Pupils do better in spelling tests if teachers reward them for team—rather than individual—performance, according to new findings published in the peer-reviewed journal Educational Psychology.
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2019
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Researchers from King's College London have used a genetic scoring technique to predict reading performance throughout school years from DNA alone.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2017
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Male students in undergraduate introductory biology courses are outperforming females at test time, but it may be due to how exams are designed rather than academic ability. In addition, high socioeconomic status students ...
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2016
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While some folks may look at university/college dropouts as simply lazy slackers, a Western study boils the bailout down to simple ability.
Economics & Business
Feb 15, 2013
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Educational and business leaders want today's students both to master school subjects and to excel in areas such as problem solving, critical thinking, and communication -- abilities often referred to by such labels as "deeper ...
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2012
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In the last decade, same sex schools and classes have increased dramatically across the United States. Many studies have examined the differences in the education students receive in a same sex school versus co-ed institutions. ...
Social Sciences
Apr 2, 2012
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According to new research from The University of Western Ontario, approximately 40 per cent of students who drop out of university do so because of what they learn about their own academic ability, based primarily on the ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2011
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African-American and Hispanic students placed in ability groups for reading instruction learned less compared to demographically similar minority students who weren't grouped by ability, a new study by a University of Illinois ...
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2009
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