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New review says the ineffective 'learning styles' theory persists in education

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

A new review by Swansea University reveals there is widespread belief, around the world, in a teaching method that is not only ineffective but may actually be harmful to learners. For decades educators have been advised to match their teaching to the supposed 'learning styles' of students. There are more than 70 different classification systems, but the most well-known (VARK) sees individuals bei

Reopening Florida schools followed by uptick in COVID-19 infections

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

Reopening Florida elementary and high schools in September was followed by increased COVID-19 infections, according to data analyzed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Harvard Medical School and Tel Aviv University researchers. The findings were just published in Archives of Disease in Childhood . Florida is one of the few states that provides incidence of infections by exact age and county.

Non-immigrant kids respond differently when immigrant children are bullied

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

A recent study finds that, while youth think all bullying is bad, non-immigrant adolescents object less to bullying when the victim is an immigrant. However, the study found that the more contact immigrant and non-immigrant children had with each other, the more strongly they objected to bullying. "We know that bystanders can play a key role in stopping bullying, and wanted to better understand b

Long-Term Effects of Social-Emotional Learning on Academic Skills

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) programs are school-based preventive interventions that aim to improve children’s social-emotional skills and behaviors. Although meta-analytic research has shown that SEL programs implemented in early childhood can improve academic and behavioral outcomes in the short-term, there is limited work examining program effects on children’s math and language skills in t

A teacher classroom behavior management training program improved classroom management and student social and academic outcomes

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

This cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy of the CHAMPS classroom management program on the social behavioral and academic outcomes of a large diverse sample of middle school students within an urban context. Participants included 102 teachers and 1,450 students in sixth to eighth grade. Two-level hierarchical linear models (HLM) were conducted to examine the overall treatme

Addressing COVID-19’s Disruption of Student Assessment

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

Under an IES grant , the RAND Corporation, in collaboration with NWEA, is developing strategies for schools and districts to address the impacts of COVID-19 disruptions on student assessment programs. The goal is to provide empirical evidence of the strengths and limitations of strategies for making decisions in the absence of assessment data. Jonathan Schweig, Andrew McEachin, and Megan Kuhfeld

Focusing on diversion yields positive results for kids with behavioral issues

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University evaluating effectiveness of Ohio's Behavioral Health/Juvenile Justice Initiative Of the 5,300 children enrolled in the Ohio Behavioral Health Juvenile Justice Initiative since 2006, 21% reported that someone close them had been murdered in the past year. Nearly half of the boys and more than a quarter of the girls in the program have both a substance

Effects of College Merit Scholarships on Low-Income Students

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

xx Full scholarships to low-income high school graduates in Nebraska raised college enrollment and completion, especially for those with the least academic preparation and greatest family disadvantage. The goal of most financial aid programs is to increase educational attainment for prospective students who might not otherwise be able to enroll in college or to complete a degree. In Marginal Effe

More on Exposure to a School Shooting

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5d

This paper examines the impact of school shootings on the educational performance and long-term health consequences of students who survive them, highlighting the impact of indiscriminate, high-fatality incidents, first focusing on test scores in the years following a shooting. The authors also examine whether exposure to a shooting affects chronic absenteeism, which may play a role in explaining

Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 5d

A growing number of American children are exposed to gun violence at their schools, but little is known about the impacts of this exposure on their human capital attainment and economic well-being. This paper studies the causal effects of exposure to shootings at schools on children’s educational and 

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