From the Frontiers press release: Is it OK for children to count on their fingers? Generations of pupils have been discouraged by their teachers from using their hands when learning maths. But a new research…
From the University of California – San Francisco press release: Around one in five children with Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations, met criteria for autism in a study headed by…
From the University of Exeter press release: New research has shown that the youngest pupils in each school year group could be at risk of worse mental health than their older classmates. Starting school young…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Many interventions and programs designed to improve low-income children’s lives focus on providing high-quality early-childhood education. Preschool classrooms that are emotionally supportive, well-organized, and cognitively stimulating…
From the Frontiers press release: Pediatricians, educators, and parents have always agreed on at least one thing: reading to your toddler — early on in life and regularly — is vital to promote language acquisition…
From the University of Exeter press release: New research has shown that the youngest pupils in each school year group could be at risk of worse mental health than their older classmates. Starting school young…
From the University of Jyväskylä press release: There is a tendency to highlight the importance of cognitive achievements and the family’s socioeconomic background for people’s success in the future, but this study shows that children’s self-regulation,…
From the Wiley press release: New research suggests that whereas mothers who are more supportive of their children’s negative emotions rate their children as being more socially skilled, these same children appear less socially adjusted…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: About 20 percent of children in the United States have difficulty learning to read, and educators have devised a variety of interventions to try to help them. Not…
From the King’s College London press release: Epigenetic changes present at birth — in genes related to addiction and aggression — could be linked to conduct problems in children, according to a new study by…