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| 1 | ### [Persistence Is Learned from Fathers, Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615103529.htm) | |
| 1 | ### [Student Scores Improve If Teachers Given Incentives Upfront](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120809090335.htm) | |
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| 3 | A longitudinal study found that adolescents learn persistence through fathers who follow good parenting practices. As a result, these adolescents saw higher ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615103529.htm) | |
| 3 | A bonus payment to teachers can improve student academic performance - but only when it is given upfront, on the condition that part of the money must be returned ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120809090335.htm) | |
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| 5 | ### [Teaching Tree-Thinking Through Touch](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604111121.htm) | |
| 5 | ### [Dyslexia Caused by Faulty Signal Processing in Brain; Finding Offers Clues to Potential Treatments](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120807104938.htm) | |
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| 7 | A pair of new studies by computer scientists, biologists, and cognitive psychologists suggest that collaborative touch-screen games have value beyond just play. ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604111121.htm) | |
| 7 | Researchers have made a major step forward in understanding the cause of dyslexia. The scientists have discovered an important ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120807104938.htm) | |
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| 9 | ### [Head Impacts in Contact Sports May Reduce Learning in College Athletes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516173721.htm) | |
| 9 | ### [A 'Learning Health System' Moves from Idea to Action](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120806171313.htm) | |
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| 11 | A new study suggests that head impacts experienced during contact sports such as football and hockey may worsen some college ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516173721.htm) | |
| 11 | In the United States, clinicians are struggling to provide better and more affordable health care to more people -- while keeping up with new scientific ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120806171313.htm) | |
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| 13 | ### [Preschoolers' Reading Skills Benefit from One Modest Change by Teachers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm) | |
| 13 | ### [Preschool Children Who Can Pay Attention More Likely to Finish College: Early Reading and Math Not Predictive of College Completion](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120806151405.htm) | |
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| 15 | A 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) | |
| 15 | Young children who are able to pay attention and persist on a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a ne ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120806151405.htm) | |
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| 17 | - [Persistence Is Learned from Fathers, Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615103529.htm) | |
| 18 | - [Teaching Tree-Thinking Through Touch](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604111121.htm) | |
| 19 | - [Head Impacts in Contact Sports May Reduce Learning in College Athletes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516173721.htm) | |
| 20 | - [Preschoolers' Reading Skills Benefit from One Modest Change by Teachers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm) | |
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| 25 | August 15, 2012 - Dieters often use online calorie calculators to stay true to their weight-loss plan. Translating the concept to the population health arena, researchers have created the Caloric Calculator to help ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120815103031.htm) | |
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| 46 | June 15, 2012 - From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over the past 30 years, mathematics ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615114057.htm) | |
| 29 | August 13, 2012 - With new national anti-bullying ads urging parents to teach their kids to speak up if they witness bullying, one researcher has found that in humans' evolutionary past at least, helping the victim of ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120813155513.htm) | |
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| 57 | June 13, 2012 - Each year in the United States about $135 billion is spent in training employees -- but those billions do not always improve the workplace because the skills often do not transfer to the actual ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133148.htm) | |
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| 68 | June 12, 2012 - Unprofessional behavior among hospitalists is rare, but those who do behave poorly share common features, according to new research. American researchers spoke to 77 Illinois hospitalists - doctors ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612115810.htm) | |
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| 77 | ### [Alcohol Abuse May Be Cause, Rather Than Effect of Social Isolation, Poor Grades Among Teens](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612101456.htm) | |
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| 79 | June 12, 2012 - Rather than gaining "liquid courage" to let loose with friends, teenage drinkers are more likely to feel like social outcasts, according to a new sociological ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612101456.htm) | |
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| 90 | June 1, 2012 - The U.S. had the second-lowest proportion of students who used tobacco and alcohol compared to their counterparts in 36 European countries, a new report ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120601231349.htm) | |
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| 101 | May 24, 2012 - Researchers have delved into a series of high profile court cases testing the limits of patent ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524092930.htm) | |
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| 112 | May 21, 2012 - Timing can affect whether females and minorities experience discrimination -- says a new study. Emails were sent from fictional prospective doctoral students to 6,500 professors across 258 ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521132808.htm) | |
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| 134 | May 10, 2012 - The No Child Left Behind Act has bolstered language test scores but done little to improve math and reading scores for students in rural Alabama schools, according to a new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120510141907.htm) | |
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