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1### [Medical Journalists Need Improved Conflict-of-interest Standards, Say Researchers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119122626.htm)
1### [Toddlers' Gesturing Linked To Later Vocabulary And School Readiness](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141145.htm)
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3Researchers call for greater scrutiny of the relationship between medical journalists and the health care industries they cover. ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119122626.htm)
3Children who convey more meanings with gestures at age 14 months have much larger vocabularies at 54 months than children who ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141145.htm)
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5### [Most Elementary Schools In California Will Fail To Meet Proficiency Requirements By 2014, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925144619.htm)
5### [All Work And No Play Makes For Troubling Trend In Early Education](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212125137.htm)
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7A new study shows that nearly all elementary schools in California will fail to meet the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925144619.htm)
7Playtime for children is a "fundamental avenue" for learning. Parents and educators who favor traditional classroom-style ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212125137.htm)
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9### [Tracking The Reasons Many Girls Avoid Science And Math](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080905153807.htm)
9### [Gender Bias Found In Student Ratings Of High School Science Teachers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174953.htm)
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11The self-confidence instilled by parents and teachers is more important for young girls learning math and science than their initial interest. The ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080905153807.htm)
11A study of 18,000 biology, chemistry and physics students has uncovered notable gender bias in student ratings of high ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174953.htm)
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13### [New Report Card Shows Campuses Going Greener](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827204904.htm)
13### [Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128092341.htm)
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15Is your alma mater among those stepping up to green their campuses? Are our colleges preparing students for a greener future? You can find out in National Wildlife Federation's ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827204904.htm)
15As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128092341.htm)
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17- [Medical Journalists Need Improved Conflict-of-interest Standards, Say Researchers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119122626.htm)
18- [Most Elementary Schools In California Will Fail To Meet Proficiency Requirements By 2014, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925144619.htm)
19- [Tracking The Reasons Many Girls Avoid Science And Math](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080905153807.htm)
20- [New Report Card Shows Campuses Going Greener](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827204904.htm)
17- [Toddlers' Gesturing Linked To Later Vocabulary And School Readiness](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141145.htm)
18- [All Work And No Play Makes For Troubling Trend In Early Education](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212125137.htm)
19- [Gender Bias Found In Student Ratings Of High School Science Teachers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174953.htm)
20- [Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090128092341.htm)
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37 ### [Science Professors Know Science, But Who Is Teaching Them How To Teach?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081127145125.htm)
37 ### [College Science Requirements Keep US Ahead Of World, Researcher Argues](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216131202.htm)
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39 November 30, 2008 - U.S. science and engineering students emerge from graduate school exquisitely trained to carry out research. Yet when it comes to the other major activity they'll engage in as professors -- teaching ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081127145125.htm)
39 February 16, 2009 - Despite frequent warnings of the inadequacy of education in the United States, citizens here are still among the world's most scientifically literate, according to an expert. You can thank those ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216131202.htm)
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48 ### [Good Pre-school And Home-learning Boosts Academic Development, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201110001.htm)
48 ### [Rote Memorization Of Historical Facts Adds To Collective Cluelessness](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212125135.htm)
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50 November 28, 2008 - Attending a high quality pre-school followed by an academically effective primary school gives a significant boost to children's development. These are the findings of a new study which shows that a ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201110001.htm)
50 February 16, 2009 - Americans' historical apathy is an indictment of the way history is taught in grades K-12, according to an ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212125135.htm)
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59 ### [Is Private Health Care The Answer To The Health Problems Of The World's Poor?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124203701.htm)
59 ### [Perception Of Time Pressure Impairs Performance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210162035.htm)
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61 November 24, 2008 - A provocative debate in this week's PLoS Medicine examines whether the private sector should step up its involvement in delivering health care in low-income ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124203701.htm)
61 February 16, 2009 - A psychology student recently studied 163 subjects performing the Iowa Gambling Task, a popular psychological assessment tool, to investigate the effect of perceived time pressure on a learning-based ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210162035.htm)
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70 ### [Air Pollution Too High Near Some US Schools](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214103104.htm)
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72 February 16, 2009 - Air pollution is dangerously high around schools near some U.S. industrial plants, according to a recent ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214103104.htm)
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70 ### [Peer-led Sex Education Does Not Reduce Abortions Among Teenagers, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124203656.htm)
81 ### [Sun-safe Pool Policies Appear Related To Sun Safety Behaviors Among Pool Staff](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216164517.htm)
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72 November 24, 2008 - A trial of peer-led sex education in schools in England has found that it is not more effective at reducing teenage abortions than the sex education classes given by teachers. However, the study does ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124203656.htm)
83 February 16, 2009 - The social environment at swimming pools appears to be related to sun safety behaviors of outdoor pool staff, according to a new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216164517.htm)
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81 ### [Teacher Education Programs May Pay Too Little Attention To Real Challenges Of Teaching](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081123074107.htm)
92 ### [Students Who Feel Connected To Peers, Teachers Are More Inclined To Warn Of Dangerous Fellow Student](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082350.htm)
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83 November 23, 2008 - Professional standards program falls short of an "A," suggests research official professional standards in both Scotland and England which aim to nurture the development of new teachers pay too ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081123074107.htm)
94 February 11, 2009 - Students who feel connected to their peers and teachers are more inclined to alert a teacher or principal if they hear a fellow student "wants to do something dangerous," according to a new study. ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082350.htm)
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94 November 22, 2008 - Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites -- Facebook and MySpace are the most popular -- and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118200556.htm)
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105 November 21, 2008 - Non-white medical students are more likely to embrace orthodox medicine and reject therapies traditionally associated with their cultures. That is one finding from an international study that ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117153205.htm)
105 February 10, 2009 - Researchers have for the first time studied whether smoking during pregnancy can directly make children more likely to behave antisocially. The unique study examined the records of 779 children born ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202174938.htm)
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116 November 20, 2008 - You are what you watch, when it comes to violence in the media and its influence on violent behavior in young people, and an article provides new evidence that violent media does indeed impact ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119122632.htm)
116 February 10, 2009 - Many people assume that individuals who identify with one race should be better off than multiracial individuals who identify with a mixed race heritage. However, a new study in the Journal of Social ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210110045.htm)
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125 ### [Hazardous Drinking Among New Zealand University Students Has Its Roots In High School](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120162843.htm)
125 ### [Multilingualism Brings Communities Closer Together](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092721.htm)
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127 November 20, 2008 - College students are known to engage in hazardous drinking, more so than young adults not attending college. No national studies of this issue have been conducted outside of North America. A new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120162843.htm)
127 February 10, 2009 - Learning their community language outside the home enhances minority ethnic children's development, according to research led from the University of Birmingham. The research, which was funded by the ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092721.htm)
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138 November 20, 2008 - The present world's economic woes are opening up new opportunities for innovative forms of education and training such as informal learning, e-learning and blended learning. Faced with ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120073128.htm)
138 February 6, 2009 - A new study of 70 five-, six- and seven-year-old children and adults finds that children -- like adults -- understand that negative emotions can cause poor school performance and that levels of ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090206081301.htm)
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