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Students experience intense feelings of discomfort, confusion and even embarrassment at being classified as “different” and an “anomaly” alongside the norm of white academic success.
For many disabled students, college is the first time that they're put to the test of making their own way. The experience can be challenging, but there are strategies to help ease the way.
A high school science test, a Psych 101 course, long job applications: Sometimes it's hard to be motivated to succeed. As it turns out, how you respond to difficulty and ease can make all the difference.
Math instruction is stuck in the last century. How can we change teaching methods to move past rote memorization and help students develop a more meaningful understanding – and be better at math?
Students from South Africa's public school system battle to cope with the rigorous demands of any university degree without genuine, committed support.
College is a time for friendships. But how can students best leverage the power of those friendships? First, by learning how those networks work.
About two out of seven children are likely bored in their classrooms, as they aren't learning much that is new. Should these children skip grades? What's the evidence on grade-skipping?
Two simple yet powerful things students can do to ensure that they have a transformative undergraduate experience, no matter where they go to college.
Many students are in the process of deciding whether to take a gap year -- a year between high school and starting college. What does evidence tell us about taking a gap year?
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have called for making colleges and universities debt-free or tuition-free. Disadvantaged students need more than free college to achieve success.
Students from poorer backgrounds feel anxious, ashamed and stressed in the middle-class environment of a university.
A recent study on school vouchers shows that the program may be harming kids' academic achievement, at least in math. What's missing here? Are test scores the only way to judge a program?
Coming to understand students' individual stories allows lecturers to guide, mentor and support them.
If we're serious about closing the gap in Indigenous education, our new research shows the value of building better bridges into universities and vocational education.
Can the race of a teaching assistant have an impact on student grades?
Academics are using Twitter in classrooms and finding that it leads to some real results.
Children as young as six can show math anxiety. What's the link between parents’ math anxiety and their children’s math anxiety?
Parent involvement with kids' homework can have both positive and negative effects. So, what should parents and educators do?
One in 10 children report spending multiple hours on homework. There are no benefits of this additional work, but it could leave a negative impact on health.
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Michael J. I. Brown is a Friend of The Conversation.Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University
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