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As the whistle blew at the conclusion of England's victory over France in the semi-final of the 2003 World Cup, the triumphant team erupted in celebration. All except one player. Jonny Wilkinson, the side's talisman, who had scored all England's ...
2008-09-18 03:07:00
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HOUSTON , Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study in Blue Ridge Elementary School in the Fort Bend ( Texas ) Independent School District showed students using the SRA Snapshots Video Science(TM) program experienced a mean score increase of 32 ...
2008-09-18 12:51:00
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BEIJING , Sept. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChinaEdu Corporation CEDU ("ChinaEdu" or "the Company"), an educational services provider in China , today announced that Ms. Qianli (Lily) Liu has been appointed as the Company's Chief Financial ...
2008-09-18 01:13:00
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'Teaching to the test' in maths lessons is undermining pupils' understanding of the subject, Ofsted warned today. The education watchdog says many secondary schools are placing excessive emphasis on routine exercises, rather than focusing on the ...
2008-09-18 04:48:00
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McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express With John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking About Hope (June 2008) I met David Foster Wallace, the brilliant, playful, teemingly imaginative writer found hanged earlier this ...
2008-09-18 05:02:00
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Most schools encourage children to regurgitate equations parrot-fashion to pass exams - but fail to ensure they properly understand them, it says. Almost half of lessons are no better than satisfactory - with many teachers relying on textbooks and ...
2008-09-18 04:40:00
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Nearly half of all maths lessons are not good enough, according to an Ofsted report out today which suggests that even though more pupils are getting qualifications, uninspiring teaching means they often lack understanding of mathematical concepts ...
2008-09-18 05:23:00
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Ofsted said its report, Mathematics: Understanding the score, was based principally on evidence from inspections undertaken between April 2005 and December 2007 in 192 maintained schools in England, 84 primary and 108 secondary. Many secondaries had ...
2008-09-18 05:38:00
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IBM announced yesterday a new toolset solution capable of creating chip features at the 22nm process node due out in 2011. Today's 45nm chips use a type of lithography which is not compatible with the 22 nm process node and that won't scale to such small levels. IBM's solution has turned away from strict optics into complex mathematics and promises to address the chip making needs of 2011 and ...
2008-09-18 12:32:29
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HARRISONBURG—Efforts by James Madison University and other area colleges and universities to boost enrollment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors have received nearly $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation.
2008-09-18 02:35:22
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Eighth grade students across Putnam County today hearing about a program called "STEM": science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It's a program to help students become more creative, problem solvers, innovators, strong communicators, and logical thinkers.
2008-09-18 04:48:04
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Both the Rainy River District School Board and Northwest Catholic School Board are pleased with the continued improvements and results in student achievement following the release of EQA0 results for the 2007-08 year. EQAO consists of annual province-wide testing of Grade 3 and 6 students in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. Grade 9 students also are tested in mathematics. ...
2008-09-18 02:01:13
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MANY readers and educators have raised pertinent points regarding the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English. I, too, would like to highlight some points that may need to be considered.
2008-09-18 04:41:55
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Dressed in black, Jeralda Sylvain, 15, is sporting a purple beaded necklace. Pinned to her hooded sweatshirt are a florescent anti-smoking label and a button in memory of her cousin, who was murdered. Sitting at the BOLD Teens office at Codman Square ...
2008-09-18 07:15:00
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When an old person goes ga-ga, does he still retain his essential self? Or does he or she disappear within the dark clouds of dementia? It's a fascinating philosophical question -- one that Toronto playwright and mathematician John Mighton examines ...
2008-09-18 08:55:00
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