Study links airplane noise to test scores. (Notebook: education information from schools, business, research and professional organizations).Nearby airports appear to be linked to a decrease in student test scores, 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. studies in the journal Psychological Science. When airports close or move, students near the old airports improve on test scores. After Munich moved its airport in 1992, student scores increased, but they decreased for students near the new airport. Researches from the University of Hamburg As of 2006, the University of Hamburg supports 6 Collaborative Research Centres (Sonderforschungsbereiche, SFB), 6 Research Groups, 7 Research Training Groups (all funded by the DFG), 2 Max Planck Inter-national Research Schools, 13 Young Scientist Groups (Emmy-Noether-Programme, BMBF, , University of Gavle in Sweden and Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. tested students before the move and then a year or two later, with two control groups. Reading skills and long-term memory long-term memory n. Abbr. LTM The phase of the memory process considered the permanent storehouse of retained information. long-term memory performance declined for students when the new airport came to town, but reading skills and short-term and long-term memory increased among students near the old airport. www.psychologicalscience.net |
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