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27 May 2020: worse in basic literacy and numeracy tests than those from more affluent backgrounds. ... Importantly, in cases where children from the wealthiest 20% and poorest 20% of families attended the same school, there was almost no difference in their test

8 Dec 2020: To test whether changes in emotional wellbeing, anxiety and depression symptoms occurred during lockdown since their initial assessment, a team at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, ... This effect was independent of

21 Jul 2020: Search. Search. Socio-economic status predicts UK boys’ development of essential thinking skills. ... The participants completed computer-based thinking games to test their executive functions, and various mathematical tests to assess numeracy.

20 Nov 2020: Impact was calculated by comparing the English test scores of children from 81 randomly-selected CAMFED-supported schools with children from 60 control schools that received no support. ... The improvement in English test scores among girls receiving

16 Sep 2020: Their experiences have important policy, economic, humanitarian and academic implications,” said Coutts. ... Krebeh is now working to pass his English test, which he hopes to do in the next couple of months, then will aim to take medical exams and get

14 May 2020: This necessitates knowledge about human cooperation as well as economic and social inequalities. ... We frequently test our interventions ‘in the wild’, for example, our study on the BBC news site tested how people react to uncertainty about

6 May 2020: Simple tasks were used to test the level of autonomy support parents gave to their child. ... This research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the National Science Foundation and the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

22 Apr 2020: The region is also ahead when it comes to commercialising COVID-19 tests. ... He points out that the ‘CE-mark’ – indicating a test complies with EU regulations – is self-certified by nearly all types of diagnostic tests manufacturers: the firm

7 Sep 2020: The research uses the “Big Five” personality model, standard in social psychology, with simple online tests providing high-to-low scores for five fundamental personality traits of millions of Americans. ... Over hundreds of thousands of people, such

25 Mar 2020: Above all, an economic downturn leading to sustained loss of income means people’s mental and physical health will deteriorate. ... She is heading research in the fields of public policy economics, technology, industrial strategy and global inequality.