Sentences with phrase «kids study student»

American kids study student life in another country — and learn more about themselves in the process.

Not exact matches

In fact, just 9 percent of students studying business claim they received such support, which is half the rate of kids who took up the arts and humanities.

How are you about using tax money to put a big fat elephant - headed Ganesh on top of your kid's public school, or to buy new Qurans for every single student to study?

It's not often that a small group Bible study curriculum for adults / students / kids becomes a # 2 trending topic worldwide on Twitter.

I couldn't have studied that because it literally was not a thing in our existence, and so, for a lot of students right now, or a lot of college kids, the thing you end up doing might not even exist yet.

That comes as no huge surprise as far as student life goes, but new studies show that the benefits of being beautiful go further than just sitting at the cool kids» table.

Pressure to play needs to be taken off kids in order for them to feel comfortable reporting their signs and symptoms of a possible concussion,» says Tamara Valovich McLeod,, PhD, ATC, FNATA, Professor in the Athletic Training Program and Directors of the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory and Athletic Training Practice - Based Research Network in the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, co-author of the attitude study, and lead author of an earlier study [3] on attitudes on concussions among high school students.

But that hasn't necessarily been good for the kids whose parents hover over their every thought and action: According to recent studies, college students who have helicopter parents were -LSB-...]

In one moment of frustration, he asked his students, «Why don't you guys study like [some other kids]?»

But that hasn't necessarily been good for the kids whose parents hover over their every thought and action: According to recent studies, college students who have helicopter parents were more likely to be neurotic and dependent, and kids who keep hearing how special they are are likely to turn into narcissists.

She cares for her students so deeply that she goes to extreme lengths to ensure that her «kids» are well fed and well prepared to study hard and embrace life.

A study in Germany found that another effect homework could have is on students» personalities, with research suggesting that doing homework might make kids more conscientious.

One study showed that kids with C's, D's and F's got about 25 fewer minutes of sleep and went to bed an average of 40 minutes later than A and B students.

These studies didn't double - check whether kids actually ate the healthy foods they picked, but we know from other research that when students are exposed to nutritious options, they do eat them — and like them.

This study aimed to assess changes in nutrient quality of school meals chosen by students before and after implementation of new meal standards authorized through the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010.

In a study of Turkish high school students, kids from authoritarian families were rated as less resourceful than kids from authoritarian or permissive parents (Turkel and Tzer 2008).

It drew on new research by Caitlin Daniel, a doctoral student at Harvard, who last week wrote her own New York Times op - ed on her study's findings, «A Hidden Cost to Giving Kids Their Vegetables.»

But a three - year study of students in 12 middle schools determined that kids did accept the changes to their cafeteria trays.

Kids who stick with their neighborhood schools find themselves among student bodies with higher concentrations of poverty, the study says.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley reports a new nation - wide study says there is a high rate of students arriving at school hungry, but the Buffalo Public School District is serving thousands of free meals to city kids.

Well, a study of 14,000 college students found that today's young people are 40 percent less empathetic than college kids from 30 years ago.

The request is nothing new: It seems there's always someone crying out against film students or East Asian studies majors, wondering why these damn kids don't just study petroleum chemistry.

For example, a study of struggling students found that the kids felt better about reading after a course in which they used Amazon Kindles.

I am 24 yrs of age single and have no kids... A final year student in The University Of Ghana studying Accounting.

Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «sleeper hit,» you have to wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.

Only about 4 percent of U.S. students go to colleges that accept less than 25 percent of their applicants, and most American kids either don't attend or don't graduate from four - year colleges, says developmental psychologist Richard Weissbourd, who studies the social and emotional lives of teens.

Muting the Mozart Effect Harvard Gazette, 12/11/13 «Though it has been embraced by everyone from advocates for arts education to parents hoping to encourage their kids to stick with piano lessons, a pair of studies conducted by Samuel Mehr, a Harvard Graduate School of Education doctoral student working in the lab of Elizabeth Spelke, the Marshall L. Berkman Professor of Psychology, found that music training had no effect on the cognitive abilities of young children.»

A study of 648 seventh and eighth graders enrolled in Kids Voting USA found that participation in the program increased their political knowledge and their ability to choose a political candidate based on the issues that the candidate and student agreed on.

So, for example, Ms. Jones studied the data and saw that most of her kids did nt understand fractions but Ms. Smiths students did.

And, what we find in our study, based on the teacher - student relationship, the effects on the changes in behaviour — so, the difference in behaviour between those kids who have a better versus worse relationship — are comparable to those that they find in the studies where they look at bullying interventions.

5 Recess before lunch can mean happier, healthier kids; overweight students tend to miss more school, a study suggests; one schools fitness program aims to shape up students, teachers, and parents.

32 Vigorous exercise can lead to academic gains; many kids drinking alcohol by sixth grade, study shows; students read about bays and keep track of miles as they run across America.»

But don't worry, because the kids certainly aren't: «The study also asked students if they liked math and science....

In his study, Squire discovered that the advanced vocabulary and complicated rules frustrated students, while teachers struggled to manage twenty - five kids doing twenty - five things at the same time.

School Testing a Mixed Bag, Study Says Harvard Gazette, 10/30/15» «The lesson is that these policies can work to raise students» test scores and to make kids better off,» [Associate Professor David] Deming said.

The small room, complete with two workstations, a beanbag chair, kids» books, and, perhaps most important, a door that shuts, gives students a place on campus to study with their children in tow.

The second - year study showed that the Core Knowledge kids made reading gains twice as great as those of students in the control group.

Moreover, the results of this study suggest that CTE provides the greatest boost to the kids who may need it most — boys and students from low - income families.

If you are a parent of a kid who is studying in a «blended classroom» that uses «education technology tools», sit back and read our article on becoming a successful parent of a digitally - immersed student.

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

The emphasis falls on the unusual student, the difficult kid, not on the arts as a subject for study.

Lest anyone doubt the reach of America's after - school woes — more than 14 million K - 12 students, including 40,000 kindergartners and almost 4 million middle school students, take care of themselves after school — it appears even the economy is suffering: A new study by Catalyst and the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, shows that the workplace productivity of U.S. parents suffers when they are worried about what their kids are doing after school.

New Study Identifies Self - Control as One Key to Student Success Teaching kids the skills of self - control used to be a parent's job, but most educators realize they play an important role in developing this skill.

While teaching kids to think critically in the information age can seem like a «monumental task,» Carl Hooker (@mrhooker) recommends this Stanford University study which «shows a variety of activities shared with high school students to determine whether or not a news story is real or not.»

In an Instructor magazine article «How to Make Parents Your Homework Partners,» study - skills consultant Judy Dodge maintains that involving students in homework is largely the teacher's job, yet parents can help by «creating a home environment that's conducive to kids getting their homework done.»

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«With that technology, our students could participate in «face - to - face» conversations with other kids and with experts on the topics they are studying.

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From a series of articles that examine «What Kids Can Do with Challenging, Inspiring Schoolwork,» this posting gives a vivid close - up glimpse into a second grade classroom in Reno, Nevada, where students are using Core Knowledge Language Arts materials to study the Civil War.

There are therefore several things to think about as we further explore the AEI study: long term outcomes do indeed matter a lot, especially for poor kids; if large test - score gains don't eventually translate into improved long term outcomes, it is a legitimate cause for concern; and we must stay open to the possibility that some programs could help kids immensely over the long haul, even if they don't immediately improve student achievement.