Education is a process of imparting knowledge. It is typically associated with the formal, systematic process that includes schools and trained teachers, but also includes the informal "word-of-mouth" method where knowledge is imparted through the telling of stories and folk-tales.
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Boys and girls and co-education: what works best?
I've heard it said many times that boys perform better when they are in the same classroom as girls and girls perform better when they are by themselves.
Is there any evidence to support this claim?
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Do homeschooled kids perform better academically?
"The home-educated typically score 15 to 30 percentile points above public-school students on standardized academic achievement tests." Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. source
I tried finding a primary source for statements like this and wasn't able to; just…
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Do the most popular college books in the US include "The Communist Manifesto" & "The Republic"?
The mainstream media in China have reported several times that the most popular college books in the US include "The Communist Manifesto" & "The Republic". I have always thought that is "fake news" until someone published the quoted source here (it…
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Does Norway spend $29,726 on child care per toddler annually?
I would like to verify the following chart (e.g. take Norway) in a New York Times article:
(Note that multiple references in the article appear to define a toddler as being 0-2 years of age. They say "Denmark, for example, spends $23,140 annually…
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Did Chinese school textbook maps (c. 1951) "depict China as stretching even into the central Asian republics"?
In Marshall (Prisoners of Geography, 2015) writes:
In 1951, China annexed Tibet (another vast non-Han territory) and by then Chinese school textbook maps began to depict China as stretching even into the central Asian republics.
Is the claim (in…
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Are Americans ignorant of geography and the world?
The meme of American ignorance in geography and world affairs seems to be pretty common in my experience. But, how much truth is there in it?
While I'm inclined to believe that the US population is generally less informed than its counterparts of…
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Are Americans ignorant about the geography of the world?
Jenny Jinx tweeted (244 retweets, 31 favorites)
Seriously, the Czech Republic released a statement to correct stupid
Americans. I am so ashamed. Good grief. http://bit.ly/11mROu5
The linked press release states that the Czech Republic is not the…
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Do non-educated people tend more to the right/conservative political wing?
This is a common prejudice in my social environment, but is it true?
Are educated people more likely to vote for a social/left wing party?
Examples: [1]; [2].
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On multiple choice tests, is your first answer usually correct?
Most of us have heard from one teacher or another that your first guess on a multiple choice questions is usually correct. The implication being that we shouldn't double guess our instincts when taking tests. However, I have often realized I got…
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Does handwriting assist memory retention more effectively than typing?
I have both heard and experienced (perhaps as a placebo effect) that writing things out by hand allows the text to be better remembered than typing it. This particularly applies to taking notes during a lecture or seminar.
I would hazard to guess…
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Does homework improve student performance?
There is a post circulating social media reportedly from a second grade teacher in North Texas stating that she will not assign homework for the upcoming school year to her students:
After much research this summer, I am trying something new.…
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Do graduates from private secondary schools perform better in college than graduates from public schools?
I attended private schools from kindergarten through secondary school and was often told by the faculty that students who attended private schools got a better education, one that made them more prepared for college, than a public school education…
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Does abstinence-only sex education reduce the frequency of teenage sex or the rate of teenage pregnancy?
Many people in the USA and the UK are still advocating abstinence-only sex education that avoids giving advice to schoolchildren about topics such as contraception.
The advocates of the abstinence approach argue that giving children advice about…
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If children use calculators in primary school, is their learning impacted?
Others are against using calculator in lower level math teaching, saying that it makes children not to learn their basic facts, prevents students from discovering and understanding underlying mathematical concepts and instead encourages them to…
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Is “Your Baby Can Read” effective and helpful?
I have seen these videos advertised online and on TV, and they make some pretty fantastic claims, showing kids as young as 2 reading complicated words. From what I can find online, it uses a memorization technique, which while possibly providing…
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