News tagged with elementary school teachers


Bad jobs: Why they make some women bad moms

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The kind of job a woman has may be just as important as whether she works or not when it comes to the well-being of her child.





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Online tutorials help elementary school teachers make sense of science

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the interactive tutorials are ...


Teachers admit to bullying students

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 29, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

U.S. researchers in Topeka, Kan., say nearly half of elementary school teachers surveyed about bullying in schools admitted to bullying students.


NASA sends teachers to Chile

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 20, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A NASA expedition to Chile this week is part of its Spaceward Bound pilot program to challenge U.S. teachers to design and implement real field research.


Lack of bathroom breaks hurts children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 05, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Urinary tract and bladder issues may be forming in children due to irregular urination habits caused by not being allowed to use the toilet at school.


War, genocide 'difficult knowledge' to teach younger students

War, genocide 'difficult knowledge' to teach younger students

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Whether they're found in a museum or a textbook, historical narratives about traumatic events such as war and genocide are better left to older students, who have typically developed a more refined historical ...


Preventing School Violence Needs to Start at Young Age

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

By the time a child enters third grade, it may be too late to change behavioral issues that could lead to more serious problems later in life, including violent and aggressive behavior. A University of Missouri professor ...


Ohio school district sues over air pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A school district near Cincinnati is suing a plastics plant, accusing it of continuing to release chemicals in the air that exceed government safety standards.


Anti-social behavior in girls predicts adolescent depression seven years later

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Past behavior is generally considered to be a good predictor of future behavior, but new research indicates that may not be the case in the development of depression, particularly among adolescent girls.


Struggling male readers respond better to female teachers

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 23, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Boys with difficulty reading actually respond better to female teachers, according to a new Canadian study. Research shows that boys develop higher positive self-perceptions as readers when they worked with female research ...


Technology helps teach kids with autism

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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.



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