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Innovative method to teach tots about personal cleanliness
Jun 03, 2009 |
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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%.
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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.
Thinking of turning your chemistry green? Consult GEMs
Mar 24, 2009 |
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A database designed to "build community" and reduce barriers when adopting green chemistry has doubled in size in the last two years, its creator told professional colleagues at the national spring meeting of the American ...
Cutting through the stigma
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 18, 2008 |
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Training community members such as barbers as peer educators can be an effective way of spreading information on HIV/AIDS throughout low-literacy, rural communities, say findings published this week in the open access journal ...
Parents can play an active role in the identity formation of their adolescent children
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Mainstream belief regarding identity theory tends to portray adolescents as the sole agents involved in their identity development. However, a new article in the Journal of Research on Adolescence reveals that parents are co ...
Scientists bring ancient Egypt to life with virtual model of historic temple complex (w/Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the past two years, a team of UCLA Egyptologists, digital modelers, web designers, staff and students has been building a three-dimensional virtual-reality model of the ancient Egyptian ...
Peers important for nutrition education among Latinos
Jul 15, 2008 |
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A systematic literature review conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut, the Hispanic Health Council (Hartford), and the Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos assessed ...
Students learn environmental stewardship, improve science scores
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Keeping with the global "green" trend, educators worldwide are relying more on environmental education lessons to enhance students' science knowledge. Studies have revealed that bringing environmental education ...
University of Minnesota study uncovers the educational benefits of social networking sites
Jun 20, 2008 |
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[B]Low-income students are in many ways just as technologically savvy as their counterparts[/B] In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered the educational benefits of social net ...
UAB professor's book promises solution for teaching evolution without conflict
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor Lee Meadows, Ph.D., is author of a new book that claims it's possible to teach evolution without offending students who have strong religious convictions against ...
Education professor dispels myths about gifted children
Jan 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Though not often recognized as "special needs" students, gifted children require just as much attention and educational resources to thrive in school as do other students whose physical, behavioral, emotional ...
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