From the National Academy of Sciences press release via Physorg: Educational and business leaders want today’s students both to master school subjects and to excel in areas such as problem… Read more »
From the University of the West of England press release via MedicalXpress: Students are often expected to speak knowledgably in front of groups of unfamiliar people as part of their… Read more »
From the Pennsylvania State University press release via Physorg: Public schools are increasingly moving toward a system known as the PreK-3rd approach, in which pre-kindergartens, full-day kindergartens, and primary grades… Read more »
From the University of Chicago press release via EurekAlert!: Test performance can improve dramatically if students are offered rewards just before they are given standardized tests and if they receive… Read more »
From the University of Cambridge press release via Physorg: A new book documents how staff at a primary school built on a previous study by Cambridge researchers to create an… Read more »
From the University of Chicago press release by Bronwyn McDaniel: Classroom characteristics can make a difference in how students learn to apply themselves academically, research shows. Teachers know that students’… Read more »
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release via Physorg: From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in… Read more »
From the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: Teachers learn a lot about how to teach curriculum in college, but they don’t… Read more »
From the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences press release via AlphaGalileo: A pair of new studies by computer scientists, biologists, and cognitive psychologists at Harvard, Northwestern, Wellesley, and… Read more »
From the UC Irvine press release: Mizuko “Mimi” Ito spends a lot of time “geeking out” at her computer. She plays video games, trolls the Internet, chats, and visits social… Read more »
