Education

President to confer National Teacher Awards to 46 awardees

New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): On the occasion of Teachers' Day on September 5, President Droupadi Murmu will confer "National Awards to Teachers 2022" to 46 selected awardees.

2022-08-25T14:28:12.122648+00:00 IST

Education with goal-oriented activities encourages students

Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 8 (ANI): Consuming fast food and meals away from home is linked to an increase in adult obesity; this unhealthy eating habit is frequently formed during the crucial period of early adulthood. According to a study, weekly food challenges and cooking demonstration videos helped college students feel more confident about making healthy food choices and consume more fruits and vegetables.

2022-08-08T07:03:08.148858+00:00 IST

Study on dynamics of cross-platform attention to retracted papers

Evanston [US], June 15 (ANI): A study of the online attention received over time by 3,851 retracted scientific articles found that retracted articles received more attention on social media, news outlets, and knowledge repositories, including more critical attention on Twitter, compared with non-retracted articles.

2022-06-14T23:32:07.245927+00:00 IST

Programme improves students' word problem solving skills

Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): A new study from the University of Kansas has found that a professional development intervention with evidence-based practices help an educator improve her teaching skills and boosted students' abilities to solve word problems and maintain their improvement.

2022-06-13T18:27:22.369975+00:00 IST

Moving while learning boosts letter-sound recognition in children

Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): The findings of a recent study suggest that children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter sounds.

2022-06-12T17:12:59.878228+00:00 IST

Almost one-third adolescents don't feel safe at school, says stud

Washington [US], June 6 (ANI): A large international study found that on average 31.4 per cent of adolescents reported feeling unsafe at school in 13 European and Asian countries.

2022-06-06T18:15:06.708359+00:00 IST

Online program improves well-being of stroke survivors

Callaghan [Australia], April 23 (ANI): According to a new study, an interactive and coordinated healthy lifestyle online program has a positive effect on self-reported health and well-being.

2022-04-23T10:28:27.081966+00:00 IST

Children can intuitively do division even before formal education: Study

Bern [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): A research team has recently found that even before children begin formal education, they possess intuitive arithmetic abilities.

2022-02-27T17:25:29.146584+00:00 IST

Study suggests poor fidelity might mean effective education strategies never see light of day

Cambridge (England) [UK], January 21 (ANI): A study has warned that promising new education interventions have been potentially 'unnecessarily scrapped' because trials to test their effectiveness may be insufficiently faithful to the original research.

2022-01-21T07:49:34.186251+00:00 IST

Youngsters who self-identify as multilingual, perform better at school: Study

London [UK], January 15 (ANI): Recent research has discovered that young adults who consider themselves multilingual tend to perform better across a wide range of subjects at school, regardless of whether they are actually fluent in another language.

2022-01-15T10:12:17.845207+00:00 IST

Gender stereotypes in computer science, engineering begin by age six: Study

Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): A recent study led by a team of international researchers found that the perception that boys are more interested than girls in computer science and engineering starts as young as age six.

2022-01-15T09:58:34.706121+00:00 IST

Children with chronic health conditions, should receive more help with online learning

Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): Online learning poses additional challenges to children with chronic medical conditions or special education needs, and these patients could benefit from more support from pediatric clinicians to be academically successful, according to a new study.

2022-01-05T02:58:09.097046+00:00 IST

Study suggests parents education might influence children's study options

Portland [US], December 12 (ANI): According to the findings of a recent study if one of your parents has studied STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) there's a high chance that you will also choose one of these options for graduation.

2021-12-12T17:01:44.579020+00:00 IST

Study: Relationship between parent-teacher important for home schooling during lockdown

Cambridge [UK], December 4 (ANI): The importance of the relationship between parents and teachers during the lockdown to provide academic assistance to the students as well as practical and emotional support has been emphasised upon in a recent study.

2021-12-04T17:15:53.950390+00:00 IST

Kids, teens think girls aren't interested in computer science: Study

Washington [US], November 28 (ANI): The findings of a recent study shows that children as young as age six develop ideas that girls are less interested than boys in computer science and engineering.

2021-11-28T17:36:10.786458+00:00 IST

Study explores how school attendance data could help in targeting mental health support for pupils

Washington [US], November 25 (ANI): Poor school attendance impacts a child's future, not just through their educational achievement, but also socially and developmentally.

2021-11-25T17:57:13.523836+00:00 IST

Study reveals importance of ignoring distraction while learning

Washington [US], November 11 (ANI): Cognitive training designed to focus on what's important while ignoring distractions can enhance the brain's information processing, enabling the ability to "learn to learn," finds a new study on mice.

2021-11-11T03:51:38.212518+00:00 IST

Researchers find school-based screening increases identification, treatment for depression

Washington [US], November 7 (ANI): According to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers, students who participate in school-based depression screening likely begin treatment earlier than those who do not participate in the screening.

2021-11-07T17:19:08.739033+00:00 IST

Learning second language boosts cognitive function, suggests study

Washington [US], October 30 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers at Baycrest and York University have reported that learning a second language is an effective and enjoyable way to improve brain health.

2021-10-30T17:49:06.567921+00:00 IST

Reopening schools with in-person learning in United States during pandemic associated with increased COVID-19 case rates: Study

Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): A study has found that reopening schools with in-person learning in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with increased case and death rates from the disease, particularly in counties that do not require staff to wear masks at school.

2021-10-13T03:09:06.972536+00:00 IST

Belief in misinformation can be curbed by fact-checking

Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Fact-checking reduces belief in misinformation and leaves a more enduring mental imprint than false claims, according to a new study.

2021-09-12T17:00:12.160447+00:00 IST