Category: Classroom
Asking questions, testing improves student learning of new material
Jason Chan makes a point to periodically interrupt his lecture and ask students a question.
Doing school differently
The Australian not-school movement that’s helping young people re-engage with learning Alternative schooling programs could.
Strategic classroom intervention can make big difference for autism students
Special training for teachers may mean big results for students with autism spectrum disorder, according.
Individual education programmes not being used as intended in special education
Gone are the days when students with disabilities were placed in a separate classroom, or.
Behaviour in high school predicts income and occupational success later in life
Students who show interest in school report greater income 50 years later, regardless of IQ,.
Students’ early test scores don’t predict academic growth over time
By: Carrie Spector – Stanford University For years, parents and policymakers have looked to test scores.
Study finds reading information aloud to yourself improves memory
You are more likely to remember something if you read it out loud, a study.
Boys could benefit from greater numbers of girls in schools
Boys are more likely to perform well in schools with a higher proportion of girls,.
Children praised for being smart are more likely to cheat, new studies find
Children who are praised for being smart, or who are told they have a reputation for.
Ethnic diversity in schools may be good for students’ grades, study suggests
Early adolescents’ grades were higher when they socialised with peers from other ethnicities, according to.