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1### [Preschoolers' Reading Skills Benefit from One Modest Change by Teachers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm)
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3A small change in how teachers and parents read aloud to preschoolers may provide a big boost to their reading skills later on, a ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm)
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5### [Get Me out of This Slump: Visual Illusions Improve Sports Performance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121729.htm)
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7With the NCAA men's college basketball tournament set to begin, college basketball fans around the United States are in the throes of ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121729.htm)
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19### [No Kids in Public School? You Still Benefit](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120217145743.htm)
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311Quality public schools benefit everyone - including those without school-aged children - and therefore everyone should play a role in ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120217145743.htm)
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513### [Learning-Based Tourism an Opportunity for Industry Expansion](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120130173333.htm)
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715New research suggests that major growth in the travel, leisure and tourism industry in the coming century may be possible as more people begin to define recreation ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120130173333.htm)
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9### ['Tiger Mothers' Should Tame Parenting Approach, Expert Says](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120110114525.htm)
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11A new study is refuting the "tiger mother" approach to parenting that pushes children to excel at all costs. ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120110114525.htm)
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13### [Study Debunks Myths About Gender and Math Performance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111212153123.htm)
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15A major study of recent international data on school mathematics performance casts doubt on some common assumptions about gender and math achievement -- in ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111212153123.htm)
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17- [Preschoolers' Reading Skills Benefit from One Modest Change by Teachers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm)
18- [Get Me out of This Slump: Visual Illusions Improve Sports Performance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121729.htm)
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1820- [Learning-Based Tourism an Opportunity for Industry Expansion](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120130173333.htm)
19- ['Tiger Mothers' Should Tame Parenting Approach, Expert Says](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120110114525.htm)
20- [Study Debunks Myths About Gender and Math Performance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111212153123.htm)
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44 ### [Many Young People Don't Know What Constitutes Sensible Alcohol Consumption](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120221125201.htm)
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46 February 21, 2012 - A new study reveals that young people do not possess the knowledge or skills required to adhere to U.S. government guidelines for responsible alcohol ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120221125201.htm)
46 April 17, 2012 - American women today are more likely to earn college degrees than men with women receiving 57 percent of all bachelor's and 60 percent of all master's degrees. New research has found the ratio of men ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417113708.htm)
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57 February 21, 2012 - Neuroscientists are studying whether an expert chess player's analysis of a board is similar to the attention paid by most people to new or familiar faces. By deciphering how humans process visual ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120221104027.htm)
57 April 13, 2012 - New research comparing traditional bullying with cyberbullying finds that the dynamics of online bullying are different, suggesting that anti-bullying programs need specific interventions to target ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120413122202.htm)
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66 ### [Faculty Retention Proves a Major Challenge for Universities](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120216144240.htm)
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68 February 16, 2012 - Attracting and retaining the world's brightest students is on the mind of every university official. But a new, unprecedented study in the journal Science suggests leaders in higher education face an ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120216144240.htm)
68 April 13, 2012 - Parents drill their children on "stranger danger," but when children are abused its most often by someone they know. This article helps parents protect their children from abuse closer to home: from ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120413100854.htm)
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77 ### [Teachers Fly Experiments on NASA Reduced Gravity Flights](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120215095945.htm)
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79 February 15, 2012 - More than 70 teachers had an opportunity to experience what it feels like to float in space as they participated in the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120215095945.htm)
79 April 5, 2012 - American students need a dramatically new approach to improve how they learn science, says a noted group of scientists and ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120405131435.htm)
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88 ### [School Closures Slowed Spread of 2009 H1N1 Flu Pandemic](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120206174205.htm)
88 ### [Text Messaging in Class May Affect College Students' Learning](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120404101822.htm)
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90 February 6, 2012 - Using high-quality data about the incidence of influenza infections in Alberta during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, the researchers show that when schools closed for the summer, the transmission of ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120206174205.htm)
90 April 4, 2012 - College students who frequently text message during class have difficulty staying attentive to classroom lectures and consequently risk having poor learning outcomes, new research shows. Because it ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120404101822.htm)
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101 January 31, 2012 - For those with few social advantages, college is a prime pathway to financial stability, but it also unexpectedly lowers their odds of ever marrying, according to a new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120131092420.htm)
101 April 3, 2012 - Homework distraction has been linked to a wide range of ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120403124256.htm)
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112 January 27, 2012 - When parents of middle school students participate in school-based, family interventions, it can reduce problem behavior, according to new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120127162411.htm)
112 March 27, 2012 - Health insurance policies that shift costs to patients through higher co-payments may have serious unintended consequences for children, including less use of effective treatments and an increased ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120327170715.htm)
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123 January 26, 2012 - Researchers in the UK have been using touch screen technology to help give teenagers more of a say in community ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120126115224.htm)
123 March 19, 2012 - For a six-year-old, one of the most powerful educational tools may be direct instruction, according to new research on how children learn about prejudice. Scientists found that as children get closer ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319111823.htm)
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134 January 25, 2012 - Everyone knows a high-school high achiever who has floundered in university. Now researchers may have an explanation for the problem. They say it is likely that some of these students may have ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120125151839.htm)
134 March 15, 2012 - The times are changing, and not necessarily for the better when it comes to giving back to society, according to 40 years of research on 9 million young adults. Since the baby boomer generation, ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315094503.htm)
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145 January 25, 2012 - Research continues to support a connection between instability in the home and school performance in adolescents, but a new study takes the research a step further by exploring how the relationship ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120125131118.htm)
145 March 12, 2012 - Children may perform better in school and feel more confident about themselves if they are told that failure is a normal part of learning, rather than being pressured to succeed at all costs, ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120312101439.htm)
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