Highly educated women continue to find partners
In the past 25 years, Switzerland has seen the steepest rise in the share of highly educated women across Europe. Between 1999 and 2024, the share of women aged 30 to 40 who hold a…
New study finds gendered messaging can backfire
Campaigns and initiatives aimed at advancing equity for girls and women often reference gender—“The future is female” or “Fight like a girl,” for instance. However, is such messaging effective in championing their abilities and in…
How literature can inspire us to forgive
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A story that places us inside the mind of a character who is remorseful about causing harm can inspire forgiveness for that fictional bad act, a new study finds. But the literary…
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things
Brian Christian has spent 20 years thinking about how artificial intelligence will change our minds and our world. His 2020 book The Alignment Problem has been praised as one of the best on AI, and like many…
Classroom phone bans improve learning and student engagement in India
In this Policy Article, Alp Sungu and colleagues report on a large-scale randomized controlled trial evaluating the impacts of classroom phone restrictions on student outcomes in India. The findings show that restricting phone use can…
Sniffer dogs, bloodstain patterns and ballistics evidence under the microscope in new studies
CSI may have spawned innumerable spinoffs, but it turns out you can’t trust TV — or sniffer dogs: new research is questioning the scientific basis for the dogs’ use by police, as well as aspects…
Giving students a voice in how they learn could transform the classroom experience
Research from Queen Mary University of London explores how combining learner autonomy with student-led enquiry can create a more engaging and collaborative experience for international students learning academic English. What happens when students are given…
Learning style predicts survival skills in young orangutans
Orangutans have individual learning styles: over their 8.5-year development, infant orangutans differ from one another in how frequently they engage in social and individual learning. Learning style predicts skill development: infants’ social and individual learning…
EdUHK scholar co-authors meta-analysis study: Digital textbooks significantly boost students’ intrinsic learning motivation
A research team from The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and East China Normal University (ECNU) has published a meta-analysis demonstrating the impact of digital textbooks (DTs) on student motivation. Synthesising 27 experimental and…
Cross-Cultural Leadership Story Puzzle Game
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK The Cross-Cultural Leadership Story Puzzle Game is an innovative, software-enabled educational tool designed to develop cross-cultural leadership skills through an interactive, role-based online platform enhanced with…