ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Study on Students' Homework Habits.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: A report from Brookings Institution's Brown Center on Education Policy found the nation's students spend less than one hour per night studying, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article by The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . The report contradicts the popular thought that kids are spending too much of their time doing homework. The report is the result of four previous studies. The latest study was conducted by UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX in 2002 in which 282,549 freshmen at 437 different colleges were surveyed and found that only 33% spent as much time studying as they did socializing during their senior high school year. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Allison Gardenswartz is the owner and director of The Learning Garden, a San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. tutoring center specializing in gifted and remedial learning and test preparation studies. An educator for over 13 years, Allison is an expert in identifying and enhancing the learning abilities of school-age children, the choice between public and private schools, how parents can help their children's educational achievement, and behavior management behavior management Psychology Any nonpharmacologic maneuver–eg contingency reinforcement–that is intended to correct behavioral problems in a child with a mental disorder–eg, ADHD. See Attention-deficit-hyperactivity syndrome. strategies in the home. She taught in Washington D.C.'s inner-city public high school system. As a fully credentialed middle-school and high school teacher, Allison taught for several years in the public school system in Atlanta, Georgia. In Georgia, Allison completed graduate coursework specializing in adolescent education and the instruction of reading to middle-schoolers. In 1993, Allison moved to San Diego, where she became the Director of Education for a nationally franchised learning center. Since 1995, Allison has owned and operated the Learning Garden, where she focuses her time on providing more individualized instruction Individualized instruction is a method of instruction in which content, instructional materials, instructional media, and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interests of each individual learner. to her students, and extensive consulting services to parents and other adult learners. 619-296-8185 gardenfam@cox.net Professor Beth Hennesey, of Wellesley College Wellesley College, at Wellesley, Mass.; for women; chartered 1870, opened 1875. Long a leader in women's education, it was the first woman's college to have scientific laboratories. , can speak on psychology of creativity and the motivational orientation of students. A former elementary school elementary school: see school. teacher, she also is the author of numerous book chapters and scholarly journal articles, including a monograph co-authored with Teresa Amabile, "Creativity and Learning: What Research Says to the Teacher" (Washington, DC: National Education Association Professional Library). PR Contact: Arlie Corday 781-283-3321 acorday@wellesley.edu Professor Joyce L. Epstein, of the Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. Center on Families, Communities, Schools and Children's Learning, is an expert on sociology, education and child development. 410-516-8807 410-516-8171 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/. |
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