Sentences with phrase «education researchers says»

Education researchers say that's not surprising.

But, in fact, many teachers across the country are reading to students in middle and high schools, too, and some education researchers say more teachers of adolescents ought to be using the same strategy.

While there are no firm statistics on how many schools use blended learning, education researchers say more than 4 million elementary through high school students participated in some kind of learning online in 2010, a number that has continued to grow since.

Compounding this error, the reporters then quote an education researcher saying, «We have no evidence that vouchers work.»

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The unemployment rate in a region does not make a difference, say the two Census researchers, but education levels do.

While O'Kane said there was some evidence that concussion education could improve the percentage of athletes reporting concussions, pointing to a 2012 study [8] finding that high school athletes receiving concussion education were twice as likely to report symptoms to coaches compared with those with no education (72 % vs. 36 %), he acknowledged that a 2013 study [9](also by researchers at the University of Washington) found that many high school soccer players, despite understanding the symptoms of concussion and the potentially severe complications from playing with concussion, would continue to play despite symptoms.

The researchers say this high incidence indicates the need for better parental education on how to prevent the condition, especially before the 2 - month well baby check - up.

Harris Cooper, a well - known homework researcher, who is a professor of education and psychology at Duke University, says that no more than two hours of homework a night should be assigned to students in high school.

Families need more education about choking hazards, say the researchers, who presented their findings at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco.

Education advocates and researchers say the discrepancy between the number of minority students and minority teachers in Connecticut leads to disadvantages for students of color.

Probing more deeply into the data, the researchers said upstate was still experiencing weak growth in «middle - wage» jobs, reflected by a «limited bounce back in Education and Construction jobs coupled with ongoing declines in Administrative Support and Production jobs.»

«In new figures released today, IFS researchers estimate that total public spending on education in the UK will fall by over 13 % in real terms between 2010/11 and 2014/15,» the IFS said of their findings.

«We need targeted funding specifically for computer science education,» says education researcher Anne Leftwich of Indiana University.

Not only microbes protect against asthma evidently, but also farm animals: Petting cats and cows and drinking farm milk can also prevent asthma, as the team of researchers headed up by Remo Frei of the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research from the University of Zurich in cooperation with the Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK - CARE) in Davos and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland in St. Gallen: «Early childhood contact with animals and the consumption of food of animal origin seems to regulate the inflammatory reactions of the immune system,» says immunologist Frei.

Still, that can correlate with more education, and the researchers say an across - the - board increase in U.S. education levels could mean millions fewer jobs at risk.

Ann Childs, a lecturer in science education at the University of Oxford, says that the main reason most researchers want to retrain as teachers is that they «want to impart their enthusiasm for science on young people.»

«In participating schools, ADAP is delivered as part of the standard health education curriculum, which facilitates its sustainability,» says Holly Wilcox, Ph.D., M.A., associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the researcher who oversaw the study on the effectiveness of the ADAP curriculum.

Mathematics - education research demands a rare combination of interests and skills, says Alan Schoenfeld, a mathematics education researcher at the University of California, Berkeley.

Jeremy Roschelle, a mathematics - education researcher and the director of SRI's Center for Technology in Learning, says his work is similar to that of a university professor except that he doesn't have teaching responsibilities.

Cox says there can be cultural differences between mathematics - education researchers and their research mathematician colleagues.

«Generally speaking, a Título de Doctor is required for both the profession of university professor and the profession of researcher,» says Nieves Trelles of the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science National Academic Recognition Information Centre NARIC España.

«The process of return of researchers to Russia will become avalanche - like in the nearest future,» said the minister of science and education Andrey Fursenko at the Second International Nanotechnology Forum which has just closed in Moscow.

«The takeaway from this paper is that Harvey was more intense because of today's climate, and storms like Harvey are more likely in today's climate,» said Antonia Sebastian, a study co-author and a researcher with Rice University's Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center.

«I think we need more work like this,» says Zahra Hazari, an education researcher at Florida International University in Miami.

Adolescents are significantly affected by HIV and other STIs, yet many lack access to sexual health education that could minimize their risks, said the researchers, who note that videogames offer an accessible, portable tool for promoting health and reducing risky behavior among teenagers, particularly minority youth who are disproportionately impacted.

«We want to instill the attitude that a researcher's job is not simply publishing papers,» says Ming - Ying Wei, manager of NASA's Office of Earth Science education program in Washington, D.C.

