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May 2, 2024
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Apr. 29, 2024 Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...
Apr. 22, 2024 Normally, a person's pupils naturally widen (or dilate) in low-light environments to allow more light into the eye. However, in a new study, researchers reported that a person's pupils also dilate when they are concentrating on tasks. In particular, ...
Apr. 9, 2024 More synchrony between parents and children may not always be better, new research has revealed. For the first time a new study looked at behavioral and brain-to-brain synchrony in 140 families with a special focus on attachment. It looked at how ...
Apr. 10, 2024 As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they ...
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Apr. 29, 2024 A new study shows that school entry requirements are linked to an increase in human papillomavirus (HPV) ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Forming a long-term recreational exercise habit as a young person has a beneficial impact on physical and mental health later in life, but some groups, such as females and academic high-achievers, ...
Apr. 3, 2024 A new study finds that universities scoring strongly on measures of sustainability are associated with innovation and economic growth in their ...
Apr. 2, 2024 New screening tools in child health care are effective in identifying early language and communication difficulties in children. This is shown by two ...
Mar. 28, 2024 Neuroscientists have established in recent decades the idea that some of each day's experiences are converted by the brain into permanent memories during sleep the same night. Now, a new study ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Many parents recognize increasing mental health concerns among children, reflected by the 1 in 5 who say they're open to allowing a child to take a ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Research has often focused on how teachers and educators can best instruct and accommodate students with disabilities. However, are the methods used to teach students with disabilities effective and ...
Mar. 20, 2024 A group of high school students from Oakland, California, made contributions to the field of exoplanet research. Researchers worked with the students to use backpack-sized digital smart telescopes. ...
Mar. 18, 2024 Scientists find that adolescents who grapple with the bigger meaning of social situations experience greater brain growth, which predicts stronger ...
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Apr. 24, 2024 A university professor has found a way to help students -- and himself -- power through long lecture classes: exercise breaks. A new study showed that five-minute exercise sessions during lectures ...
Apr. 24, 2024 A computer game helped upper secondary school students become better at distinguishing between reliable and misleading ...
Apr. 22, 2024 Observers of Japanese early childhood education and care have pointed to the mindset of educators watching over and waiting on preschoolers as being an intriguing tendency. This mimamoru approach has ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Gender stereotypes mean that girls can be celebrated for their emotional openness and maturity in school, while boys are seen as likely to mask their emotional distress through silence or disruptive ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Managing problematic student behavior is one of the most persistent, challenging, and controversial issues facing schools today. Yet despite best intentions to build a more inclusive and ...
Apr. 2, 2024 Adolescents with high positive affect may have improved physical and mental health as adults, according to a new ...
Mar. 28, 2024 School quality ratings significantly reflect the preparation of a school's students, not just the school's contribution to learning gains, according to new ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Food insecurity among college students is associated with negative physical and mental health and lower academic performance and graduation rates. A recent research study investigates why over half ...
Mar. 18, 2024 A new method that aims to help people develop grit looks ...
Mar. 14, 2024 A positive relationship with a teacher at an early age may help children to feel more engaged with school, but not necessarily in the long term, new research shows. A new study of more than 3,600 ...
Mar. 14, 2024 New research has found that there is a direct socioeconomic impact of loneliness in early adolescence. The research found that lonely young adults are more likely to be out of education, employment, ...
Mar. 14, 2024 Dartmouth researchers tracked more than 200 undergraduates for all four years of college to capture the most in-depth data yet on how students' self-esteem and mental health fluctuates during ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Three peer-reviewed journals have recently published research papers by Penn State's Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative. The papers illustrate how the initiative's programs help K-12 ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Teachers might be more motivated to help students engage with their emotions and build their resilience when this work is part of lessons, rather than as an add-on intervention, a new study has ...
Mar. 12, 2024 To improve air quality in classrooms, schools should use air purifiers during the school day and open the windows after hours. That's according to a new ...
Mar. 11, 2024 We can learn to be happy, but only get lasting benefits if we keep practicing, a new study has ...
Mar. 11, 2024 A new study of how high school students respond to a program designed to increase the frequency and quality of conversations about race in school finds that the anti-racist intervention did not cause ...
Mar. 11, 2024 Taking 'study drugs' like Adderall without a diagnosis is not only dangerous in itself, but can lead to other drug use and a decline in mental health, according to new ...
