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9### [Students Struggling With Math May Have a Neurocognitive Disorder Called Dyscalculia: Disorder Affects Roughly as Many People as Dyslexia](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526141414.htm)
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11Students who struggle to learn mathematics may have a neurocognitive disorder that inhibits the acquisition of basic numerical and ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526141414.htm)
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113### [Graduation Contamination Through Handshaking?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516121531.htm)
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517### [Is There a 'Tiger Mother' Effect? Asian Students Study Twice as Many Hours, Analysis Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505103345.htm)
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719Valerie Ramey analyzed data in the American Time Use Survey and discovered that Asian high school and college students out-study ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505103345.htm)
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1123Learning how to program a computer to display the words "Hello World" once may have excited students, but that hoary chestnut of a lesson doesn't cut it in a world of videogames, ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505142736.htm)
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25 May 17, 2011 - It doesn't matter if you're black or white. If you're interested in celebrity and entertainment news, you're more likely to start using Twitter, according to a new study. But, African Americans in ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110517151259.htm)
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131 May 19, 2011 - New research by a UK psychologist sheds light on reading differences. Arabic readers recognize words in a different way from readers of other languages, a new study ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518080109.htm)
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142 May 19, 2011 - Researchers have examined different teaching models for children with autism spectrum disorder. The study is one of the first to look at the fidelity of treatment models for preschoolers with ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110519122246.htm)
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153 May 18, 2011 - Greater awareness of 'specific language impairment' (SLI), a language disorder, is needed to ensure better outcomes for the 3-6 per cent of UK school children affected by this disability. Children ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110519090147.htm)
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