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Teachers cutting paper usage; kids loving it
Mar 30, 2009 |
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In some school classrooms, paper is becoming more of a relic than an educational staple.
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Difficult balance between play and learning
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Mar 10, 2009 |
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If the teacher is not capable of understanding the perspective of six year olds then the child's learning becomes unnecessarily difficult, or in some cases the child's interest in learning may not be aroused at all. This ...
Survey highlights trainee teachers' misconceptions about the brain
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many teachers appear to be leaving training college with serious misconceptions about how the brain functions, new research suggests.
Nurse practitioners don't realise how much their prescribing is being influenced by drug marketing
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Family nurse practitioners need to be more aware of the commercial pressures they face as a result of their increased involvement in prescribing, according to a survey published in the March issue of the UK-based Journal of ...
Alternative teacher certification programs do not meet expectations
Mar 25, 2009 |
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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 ...
What's the brain got to do with education?
Oct 29, 2007 |
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Quite a lot -- according to teachers in a recent survey commissioned by The Innovation Unit and carried out by researchers at the University of Bristol. Although current teacher training programmes generally omit the science ...
Should teachers be licensed on effectiveness or experience?
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(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?
Historical movies help students learn, but separating fact from fiction can be challenge
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Students who learn history by watching historically based blockbuster movies may be doomed to repeat the historical mistakes portrayed within them, suggests a new study from Washington University ...
Training clinicians helps reduce rates of early childhood cavities
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that pediatricians provided with the proper communication, educational and information technology tools and training could reduce the rates of children ...
Not exactly your grandfather's Lego
Jul 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some students just can't get enough of a good thing. Willingly spending more than 11 hours a day in a classroom is what happens when you combine Lego robotics with inquisitive minds.
Epidemic of student cheating can be cured with changes in classroom goals
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Aug 09, 2009 |
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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.
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