News tagged with spelling
Research finds that chatspeak has no impact on children's spelling ability
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents, get ready to say OMG and watch your teens roflol.
The pen may be mightier than the keyboard
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to writing the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard. Second, fourth and sixth grade children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more and faster when ...
Early word recognition is key to lifelong reading skills says new study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 06, 2009 |
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Children’s early reading experience is critical to the development of their lifelong reading skills a new study from the University of Leicester has discovered.
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Poor spellers with good phonetic skills are more often right-handed
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 29, 2008 |
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Children who can read and have good phonetic skills - the ability to recognize the individual sounds within words – may still be poor spellers. In a paper published in the May 2008 issue of Cortex, Elizabeth Eglinton and Ma ...
Viruses evolve to play by host rules
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Mar 03, 2008 |
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Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University have examined the complete genomes of viruses that infect the bacteria E. coli, P. aeruginosa and L. lactis and have found that many of these viral genomes ...
Technology addiction disrupts teenage learning
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology addiction amongst teenagers is having a disruptive effect on their learning, according to new research published today by Cranfield School of Management (UK). Over a third (39.3%) of 11-18 year ...
Computerized writing aids make writing easier for persons with aphasia
Feb 03, 2009 |
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It is possible to improve writing skills for those with aphasia with the aid of computerised writing aids. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Language support in schools vital for children with autism
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Teachers and parents must be vigilant in observing difficulties with language comprehension, reading and spelling in children and young people with autism, Asperger's syndrome and ADHD.
Y chromosome and surname study challenges infidelity 'myth'
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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Our surnames and genetic information are often strongly connected, according to a study funded by the Wellcome Trust. The research, published this week in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, may help genealogists create ...
Stopgap DNA repair needs a second step
May 04, 2009 |
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One can have a dream, two can make that dream so real, goes a popular song. Now a Weizmann Institute study has revealed that it takes two to perform an essential form of DNA repair.
US gun maker arming Wii shooter game
Oct 03, 2009 |
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Legendary rifle maker Remington Arms Company said Friday it has teamed with videogame maker Mastiff to put virtual versions of its guns in a hunting title tailored for Wii consoles.
Scientists decode entire genome of metastatic breast cancer
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in history, BC Cancer Agency scientists in British Columbia, Canada have decoded all of the three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumour, a type ...
New brain findings on dyslexic children
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 11, 2009 |
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The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, ...
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