News tagged with academic achievement
Do good looks get high school students good grades?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Do personal traits predict success in school? If so, which dimension of one's outward appearance can tell the most about academic achievement? The answers to these questions are found in a new study by researchers from the ...
Staying together 'for kids' sake' isn't always best
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The research is clear: Adolescents tend to fare better -- academically and behaviorally -- when they live with both biological parents. But when their parents frequently argue, young adults are significantly ...
Is There a Relationship Between Facebook, Grades?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- News in mid-April of an unpublished study suggesting that college students' use of Facebook was related to lower college academic achievement probably sent more than a few parents reeling. ...
Study Finds Link Between Facebook Use, Lower Grades in College
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- College students who use Facebook spend less time studying and have lower grade point averages than students who have not signed up for the social networking website, according to a pilot ...
Middle-school math classes are key to closing racial academic achievement gap
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Apr 20, 2009 |
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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 ...
Researchers Study Academic Effects of ADHD Drugs
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stimulant medications used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, are often assumed to improve memory and make a person smarter, but experts have found that is not the case. Researchers ...
Switching schools affects student achievement, study
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Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture a kindergarten classroom of 20 students. By the time that class finishes fourth grade, only six students—30 percent—will have been continuously enrolled in the same school.
Self-regulation game predicts kindergarten achievement
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Early childhood development researchers have discovered that a simple, five-minute self-regulation game not only can predict end-of-year achievement in math, literacy and vocabulary, but also was associated with the equivalent ...
Retained elementary students often do not get special education plan
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Many children who are retained in kindergarten, first or third grade for academic reasons do not subsequently receive a document outlining the individualized special education services they should receive, according to a ...
Improving education may cut smoking in youth
May 13, 2009 |
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Although low socio-economic status is associated with an increased liability to smoke, performing well at school can mitigate this effect. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal for Eq ...
Physically fit kids do better in school
Jan 28, 2009 |
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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.
