Education

Research shows ethnic studies increases student engagement, high school graduation

Washington [US], September 7 (ANI): New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that enrolling 9th graders who are struggling academically in an ethnic studies course greatly improves the likelihood those students will graduate from high school and enroll in college.

2021-09-07T03:10:43.169541+00:00 IST

Students taking online courses during COVID got more sleep

Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): Different teaching strategies imposed by schools during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in dramatic differences in when and how much students slept, according to the findings of a new study.

2021-08-21T17:20:40.691754+00:00 IST

Longer breaks during learning lead to more stable activation patterns in brain: Study

Berlin [Germany], July 30 (ANI): Many of us have experienced the following: the day before an exam, we try to cram a huge amount of information into our brain. But just as quickly as we acquired it, the knowledge we have painstakingly gained is gone again.

2021-07-30T17:54:28.758741+00:00 IST

Tackling income inequality might boost vocabulary of low-income children

California [US], July 25 (ANI): Parenting deficiencies have long been blamed for the vocabulary gap between low-income children and their more affluent peers. Now new research implicates the economic context in which parenting takes place, which in other words means the wealth gap.

2021-07-25T14:08:15.725990+00:00 IST

Marginal gap observed between students attending high school in person vs remotely\

Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): High school students who attended school remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered socially, emotionally, and academically compared with those who attended in person, suggests new research.

2021-07-18T10:45:54.031644+00:00 IST

Gender stereotypes around reading might hold boys back in classroom: Study

London [UK], July 11 (ANI): A recent study finds that boys dislike fiction reading is a myth and suggested that such gender stereotypes around reading might hold boys back in the classroom.

2021-07-11T17:38:09.332662+00:00 IST

Environmental education needs greater investment, innovation, say experts

Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Environmental education provision needs greater investment and innovation if future generations are to be able to respond fully to the climate emergency, experts have said.

2021-07-08T18:59:08.510080+00:00 IST

Study examines how pandemic-related changes affect college students' motivation

Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): When the worsening COVID-19 pandemic prompted colleges to shut their campuses and shift to remote learning in spring 2020, concerns arose that many underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines would be demotivated and drop out in even greater numbers.

2021-05-26T03:22:31.757416+00:00 IST

Study finds educational intervention improves student learning

Washington [US], May 23 (ANI): Students exposed to Photovoice, an educational intervention, experienced greater improvements in STEM-capacity scores and environmental awareness scores compared to a group of youth who were not exposed to the activity, according to a study of low-income, urban youth in the US by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

2021-05-23T12:28:23.161343+00:00 IST

Virtual program might help kids get ready for kindergarten

Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): With pandemic lockdowns still in place last summer, The Ohio State University couldn't host its in-person Summer Success Program to help preschoolers from low-income families prepare for kindergarten.

2021-05-18T17:31:42.898373+00:00 IST

Study finds ways to improve scholarly writing

Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Arizona and the University of Utah recently examined why most scholarly research is misinterpreted by the public or never escapes the ivory tower and suggested that such research gets lost in abstract, technical, and passive prose.

2021-05-02T17:34:40.056054+00:00 IST

Spanish-speaking children face higher obesity rate than english-speaking ones

Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): The findings of the annual Endocrine Society's meeting suggests that Spanish as a family's primary language is a predictor of childhood obesity, regardless of ethnicity.

2021-03-21T17:17:25.896036+00:00 IST

TopYa! spearheading its social impact project NacFun

New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): TopYa! India Pvt Ltd (TIPL), which is an Indian Ed-Tech start-up, is now spearheading a social impact project, NacFun, a free e-Learning Program of National Active Championship, in order to build digital components of Co-scholastic, sports, and fitness activities.

2021-03-08T12:33:04.673873+00:00 IST

Emotional stability predicts successful career outcomes: Study

Houston (Texas) [US], December 4 (ANI): A new study published in Psychological Science has found that the changes during young adulthood indicate personality growth which can be beneficial for career growth.

2020-12-04T05:58:34.289773+00:00 IST

'Unique Astrocytes' may enhance chronic pain treatments: Study

Fukuoka [Japan], November 29 (ANI): A study by Kyushu University has found a new method to enhance chronic pain treatments by discovering a unique population of spinal cord astrocytes with a role in producing pain hypersensitivity.

2020-11-29T13:26:34.585387+00:00 IST

Symptoms of eczema in children lessened by Vitamin D supplementation

Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): The symptoms experienced by children with severe atopic dermatitis or eczema were eased by Vitamin D supplementation, suggest the findings of a new study.

2020-11-08T13:49:24.150612+00:00 IST

AI teachers must be effective and communicate well to be accepted, new study finds

Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): The increase in online education has allowed a new kind of teacher to emerge -- an artificial one. But just how accepting students are of an artificial instructor remains to be seen. Researchers, in a novel study about AI teachers, indicate that for students to accept an AI teaching assistant, it needs to be effective and easy to talk to.

2020-10-31T03:39:13.925203+00:00 IST

Asthma, allergies more common in teens who stay up late: Study

Alberta [Canada], July 11 (ANI): While it is essential to maintain a sleep timing for teenagers to maintain a body clock, a recent study suggests that teenagers who prefer to stay up late and wake later in the morning are more likely to suffer from asthma and allergies compared to those who sleep and wake earlier.

2020-07-11T08:31:57.685797+00:00 IST

Study reveals classes set by ability are hitting children's self-confidence

London [UK], June 17 (ANI): The way a large number of schools are set up, with classes grouping children based on their ability, is severely affecting pupil's self-confidence.

2020-06-17T04:18:16.215824+00:00 IST

Children prefer storybooks that explain why and how things happen

Washington D.C. [USA], April 15 (ANI): Children have an insatiable appetite to understand why things are the way they are and how things happen, suggests a study.

2020-04-15T13:54:23.278839+00:00 IST

Dhirubhai Ambani International School commences live classroom teaching

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS) on Thursday announced to have started live online classes for the students amid the nationwide lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

2020-03-26T17:32:17.659120+00:00 IST