News tagged with classroom
School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air
Dec 22, 2009 |
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The air in some school classrooms may contain higher levels of extremely small particles of pollutants — easily inhaled deep into the lungs — than polluted outdoor air, scientists in Australia and Germany ...
Microsoft, Google in battle to win over students
Dec 17, 2009 |
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As they plunged into a project on ancient Egypt this fall, Jay Martino's Cupertino (Calif.) Middle School students probably didn't realize they were on the front lines of a high stakes battle between Google and Microsoft.
Education Budget Cuts to Cause Increase in Mobile Technology Use
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As budget cuts in education continue, we will see more use of mobile technologies in the classroom in 2010, predicts Dr. Vivian Wright, a University of Alabama educator.
Research Suggests New Approach to Using Assessment Results to Improve Classroom Instruction
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Education researchers at the University of Arkansas have taken an important first step toward better understanding both formative assessment and how to get the information teachers need to ...
Tech and teens
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Digital media use is transforming the way young people learn, UCI researcher Mizuko "Mimi" Ito has found, and schools should take note.
Hidden Risks Of Modular Classrooms
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Every school day, more than 5 million students in the United States attend lessons held in modular classrooms. With new carpeting and paint, metal roofs and noisy ventilation systems, they can be a health ...
Butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009 |
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When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 ...
Wimba providing classroom alternative in light of flu outbreaks
Nov 04, 2009 |
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As U.S. cases of the H1N1 flu steadily rise, colleges and universities nationwide are arranging other means of connecting students with their peers, professors and administrators, should an outbreak occur.
Charter schools, studied
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Set in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, an area not known for its excellent schools, the Boston Preparatory Charter Public School nonetheless has an enviable academic record: Last spring, ...
Technology helps teach kids with autism
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As a child, Gillian Hayes fainted a lot. Doctors asked her to write down how she felt and what she was doing each time she became woozy.
Education expert urges schools to help their students feel more involved
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 01, 2009 |
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New research from a University at Buffalo expert on classroom education has identified six factors that affect whether elementary, middle and high school students will engage in the activities of their schools or feel alienated.
NYC schools prepare for 2nd outbreak of swine flu
Aug 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- At St. Francis Preparatory School this fall, the auditorium will double as a sick room. New York City might make students wash their hands several times a day. There will be unit on swine flu in health ...
Teaching resilience, sense of purpose in schools can prevent depression and improve grades
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Teaching children how to be more resilient along with regular classroom instruction can improve children's outlook on life, curb depression and boost grades, according to a researcher who spoke at the American Psychological ...
The most effective teachers are in a class of their own
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Jul 08, 2009 |
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These are the latest findings of research funded in primary and secondary schools by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) into what makes good teachers even better.
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.
