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Mixed progress made by US government and schools to improve food marketing influencing children's diets (2/18/2012)

New research has found that the US government and schools have made mixed progress to comprehensively address food and beverage marketing practices that put young people's health at risk. A comprehensive review published in the March issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that public sector stakeholders have failed to fully implement recommendations from the Institute of Medicine to support a healthful diet to children and adolescents. ...> Full Article


How do children learn to read silently? (2/17/2012)

How do children learn to read silently?When a beginning reader reads aloud, her progress is apparent: Hunched over a book, little index finger blazing the way, she moves intently from sound to sound, word to word. ...> Full Article


High school students test best with 7 hours' rest (2/16/2012)

New research finds that 16- to 18-year-olds perform better academically when they shave about two hours off what current guidelines prescribe. ...> Full Article


Numeracy: The educational gift that keeps on giving? (2/15/2012)

Cancer risks. Investment alternatives. Calories. Numbers are everywhere in daily life, and they figure into all sorts of decisions. A new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, examines how people who are numerate -- that's like literacy, but for numbers -- understand numbers better and process information differently so that they ultimately make more informed decisions. ...> Full Article


'Flipped classroom' teaching model gains an online community (2/14/2012)

'Flipped classroom' teaching model gains an online communityResearchers at Harvard University have launched the Peer Instruction Network, a new global social network for users of interactive teaching methods. PI, developed by Eric Mazur, Area Dean for Applied Physics and Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is an innovative evidence-based pedagogy designed to improve student engagement and success. ...> Full Article


Physically abused children report higher levels of psychosomatic symptoms (2/12/2012)

Children who display multiple psychosomatic symptoms, such as regular aches and pains and sleep and appetite problems, are more than twice as likely to be experiencing physical abuse at home than children who do not display symptoms. Researchers who studied 2,510 children found a strong association between reported physical abuse and three or more psychosomatic symptoms. The association was highest in children who were physically abused and also witnessed intimate partner violence. ...> Full Article


High language competence among young people (2/10/2012)

The language that adolescents use is often described as sloppy. Yet research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that young people indeed possess a high level of language competence, and also a good ability to adapt to different persons and situations. However, there are also features of their language that do not change according to the situation and that indicate that they have a specific identity style that also affects their communication. ...> Full Article


Behavioral prevention model appears to reduce bullying, peer rejection (2/9/2012)

A widely used universal behavioral prevention model in schools appears to be associated with lower rates of teacher-reported bullying and peer rejection, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ...> Full Article


Survey of elementary school student access to food in vending machines, snack bars, other venues (2/8/2012)

About half of all public and private elementary school students could buy food in one or more competitive venues on campus (vending machines, school stores, snack bars or a la carte lines) by the 2009-2010 school year and sugary foods were available to almost all students with access to these options, according to a report published in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ...> Full Article


Lifelong payoff for attentive kindergarten kids (2/2/2012)

Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of "work-oriented" skills in school children, according to a new study published by Dr. Linda Pagani, a professor and researcher at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine. ...> Full Article


Shakespeare's skill 'more in grammar than in words' (2/1/2012)

Shakespeare's skill 'more in grammar than in words'William Shakespeare's mastery of the English language is displayed more in the grammar he used than in his words, according to a researcher at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. ...> Full Article


High school whiz kids may face reading comprehension issues in university (1/30/2012)

Everyone knows a high-school high achiever who has floundered in university. Now U of A researcher and Reading Research Lab director George Georgiou may have an explanation for the problem. ...> Full Article


Sitting it out (1/21/2012)

Youngsters in Norway today are not as fit as earlier generations, and even the best perform less well. Researchers now warn that a wave of inactivity could have a major long-term health impact.The conclusions about the physical condition of young people build on a survey of Norwegian schoolchildren's performance in the 3 000-meter race from 1969 to 2009. ...> Full Article


Physical activity program leads to better behavior for children with ADHD (1/20/2012)

While children who suffer from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder struggle with hyperactive-impulses and have trouble maintaining attention, a recent study found that a structured physical activity program may help to improve their muscular capacities, motor skills, behavior assessments, and the ability to process information. This new exploratory study was released in the recent issue of the Journal of Attention Disorders. ...> Full Article


Study suggests junk food in schools doesn't cause weight gain among children (1/19/2012)

While the percentage of obese children in the United States tripled between the early 1970s and the late 2000s, a new study suggests that -- at least for middle school students -- weight gain has nothing to do with the candy, soda, chips, and other junk food they can purchase at school. ...> Full Article

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Mixed progress made by US government and schools to improve food marketing influencing children's diets

How do children learn to read silently?How do children learn to read silently?

High school students test best with 7 hours' rest

Numeracy: The educational gift that keeps on giving?

'Flipped classroom' teaching model gains an online community'Flipped classroom' teaching model gains an online community

Physically abused children report higher levels of psychosomatic symptoms

High language competence among young people

Behavioral prevention model appears to reduce bullying, peer rejection

Survey of elementary school student access to food in vending machines, snack bars, other venues

Lifelong payoff for attentive kindergarten kids

Shakespeare's skill 'more in grammar than in words'Shakespeare's skill 'more in grammar than in words'

High school whiz kids may face reading comprehension issues in university

Sitting it out

Physical activity program leads to better behavior for children with ADHD

Study suggests junk food in schools doesn't cause weight gain among children



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