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News tagged with girls
US culture derails girl math whizzes
Oct 10, 2008 |
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A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study.
Why a short run is better than a long walk
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest technology, researchers are uncovering evidence of exactly how major a role activity plays in the battle to keep obesity at bay. In new report published in the British Me ...
Tracking the reasons many girls avoid science and math
Sep 05, 2008 |
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Most parents and many teachers believe that if middle-school and high-school girls show no interest in science or math, there's little anyone can do about it. New research by a team that includes vocational ...
Study: No gender differences in math performance
Jul 24, 2008 |
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We've all heard it. Many of us in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as good at math as boys. But is it true? After sifting through mountains of data - including SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were ...
Black girls who use marijuana engage in riskier sex, have higher STD rate
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Black girls who use marijuana are more likely to engage in risky sexual acts and contract a sexually transmitted disease, a new study finds.
Cause of conduct problems among girls appears to be different than in boys
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 11, 2008 |
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The first study to include a significant number of aggressive girls with conduct problems indicates that psychological conditions including conduct disorder may have separate causes in the two sexes.
Poor mental health found among young offenders
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adolescent girls in young offender institutions are particularly vulnerable to depression, a large-scale study led by Oxford University has shown. The researchers have found incidences of ...
What about the boys?
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Both boys and girls have issues, but boys seem to be the ones getting the raw deal. According to Judith Kleinfeld, professor of psychology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the US, issues affecting boys are more serious ...
Vitamin D tied to muscle power in adolescent girls
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Vitamin D is significantly associated with muscle power and force in adolescent girls, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
Girls have harder time than boys adjusting in language-learning environment
Oct 06, 2008 |
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Girls who don't share a common language may have more difficulty adjusting socially than boys, according to surprising new Michigan State University research looking at language acquisition among young children.
Friendship is mainly about 'me, me and me'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Young people mainly select their friends according to the image they have of another person, irrespective of whether the person concerned actually satisfies that image. Dutch researcher Maarten Selfhout has demonstrated that ...
Jumping for joy... and stronger bones
Aug 28, 2008 |
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High impact activities such as jumping and skipping that can easily be incorporated into warm-ups before sports and physical education classes, have been shown to benefit bone health in adolescents.
UK and US guidelines on kids' physical activity levels need rethinking
Jun 30, 2008 |
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UK and US guidelines on how much physical activity children need to boost their health and stave off obesity need to be revised, conclude researchers in a study published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Serious school failure turns out to be a real bummer for girls, but not boys
Jul 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adolescent girls who had a serious school failure by the 12th grade -- being expelled, suspended or dropping out -- were significantly more likely to have suffered a serious bout of depression at the age ...
Preschoolers challenge stereotypical gender roles
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 03, 2009 |
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According to research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, a preschooler's gender determines how he or she is treated and responded to in play and learning activities, and when the children's possibilities become expanded, ...