Mar. 11, 2024 Researchers have painstakingly taken computed topography (CT) scans of more than 13,000 individual specimens to create 3D images of more than half of all the world's animal groups, including ...
Mar. 8, 2024 Smaller class sizes in schools are failing to increase the resilience of children from low-income families, according to a new ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- A University Lecture, With a Dash of Jumping Jacks
- Computer Game in School Made Students Better at Detecting Fake News
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- Study of Long-Term Student Engagement Challenges 'one Great Teacher' Narrative of Education
- Lonely 12 Year-Olds Less Likely to Gain Employment in Adulthood
- Study Tracks Shifts in Student Mental Health During College
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Innovative Approaches for Addressing Difficult Topics in K-12 Schools
- Explicit Socioemotional Learning Can Have a Key Role in PE Lessons, Study Says
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Happiness Can Be Learnt, but You Have to Work at It
- No, an Anti-Racist Program in Schools Didn't Stress out Kids, Study Finds
- 'Study Drugs' Set the Stage for Other Drug Use and Mental Health Decline
- Natural History Specimens Have Never Been So Accessible
Friday, March 8, 2024
- Small Class Sizes Not Better for Pupils' Grades or Resilience, Says Study
- Lack of Focus Doesn't Equal Lack of Intelligence -- It's Proof of an Intricate Brain
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Airflow Dynamics Scrub Classroom Air
- Scientists CT Scanned Thousands of Natural History Specimens, Which You Can Access for Free
- Peer Pressure Susceptibility Lasts Into Adulthood
- Study Takes Wider View at Household Size, Children's Development
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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Friday, March 1, 2024
- A Mental Process That Leads to Putting Off an Unpleasant Task
- Early Vocabulary Size Is Genetically Linked to ADHD, Literacy, and Cognition
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Maths: Smart Learning Software Helps Children During Lockdowns -- And Beyond
- Long-Term Memory and Lack of Mental Images
Friday, February 23, 2024
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Sleep Improves Ability to Recall Complex Events
- Teachers' Growth Mindset Appears More Important Than Warmth
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
- Does Your Community Have a Personality Type?
- How Teachers Make Ethical Judgments When Using AI in the Classroom
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024
- How a Walk in Nature Restores Attention
- Education and Information Can Increase the Acceptance of Climate Policies
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- Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy Linked to Language Delays in Children
- Chronic Childhood Ear Infections Delay Language Development
Friday, December 22, 2023
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Monday, December 4, 2023
- Teaching Physics from the Din of Flying Discs
- Filling Data Gaps to Assess the Role of Education in Fertility Decline
- Botany Must Feature More Prominently on the School Curriculum to Promote Awareness of Climate Change, Study Warns
Friday, December 1, 2023
- Human Behavior Guided by Fast Changes in Dopamine Levels
- Why Reading Nursery Rhymes and Singing to Babies May Help Them to Learn Language
- Child-Centric Approach: Blueprint to Improve Communities
Thursday, November 30, 2023
- Unsafe Lead Levels in School Drinking Water: New Study IDs Building Risk Factors
- Climate: Why Disinformation Is So Persistent
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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- Kids Who Feel Their Parents Are Less Reliable Take Fewer Risks Vital to Learning and Growth
- Extra Practice Blending Letter Sounds Helps Struggling Readers
Monday, November 20, 2023
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
- Peer Educators Play Key Role in New Recipe Development and Testing
- How Teachers Would Handle Student Violence Against Educators
Monday, November 13, 2023
- Exhaustion Caused by Video Conferencing Demonstrated on a Neurophysiological Level
- New Heat Map Charts Unequal Civic Opportunity in the United States
Friday, November 10, 2023
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Monday, October 30, 2023
- Complex Data Becomes Easier to Interpret When Transformed Into Music
- High Engagement, High Return: The Secret to Student Success
Thursday, October 26, 2023
- Youngest Children in Class With ADHD as Likely to Keep Diagnosis in Adulthood as Older Pupils, Find Scientists
- How Adults Understand What Kids Are Saying
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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- What an Animated Taco Reveals About Curiosity and Patience
- Two Regions of the Brain Critical to Integrating Semantic Information While Reading
Friday, October 20, 2023
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- Depression, Anxiety Common Among College Students
- Study Examines Role of Working Memory, Cognitive Functions in English Learners Learning to Write
Monday, October 16, 2023
- Parents of Elementary-Aged Children May Engage in More Helicopter Parenting Than They Think
- Sexism and Poorer Parenting: Study Suggests a Link