The higher your level of education, the greater your earnings and your sense of «personal mastery» or being in control of your fate, University of Toronto researchers say.

Jere Confrey, an education researcher at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, said the value of the study goes beyond the impressive exam results.

Group visits build in additional time for education, skill building, and the opportunity to discuss and learn from the experience of peers, as well as more face - time with caregivers, say the researchers.

Shirley Malcom, director of Education and Human Resources Programs at AAAS, said researchers have found that problem - solving skills, critical thinking, and self - confidence benefit when students interact with a diverse group of peers.

Researchers said the findings point to a need for education on the risks of «simultaneous use» of alcohol and marijuana.

Those findings raise important policy questions in areas ranging from education and health to juvenile justice and social welfare, researchers said at a Capitol Hill briefing organized by AAAS.

Going forward, researchers said, they need to identify the reasons why group sessions yielded better outcomes, whether it is the additional time for education, the built - in social support, or other factors.

The findings underscore the need for official education and outreach programs, the researchers said.

«That means that researchers who might be looking for genes to target for citrus greening resistance now can search through the many genomes of tolerant types and compare with sensitive types,» said Gmitter, a faculty member at the UF / IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center.

A further understanding of cognitive development in young students, Orosco said, both by researchers and educators working with English - language learners, could ultimately lead to better reading instruction for all students, improved measurement processes and fewer students unnecessarily being placed in special education classes.

PARIS — The French government has agreed to two key demands of its protesting researchers: nixing proposed job cuts and giving individual scientists the final say in how much time they spend on education.

Because it is true in education that what gets tested gets taught, ATC21S is preparing for the international hand - wringing from low - ranked countries by offering videos of classrooms where the researchers say teachers and students are getting it right.

Responding to the country's critical need for STEM teachers, and for teaching that supports students all the way to graduation and employment in ever - expanding STEM fields, education researchers and practitioners have fought hard to build effective approaches, and AAAS has helped to spearhead those efforts, said Rush Holt, AAAS CEO and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.

«What we want to do is provide a guide for researchers who want to investigate STEM teacher preservice education,» said Yolanda George, deputy director of the AAAS Education and Human Resources Programs, adding that the resulting information would be disseminated «as widely as possible» throughout the educatieducation,» said Yolanda George, deputy director of the AAAS Education and Human Resources Programs, adding that the resulting information would be disseminated «as widely as possible» throughout the educatiEducation and Human Resources Programs, adding that the resulting information would be disseminated «as widely as possible» throughout the educationeducation field.

Sharon Lynch, a science education researcher at George Washington University, says e-books such as these may eventually become mainstream but adds that research needs to be done on whether or not they are actually better than traditional textbooks.

He said the researchers hope to expand scientific curricula at all levels of education, helping train the Malagasy scientists of the future and build scientific capacity in the country, all the while creating an appreciation among the local population of the need to understand and preserve lemurs and other species for the future.

«There has been a dramatic contraction of the prison education system, particularly those programs focused on academic instruction versus vocational training,» said Lois Davis, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

Better education to coaches and parents about the effects of single sport specialization is critical, say researchers presenting their work today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada.

«The key factors are the effects of increasing female education on lowering birth rates in developing countries, and the health target that includes universal access to reproductive health services,» says IIASA population researcher Samir KC, who also worked on the study.

The researchers controlled the data for a number of factors, including age, duration of diabetes, blood sugar control, race and education, Whitmer said.

«They're learning content about neuroscience and neural engineering, and I think it's changing their attitudes about science... Those young students can see those researchers as role models,» said Dr. Eric Chudler, executive director and education director at the CSNE.

«Weight - loss camps are not an easy or quick fix,» says Jennifer Hester, a sports exercise and education researcher at Leeds Metropolitan University, in the U.K. «The short - term investment of time and money does not automatically equate to healthy weight management in the long term.»

Although the researchers controlled for demographic factors such as poverty, education level, and age of childbirth, it's possible that single mothers are more likely than married moms to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking and excessive drinking that could lead to poorer long - term health, Strobino says.

«Interestingly, despite the higher - than - average socioeconomic status of this population, the associations of individual education and neighborhood income with death after heart attack were stronger than those reported in many previous studies,» Mayo Clinic cardiovascular researcher Yariv Gerber, the study's lead author, said in a prepared statement.