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Personal Health Linked to Students’ Academic Success

By Guest PostFebruary 18, 2014Education, Healthacademic success, good personal health, Health, healthy food, jeannette ickovics, new haven, public school, yale university

Health interventions can contribute to academic achievement

There is a strong relationship between a student’s personal health and their academic achievement in school, new research by Yale University suggests. The study found that school, home and community environments that promote good personal health contribute to higher levels of achievement.

The study examines the relationship between a variety of health factors and students’ standardized test scores. The most important predictors of academic achievement were having no television in the bedroom, maintaining a healthy weight, being physically fit, having a secure source of healthy food, and rarely eating at fast-food restaurants. Other significant factors were not drinking soda or other sweetened drinks and getting enough sleep. (more…)

The Barriers of E-learning and How to Survive It

By Guest PostFebruary 5, 2014Education, Technologybarriers of elearning, computers, internet, jennifer joplin, obstacle, online learning, plagtracker, software, technology issues, time zone

Students can experience convenience and benefits but at the same time, barriers of E-learning. These barriers hinder the learning process that is why it is important to evaluate the kind of barrier and know how to survive it.

Technology Issues

E-learning doesn’t require students to be very good with computers, software, and Internet. It only requires little technical skill. But there are some people who really find it hard to deal with technology issues. If they won’t do anything to resolve it, they will only feel frustrated that will only lead to not continuing the learning process. (more…)

‘Life as Research Scientist’: Romain Fleury, Engineer

By BlogArenaFebruary 3, 2014Education, Interview, Scienceelectromagnetic waves, matter waves, metamaterials, natural building blocks, quantum particle, romain fleury, wave physics, wireless communication

Due to deep passion for physics, Romain Fleury, after completion of his engineering diploma in France, joined the research group of Prof. Andrea Alù at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D degree. His research focuses on metamaterials, a new branch of science and technology that is making its way to maturity. (more…)

Sunny days

By Guest PostFebruary 2, 2014Educationcareer focus, journalist, journalistic skills, new scientist, online magazine, passion for reporting

Alumna pairs passions for writing, science at Weather Channel website

Five years since graduating from the University of Delaware, Laura Dattaro is right where she belongs. Not playing the trumpet professionally, as she assumed she would be entering her freshman year of college, but writing for The Weather Channel at weather.com, immersed in the two things she loves most: writing and science. (more…)

‘Life as Research Scientist’: Kiwamu Tanaka, Plant Biologist

By BlogArenaJanuary 26, 2014Education, Interview, Media, Natureatp hydrolyzing enzymes, biological nitrogen fixation, ecto apyrases, extracellular atp, kinase domain, kiwamu tanaka, lectin domain, nodulation, plant biologist, plant growth, plant microbe interactions, soil bacteria rhizobia

Dr. Kiwamu Tanaka, an aspiring scientist, is currently doing research on Role of extracellular ATP in plant growth and development at the Division of Plant Sciences in the University of Missouri. He completed his doctoral work at The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences in the Kagoshima University, Japan. Recently we spoke with Dr. Tanaka to know about his research work, especially regarding the study published in Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.343.6168.290), and also about why it is important, how life as a research scientist is, and so on. So let’s hear from Dr. Tanaka: (more…)

Top Skills Needed to Become a Successful Lawyer

By Guest PostJanuary 23, 2014Education, Jobsanalytical skills, become, career as lawyer, civil law, civil lawsuit, communication skills, critical thinking, degree course, family law, interpersonal skills, law colleges, management course, need, perseverance, skills, successful lawyer, swati srivastava, talented lawyer

Many law firms and other recruiters spend a good amount of time for searching a talented lawyer. If you also wish to pursue a career in law, the following post shares a list of attributes needed to become one of the most sought after lawyer in 2014. Read on to get some useful information.

Career as a lawyer involves handling a wide range of legal responsibilities for their clients. At one time, they may represent a client accused of some crime, while at the other point of time he may fight a case for a corporate client facing a civil lawsuit. One may choose to pursue a law career in any one of the different specializations available such as criminal law, Business Law, Environmental Law, Labor Law, Civil law and Family law. (more…)

‘Hip-hop’ students unfairly targeted, study finds

By Guest PostJanuary 20, 2014Educationcultural behaviors, hip hop culture, hip hop students, school culture

Black and Latino “hip-hop” students are disproportionately punished in urban schools, finds a two-year study that sheds light on some of the unfair disciplinary practices newly targeted by the Obama administration. (more…)

Dynamic Impact of Online Learning on Education

By Guest PostJanuary 18, 2014Education, Technologybookboon, coursera, distance education system, dynamic impact, ebook site, education, edx, essayontime, free ebooks, german, journalism student, kylie prescott, minute physics, online education, online learning, united nation, university, vhs tapes, vlogging, world wide web, YouTube

Online education is now considered as one of the most dynamic paradigms of learning. It may be a new player in the academic field but it has taken center stage for the past decade.

Today, there are over 7.1 million individuals who have taken part in this innovation. Just imagine, seven million students learning while facing their computers instead of sitting in a classroom. It’s too large a number to imagine, but it’s happening in this very moment. (more…)

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