13-12-12 A new study contradicts(反驳) the popular theory that students perform better when surrounded by higher-achieving classmates. Michigan State University's Scott Imberman and colleagues found that marginal students in a middle school gifted and tale...
13-12-12 The degree to which students' exam scores differ owes more to their genes than to their teachers, schools or family environments, according to new research from King's College London published today in PLOS ONE. The study, which took place in the UK...
13-11-25 A long time ago, there was a young man called Wang Qi. When he heard that there were many immortals on Mount Lao, he went there at once. There was a Daoist who still looked young although he was very old. Wang Qi became one of his pupils. During his...
13-11-18 It's a common perception portrayed in movies from The Breakfast Club to Mean Girls. Teenage friendships are formed by joining cliques(派系,小团体) such as jocks, geeks and goths. But a national study led by a Michigan State University scholar fin...
13-11-13 A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to have a lecture at a university to a large group of students. As most of them could not understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter. During his lecture he told an amusing story which...
13-10-25 A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two 12-year-old boys and killing a math teacher who was trying to protect children from their classmate. 美国内华...
13-10-14 A simple change -- switching on captions(题注,字幕) -- can make a big difference when students watch educational videos, an SF State professor has discovered. Robert Keith Collins, an assistant professor of American Indian studies, found that stu...
13-09-21 An anonymous survey by Harvard's newspaper has revealed a surprising pattern of academic dishonesty among students entering the US university. 据报道,哈佛大学的报纸进行的一项匿名调查揭示了一个出人意料的事实,那就是进入美国大学的学生中存在学术上不诚...
13-09-16 Even though Danish students have equal access to education, their choice of studies is still influenced by social class. Young people from working class backgrounds are motivated by studies with a clear job profile and high income, while prestige an...
13-09-13 A college has been condemned for asking 16 and 17-year-old students whether they were gay or straight on registration forms. 英国巴恩斯利学院在学生注册表上列出选项,询问其是同性恋还是异性恋,以及是否是变性人。 Form: The registration paperwork for Ba...