Classroom behaviour and dyslexia research
Bournemouth University lecturer Dr Julie Kirkby is investigating the significance of copying and note-taking in the classroom and how it affects the learning of Dyslexic children.
View ArticleStudy shows why four-year-olds don't thrive in Head Start classes
Most Head Start classrooms serve children of mixed ages and that hurts the academic growth of older children, a new national study suggests.
View ArticleIs educational neuroscience a waste of money?
Educational neuroscience has little to offer schools or children's education, according to new research from the University of Bristol, UK.
View ArticleLetting kids stand more in the classroom could help them learn
Study after study has connected inactivity with negative health outcomes, including heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. But most of this attention has been focused on adults in an office...
View ArticleNew book offers integrated approach to teaching health and physical education...
In elementary schools across the United States, teachers are tasked with covering a variety subjects with students, including health or physical education, although they may not have special training...
View ArticleClassroom program increases school breakfast participation, not obesity
Serving free breakfast in New York City's classrooms has boosted the number of students eating what some consider the most important meal of the day at school, according to research by New York...
View ArticleThe rules of the game for children with ADHD
Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) often display behaviours that are inappropriate for the situation in which they are in. They might move around in the classroom during a...
View ArticleResearch shows standing desks lower BMI
Most of us have heard that standing desks are good for us, and it makes sense it would also be good for our children. Now, for the first time, there's evidence that this simple change in classroom...
View ArticlePreventing back-to-school illnesses
The backpacks are packed, lunchboxes are filled and the little ones are back in school. Kids have returned to their classrooms with stories of their summer vacations, and, unfortunately, with a host of...
View ArticleTeaching practices could play an important role in preventing bullying
Classrooms that encourage competition between students may inadvertently be creating settings where bullying is more likely to take place. That's one of the conclusions that can be drawn from work led...
View ArticlePositive engagement in preschool key to developmental gains
Many interventions and programs designed to improve low-income children's lives focus on providing high-quality early-childhood education. Preschool classrooms that are emotionally supportive,...
View ArticleSchool districts rethink meal debt policies that shame kids
Teaching assistant Kelvin Holt watched as a preschool student fell to the back of a cafeteria line during breakfast in Killeen, Texas, as if trying to hide.
View ArticlePlague in Madagascar hits urban areas, kills 2 dozen people
Authorities in Madagascar are struggling to contain an outbreak of plague that has killed two-dozen people in recent weeks and has prompted a ban on large public gatherings in the capital to curb the...
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