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It all adds up: Early achievement in math may identify future scientists and engineers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 27, 2008 |
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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 t ...
Study: No gender differences in math performance
Jul 24, 2008 |
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We've all heard it. Many of us in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as good at math as boys. But is it true? After sifting through mountains of data - including SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were ...
Psychological headwind keeps women, minorities from sprinting ahead of their peers, study finds
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Let's say a white student and a black student both score 1020 on their SATs. They're performing right around the national average, so based on their scores it stands to reason they're both typical students ...
SAT prep tools offer great advantages
Aug 14, 2006 |
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U.S. students from higher-income families are most likely to use SAT preparation tools, thereby giving them an advantage in getting into college.
Lack of ability does not explain women's decisions to opt out of math-intensive science careers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 03, 2009 |
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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 ...
Economists find new reason to think that environment, not innate ability, determines how well girls do in math class
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Study: SAT might predict life satisfaction
Feb 23, 2006 |
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A Vanderbilt University study suggests the SAT -- a test many students take prior to college admission -- might be able to predict a person's success in life.
Obese diners choose convenience and overeating at Chinese buffets
Oct 03, 2008 |
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When dining at Chinese Buffets, overweight individuals serve themselves and eat differently than normal weight individuals. This may lead them to overeat, according to a recent study by Cornell University's Food and Brand ...
Not ready for SAT? Teen's Web site may be the answer
Mar 20, 2009 |
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In the week leading to the most recent SAT college-admission exam, some 600 students logged on to the INeed APencil Web site. There, they reviewed lessons, quizzed themselves on grammar and quadratic equations and even took ...
Briefs: BellSouth ties up with PDI-SAT
Dec 07, 2005 |
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BellSouth tied up with DIRECTV operator PDI-SAT Wednesday to market DIRECTV services to residential customers.
RR Sat Signs New Contracts with Intelsat For Content Distribution
Jul 08, 2005 |
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Intelsat announced Monday that RR Satellite Communications, an Israeli broadcast service provider, has selected Intelsat to provide two new content distribution platforms in the United States and Asia, respectively.
Method for computing evolutionary trees could revolutionize evolutionary biology
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Detailed, accurate evolutionary trees that reveal the relatedness of living things can now be determined much faster and for thousands of species with a computing method developed by computer scientists and a biologist at ...
More competitors, less competition
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Americans love competition, but the more challengers involved, the less likely we are to compete, says a University of Michigan professor.
The 'satellite navigation' in our brains
Sep 11, 2008 |
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Our brains contain their own navigation system much like satellite navigation ("sat-nav"), with in-built maps, grids and compasses, neuroscientist Dr Hugo Spiers told the BA Festival of Science at the University of Liverpool ...
UGA research explores little-known chapter in college desegregation
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Many of the battles to desegregate Southern colleges and universities were fought in public, but efforts to desegregate the standardized testing that is often a prerequisite to admission have, until now, received little attention. ...
