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Boston Medical Center joins Aspen Institute initiative for families’ economic health
BOSTON, MA – Boston Medical Center’s StreetCred program has been named to the second cohort of the Aspen Family Prosperity Innovation Community, an Aspen Institute initiative for breakthrough innovations and collaborations that position families to reach educational success, economic prosperity,…
Scientists observe learning processes online in the brain
Tactile stimulation repeatedly administered over a sustained period of time changes neuronal processing in the hand area of the brain.
Music on the brain
A neurological study of classical musicians trained in different styles
Socio-economic status predicts UK boys’ development of essential thinking skills
A comparison of children in Hong Kong, mainland China and the UK has found that British boys’ development of key thinking skills, known as ‘executive functions’, is unusually reliant on their socio-economic status. The findings emerged from an ongoing project…
Our itch to share helps spread COVID-19 misinformation
To stay current about the Covid-19 pandemic, people need to process health information when they read the news. Inevitably, that means people will be exposed to health misinformation, too, in the form of false content, often found online, about the illness.
Early childhood education centers can boost parents’ engagement at home
COVID-19 has temporarily shuttered many early childhood education centers across the country, shifting full-time child care and teaching responsibilities largely to parents.
Even when women outnumber men, gender bias persists among science undergrads
Is representation enough to improve gender diversity in science? A new study says there’s more to the story
Even when women outnumber men, gender bias persists among science undergrads
Is representation enough to improve gender diversity in science? A new study says there’s more to the story
Simple interventions can help people spot false headlines
PRINCETON, N.J.–The avalanche of online content available to people around the world has outpaced humans’ ability to separate fact from what can be highly toxic and even dangerous fiction. But helping people identify nefarious information online might be possible through…
Biology in art: Genetic detectives ID microbes suspected of slowly ruining humanity’s treasures
DNA science may help restore, preserve historic works, unmask counterfeits; The trait elite baseball hitters share with Leonardo da Vinci: A ‘quick eye’ with higher ‘frames per second’ — a function of training, genetics, or both?
New Hemingway letters reveal friendships and feuds with other famous writers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A world-famous author by the early 1930s, Ernest Hemingway was no stranger to the literary elite. A new volume of his letters reveals details about his friendships with fellow writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, as well…
Classes set by ability are hitting children’s self-confidence, study finds
Study could have important implications for interventions directed at addressing disadvantage in education
How effective are language learning apps?
Now more than ever, people who want to learn a new language turn to their mobile devices for help as language learning applications have become increasingly available. While these apps allow users to study a new language from anywhere at…
How effective are language learning apps?
Now more than ever, people who want to learn a new language turn to their mobile devices for help as language learning applications have become increasingly available. While these apps allow users to study a new language from anywhere at…
Sharing of tacit knowledge is most important aspect of mentorship, study finds
Kellogg School study reveals surprising characteristics of effective mentorship dynamics
Sharing of tacit knowledge is most important aspect of mentorship, study finds
Kellogg School study reveals surprising characteristics of effective mentorship dynamics
For university classrooms, are telepresence robots the next best thing to being there?
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Telepresence robots help university students learning remotely to feel more a part of the class, new research by Oregon State University suggests. The findings are particularly important given the nationwide shift to online instruction caused by the…
How well do Germans understand weather risks?
Representative survey on weather and climate literacy in Germany
Previously claimed memory boosting font ‘Sans Forgetica’ does not actually boost memory
A font called Sans Forgetica was designed to enhance people’s memory for information displayed in that font–compared to reading information in an ordinary font, such as Arial. But scientists from the University of Warwick and the University of Waikato in…
Previously claimed memory boosting font ‘Sans Forgetica’ does not actually boost memory
A font called Sans Forgetica was designed to enhance people’s memory for information displayed in that font–compared to reading information in an ordinary font, such as Arial. But scientists from the University of Warwick and the University of Waikato in…
Strong convictions can blind us to information that challenges them
When people are highly confident in a decision, they take in information that confirms their decision, but fail to process information which contradicts it, finds a UCL brain imaging study. The study, published in Nature Communications , helps to explain…
Strong convictions can blind us to information that challenges them
When people are highly confident in a decision, they take in information that confirms their decision, but fail to process information which contradicts it, finds a UCL brain imaging study. The study, published in Nature Communications , helps to explain…
6th International Forum on Teacher Education (Virtual IFTE 2020)
Russia’s largest international meeting on teacher training moves online
6th International Forum on Teacher Education (Virtual IFTE 2020)
Russia’s largest international meeting on teacher training moves online
Chinese to rise as a global language
With the continuing rise of China as a global economic and trading power, there is no barrier to prevent Chinese from becoming a global language like English, according to Flinders University academic Dr Jeffrey Gil.
