Comprehensive Research Review Confirms Positive School Climates Can Narrow Achievement Gaps. Image Credit: Flickr/lupuca
Positive school climates contribute to academic achievement and can improve outcomes for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, according to a new study published in Review...
Portrait of young man with EEG headset on. (Stock image)
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Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that brainwave-sensing headsets, also known as EEG or electroencephalograph headsets, need better security after a study reveals...
Later start times could help Canadian teens’ grades and health, research indicates.Credit: Image courtesy of McGill University
Later start times could help Canadian teens' grades and health, research indicates
Delaying school start times could help Canadian teenagers sleep better -- giving...
Parents feel schools can handle basic first aid, but are less sure about urgent health situations such as an asthma attack or mental health issue.
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan
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Brad Mahon, Ph.D., Dan Fabbio, and Web Pilcher, M.D., Ph.D., watching footage of surgery to remove tumor from Fabbio's brain.
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Music is not only a major part of Dan Fabbio's life, as...
Type I landslides on Ceres are relatively round, large and have thick "toes" at their ends. They look similar to rock glaciers and icy landslides in Earth's arctic.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA, taken by Dawn Framing Camera
Massive landslides, similar to those found...
A study published today in the BMJ Open shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of children there is less fighting among young people. There was 31% less physical fighting in young...
Child at eye sight test. (Stock image)
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Farsighted preschoolers and kindergartners have a harder time paying attention and that could put them at risk of slipping behind in school, a new study suggests.
An...
Mapping a lake by GPS positioning and depth sounder by boat is very time-consuming, therefore the researchers decided to use a theory driven approach in the study.
Credit: David Seekell
What is the volume of water in lakes on Earth? Using...
Bees.
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The effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on bees has been widely covered in the news recently, with laboratory-based studies suggesting that the chemicals are harmful, and field studies which are much less clear cut....
Telling someone else about what you've learned is a really effective way for students to study instead of just re-reading the textbook or class notes. Image Credit:Flickr/masaisrael
Students who get information, then re-tell it to someone immediately, recall it better...
