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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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| 11 | Students 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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| 1 | 13 | ### [Graduation Contamination Through Handshaking?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516121531.htm) |
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| 3 | 15 | Graduations are a celebration of achievement and growth, but could all the pomp and circumstance increase your risk of exposure to harmful ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516121531.htm) |
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| 5 | 17 | ### [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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| 7 | 19 | Valerie 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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| 9 | 21 | ### [Robot Engages Novice Computer Scientists](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505142736.htm) |
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| 11 | 23 | Learning 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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| 13 | ### [College Students' Use of Kindle DX Points to E-Reader's Role in Academia](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110502141616.htm) | |
| 25 | - [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) | |
| 26 | - [Graduation Contamination Through Handshaking?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516121531.htm) | |
| 27 | - [Is There a 'Tiger Mother' Effect? Asian Students Study Twice as Many Hours, Analysis Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505103345.htm) | |
| 28 | - [Robot Engages Novice Computer Scientists](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505142736.htm) | |
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| 15 | A nine-month study of how University of Washington graduate students did or did not use the large-format Amazon Kindle DX in their ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110502141616.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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| 54 | June 3, 2011 - Divorce is a drag on the academic and emotional development of young children, but only once the breakup is under way, according to a study of elementary school students and their ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602081838.htm) | |
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| 65 | June 2, 2011 - Students overall performed better -- and educationally disadvantaged students generally made even greater strides than everyone else -- in an introductory biology course at a university where recent ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602143206.htm) | |
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| 76 | May 30, 2011 - A student writing an essay for their teacher may be tempted to plagiarize or leave facts unchecked. A new study shows that if you ask that same student to write something that will be posted on ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110531102708.htm) | |
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| 85 | ### [Current Test-Based Incentive Programs Have Not Consistently Raised Student Achievement in U.S., Report Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526141507.htm) | |
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| 87 | May 26, 2011 - Despite being used for several decades, test-based incentives have not consistently generated positive effects on student achievement, according to a new US report. The report examines evidence on ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526141507.htm) | |
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| 98 | May 25, 2011 - Medical students in the United States are frequently exposed to pharmaceutical marketing, even in their preclinical years, and the extent of their contact with industry is associated with positive ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524171245.htm) | |
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| 109 | May 24, 2011 - Social distancing measures proved effective according to a new study that examined the H1N1 pandemic in Mexico. The study shows three distinct pandemic waves. Results will aid health officials plan ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524171253.htm) | |
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| 118 | ### ['Death Anxiety' Prompts People to Believe in Intelligent Design, Reject Evolution, Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330192201.htm) | |
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| 120 | May 23, 2011 - Researchers have found that people's 'death anxiety' can influence them to support theories of intelligent design and reject evolutionary ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330192201.htm) | |
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| 129 | ### [Reading Arabic 'Different' for the Brain, New Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518080109.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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| 140 | ### [Validating Preschool Programs for Children With Autism](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110519122246.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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| 151 | ### [Teachers Need Greater Awareness of Language Disorders, Research Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110519090147.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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