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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, ...
Benefit of a mentor: Disadvantaged teens twice as likely to attend college
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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Adult mentors give teens a 50 percent greater likelihood of attending college.Mentorship by a teacher nearly doubles the odds of attending college for disadvantaged students.The students who need mentors the ...
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.
For improving early literacy, reading comics is no child's play
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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Although comics have been published in newspapers since the 1890s, they still get no respect from some teachers and librarians, despite their current popularity among adults. But according to a University ...
Charter schools, studied
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Set in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, an area not known for its excellent schools, the Boston Preparatory Charter Public School nonetheless has an enviable academic record: Last spring, ...
Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she said in Spanish.
School textbooks have political purpose, finds study
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The simple school textbook is used by states to mould loyal citizens, according to a new study.
New Shakespeare Archive launched
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Shakespeare Quartos Archive has been officially launched today with a complete digital collection of rare early editions of Hamlet.
Butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009 |
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When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 ...
It's not just dirt!
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Soil is the linchpin of the environment, where atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere meet. Despite that, many students see soil as "just dirt" - a place to grow plants, but nothing more. Soil science educators are challenged ...
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