High five! It’s possible to create proximity online
Despite physical distance, it’s possible to create proximity between family members located in different places. This is according to a study from Linköping University that has investigated how video calls bring family members together. The results show that proximity in…
High five! It’s possible to create proximity online
Despite physical distance, it’s possible to create proximity between family members located in different places. This is according to a study from Linköping University that has investigated how video calls bring family members together. The results show that proximity in…
Chinese to rise as a global language
Technology will help overcome barriers
Sleep difficulties linked to altered brain development in infants who late
Infants spend most of their first year of life asleep. Those hours are prime time for brain development, when neural connections form and sensory memories are encoded. But when sleep is disrupted, as occurs more often among children with autism,…
Sleep difficulties linked to altered brain development in infants who late
Infants spend most of their first year of life asleep. Those hours are prime time for brain development, when neural connections form and sensory memories are encoded. But when sleep is disrupted, as occurs more often among children with autism,…
New AI enables teachers to rapidly develop intelligent tutoring systems
‘Teaching computers to teach’ is key, say Carnegie Mellon researchers
New AI enables teachers to rapidly develop intelligent tutoring systems
‘Teaching computers to teach’ is key, say Carnegie Mellon researchers
Visual-spatial learning disorder is more common than thought, finds study
Nonverbal learning disability (NVLD), a poorly understood and often-overlooked disorder that causes problems with visual-spatial processing, may affect nearly 3 million children in the United States, making it one of the most common learning disorders, according to a new study…
Achievement requires passion and grit
Understanding why some people are more likely to succeed can help unmotivated students, others
Holistic approach best for tackling nonmedical drug use, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Health practitioners are constantly developing new ways to help those with drug and alcohol addictions wean themselves from their substance of choice. Most such programs have limited success, however. A new study finds that interventions that take…
Springer Nature and UNESCO sign new open access books partnership
Springer Nature and UNESCO have signed an agreement to publish open access books on a range of issues cutting across major research areas such as education, culture, the natural sciences, the human and social sciences and communication and information
People may know the best decision — and not make it
We often simply do what worked for us last time, study finds
Shin & Borup receive funding for webinar series about online teaching
Joan Kang Shin, Associate Professor, APTDIE, TCLDEL, CIE, College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), and Jered Borup, Associate Professor, Learning Technologies in Schools, CEHD, have developed three webinars and are writing three blogs as part of an effort to…
Little scientists: Children prefer storybooks that explain why and how things happen
Study finds that children prefer storybooks that are rich in causal information, suggesting such books could help to increase their motivation to read
RIT/NTID wins prize to create accessible books as part of global reading initiative
The college, which is among four international winners, will develop children’s books in 6 sign languages
Changes in brain attention may underlie autism
Dysregulation in the brainstem may underpin characteristic autism behaviors
Cocky kids: The four-year-olds with the same overconfidence as risk-taking bankers
Overconfidence in one’s own abilities despite clear evidence to the contrary is present and persistent in children as young as four, a new study by the University of Sussex Business School has revealed. The cognitive bias has been consistently observed…
How dopamine drives brain activity
A specialized MRI sensor reveals the neurotransmitter’s influence on neural activity throughout the brain
Chatty kids do better at school
Young children go on to achieve more academic success when their verbal skills are enhanced, a new study suggests. The study, by researchers at the University of York, looked at why children from wealthier and well-educated family backgrounds tend to…
Achievement gaps may explain racial overrepresentation in special education
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — U.S. school districts may be flagged as over-identifying students of color as having disabilities when other factors, such as achievement gaps, may explain these disparities, according to new Penn State research published in Exceptional Children .…
At 8 months, babies already know their grammar
Even before uttering their first words, babies master the grammar basics of their mother tongue. Thus eight-month-old French infants can distinguish function words, or functors–e.g. articles (the), personal pronouns (she), or prepositions (on)–from content words–e.g. nouns (rainbow), verbs (to drive),…
Sorry, Einstein: Hard workers may make better role models than geniuses
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Role models are important for aspiring scientists, but new research suggests that scientists who are known for their hard work — like Thomas Edison — are more motivating than scientists who are viewed as naturally brilliant,…