such as mathematics and science, alternative teacher certification programs (ATCP) have become a widespread strategy used in almost every state. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers have found that ATCPs, which are designed to allow industry professionals to become certified teachers, may not be meeting initial expectations and some experience in a learning profession seems to predict better teaching in schools. http://www.physorg.com/news157214768.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:47:09 EST news157214768 (AP) -- Despite the economic turmoil, Maine is expanding its program to provide laptop computers to students. http://www.physorg.com/news156180580.html Technology Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:30:13 EST news156180580 Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced a new education reform, calling for a merit-pay system for teachers in hopes of improving student performance. As the nation's public schools spend $187 billion in salaries, based on the latest Department of Education data, University of Missouri researcher Michael Podgursky has found a link between teacher pay and student achievement. http://www.physorg.com/news156161087.html Other Sciences Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:07:01 EST news156161087 Beginning teachers in urban school districts quit at an alarming rate - often from lack of support - and Michigan State University education experts are targeting the problem with an innovative mentoring program. http://www.physorg.com/news154695914.html Other Sciences Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:05:39 EST news154695914 A study of 18,000 biology, chemistry and physics students has uncovered notable gender bias in student ratings of high school science teachers. http://www.physorg.com/news152802670.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:11:33 EST news152802670 Students' successes in the first grade can affect more than their future report cards. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers found links among students' weak academic performance in the first grade, self-perceptions in the sixth grade, and depression symptoms in the seventh grade. http://www.physorg.com/news150643961.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:32:41 EST news150643961 (PhysOrg.com) -- Labelling children with learning and behavioural difficulties can be detrimental to the children in question as well as their teachers, research by a QUT graduate has found. http://www.physorg.com/news150385891.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:51:31 EST news150385891 The controversial No Child Left Behind law has forced teachers in low-income school districts to craft a curriculum that marginalizes writing at the expense of teaching to the test, resulting in educators who feel straitjacketed by a high-stakes test, according to a U. of I. education professor who has studied the issue. http://www.physorg.com/news145122757.html Other Sciences Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:52:37 EST news145122757 Ask a teacher to name the most irritating invention of recent years and they will often nominate the mobile phone. Exasperated by the distractions and problems they create, many headteachers have ordered that pupils must keep their phones switched off at school. Others have told pupils to leave them at home. http://www.physorg.com/news140347757.html Other Sciences Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:29:17 EST news140347757 With a nationwide shortage of science teachers and plummeting student test scores, many school districts are forced to hire teachers with science degrees but little training in education or experience teaching. Without proper support, research shows that 66 percent of new teachers will quit the profession within three years. Now, new research from George Mason University's New Science Teachers' Support Network (NSTSN) has identified the most vital forms of support for new science teachers -providing them with in-classroom support and quality courses in how to teach science. http://www.physorg.com/news140188240.html Other Sciences Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:10:40 EST news140188240 Children born prematurely are four times more likely to have emotional problems or behavioural disorders, according to research led by the University of Warwick. http://www.physorg.com/news140086711.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:58:31 EST news140086711 Beneath the desk, agile fingers flit across the keypad. Above, eye contact with the teacher never breaks. The cell-phone text message is sent, unnoticed. Or noticed. http://www.physorg.com/news139754632.html Technology Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:43:52 EST news139754632 The underperformance in examinations of UK medical students from ethnic minorities could be partly down to a psychological phenomenon called 'stereotype threat', according to new UCL research published today in the British Medical Journal. http://www.physorg.com/news138273497.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:18:17 EST news138273497 When it comes to learning life-changing behaviors in high school health classes, the identity of the person teaching may be even more important than the curriculum, a new study suggests. http://www.physorg.com/news137078371.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:19:31 EST news137078371