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Traumatic Experiences During Early Childhood Linked to Poor Academic Performance, Behavior Problems in Kindergarten

Jan. 14, 2016 — Adverse experiences in early childhood, including incarceration of a parent, and physical and psychological abuse, impede on learning and behavior ... read more

Speed Reading Promises Are Too Good to Be True, Scientists Find

Jan. 14, 2016 — Learning to speed read seems like an obvious strategy for zipping through the emails, reports, and other text we encounter daily, but a new report shows that the claims made ... read more

New Study Indicates Students' Cognitive Functioning Improves When Using Standing Desks

Jan. 14, 2016 — Do students think best when on their feet? New findings provide the first evidence of neurocognitive benefits of stand-height desks in classrooms. ... read more

Teens With Autism and Caregivers Should Plan Early for Adulthood

Jan. 6, 2016 — As the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders continues to rise, medical professionals have emphasized early diagnosis, intervention and treatment. However, less attention has ... read more

Children's ADHD Symptoms and Peer Relationships Influence Each Other Over Time

Dec. 16, 2015 — A study of 962 Norwegian children at ages 4, 6, and 8, investigated the bidirectional relationship between the development of ADHD symptoms in young ... read more

Helping Children at High Risk for Aggressive Behavior Found to Have Long-Term Benefits

Dec. 16, 2015 — A new longitudinal study examines an intervention for children at high risk of developing behavior problems. It found that teaching soft skills, such ... read more

Swiss Students Are Not Fond of Brain-Doping

Dec. 11, 2015 — Switzerland has honest students: The vast majority of the students that were questioned were against pharmacological cognitive enhancement. Yet the topic should be addressed more actively by the ... read more

Social Networks Can Support Academic Success

Dec. 8, 2015 — Social networks have been found to influence academic performance: students tend to perform better with high-performers among their friends, as some people are capable of inspiring others to try ... read more

Amblyopia, Not Strabismus, Identified as Key Contributor to Slow Reading in School-Age Children

Nov. 23, 2015 — Children with amblyopia, commonly known as 'lazy eye,' may have impaired ocular motor function. This can result in ... read more

Teaching Problem-Solving, Leadership to Young African-American Girls Lowers Relational Aggression

Nov. 23, 2015 — A new study suggests that educators, particularly in urban schools, should teach elementary school-aged girls problem-solving skills and provide them ... read more

Obama Keeps Calling For Better STEM Students, So How's America Doing?

NC Professor Found High VW Emissions in 2013

Social Media Footprint Leaves Impact on Students

Udemy Is Building An Open Marketplace For Education

Teaching Social Justice to Privileged Students Necessary for Change

Jan. 13, 2016 — Social justice educational initiatives often focus on giving a voice to students of color and low-income students, but one expert says such efforts alone may not be enough to bring about real ... read more

What Should Be the Role of Computer Games in Education?

Jan. 12, 2016 — Game advocates are calling for a sweeping transformation of conventional education to replace traditional curricula with game-based instruction. But what do researchers have to say about this idea ... read more

Professor Brings Complicated Math to the Masses

Jan. 11, 2016 — It’s not easy to make confusing mathematics topics understandable, let alone interesting, to non-mathematicians, but University of Pennsylvania professor Robert Ghrist has figured out the ... read more

Students Must Prepare Early to Succeed in Tough Graduate Job Market

Jan. 8, 2016 — Students who seek out challenging opportunities to develop themselves are also more likely to learn new skills for future work. This puts them in a strong position when entering the graduate jobs ... read more

Internet of Things Lab Fosters Student Innovation, Adds Industrial Partners

Jan. 6, 2016 — The moment of truth for a university study came when a car suddenly emerged from a parking lot. He was riding his bike and didn't see it. But the lasers in the prototype "Safe Cycle" ... read more

Do No Harm: Examining the Impact of Medical Students' Short-Term International Study

Jan. 6, 2016 — International study experiences are a valuable and increasingly expected part of medical students' academic experience, but authors of a new article say not all programs leave patients and ... read more

'Flipped' Classrooms Improve Physics Education

Dec. 15, 2015 — If physics problem makes you break out in a cold sweat, you are not alone. And yet thousands of students enroll yearly in university classes to undertake the daunting task of solving questions far ... read more

Motivations Behind Adult Learners' Engineering Degree Pursuit

Dec. 15, 2015 — Recent study has focused on the motivations of adult learners who decide to transfer from a community college to a four-year university to pursue a bachelor's degree in ... read more

Universities' Messages About Socioeconomic Diversity Can Affect Academic Confidence

Dec. 14, 2015 — When students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds perceive their universities to be 'chilly' towards students from their backgrounds, their academic confidence and sense of ... read more

Out of School and Into Debt? Calls for Teens to Better Understad on Money Matters

Nov. 23, 2015 — A new study has found school leavers and first-year university students don't know how to manage a car loan, repay credit cards or figure out mobile phone ... read more

Impact of Social-Emotional Learning on Academic Achievement

Nov. 23, 2015 — Teaching social and emotional skills to inner-city students can contribute to their academic achievement, new evidence shows. The project involved all students enrolled in regular or bilingual ... read more

ADHD Meds May Be a Prescription for Bullying

Nov. 20, 2015 — Kids and teens who take medications like Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to be physically or emotionally bullied by peers than those who don't have ... read more

Youth Violence Undermines Social and Economic Development in Poorest Corners of the World

Nov. 19, 2015 — Youth violence undermines social and economic development, especially in the poorest corners of the world, according to new research. However, increased government spending on education may be the ... read more

Closing Low-Performing New York City High Schools Had Positive Effects, Study Shows

Nov. 19, 2015 — New York City's policy of closing very low-performing high schools during the last decade produced notable benefits for the middle schoolers who likely would have enrolled in these schools, ... read more

How a Raisin Can Predict a Toddler's Future Academic Ability

Nov. 19, 2015 — A simple test using a raisin can predict how well a toddler will perform academically at age eight, according to new ... read more

Two Synthetic Phonics Programs Equally Effective at Teaching Young Children to Read

Nov. 19, 2015 — Two of the synthetic phonics programs, Letters and Sounds (L&S) and Early Reading Research (ERR), used by English primary schools to teach young children to read are equally effective overall. ... read more

Intervention Improves Teacher Practices, Student Engagement in Early Elementary Classrooms

Nov. 18, 2015 — A classroom program that helps teachers adapt their interactions with students based on individuals' temperaments may lead to more student engagement in kindergarten, more teacher emotional ... read more

College Studies May Reduce Risk of Dementia for Older Adults, Research Finds

Nov. 18, 2015 — Older adults who take college courses may increase their cognitive capacity and possibly reduce their risk for developing Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, according to new ... read more

Parents Aiming Too High Can Harm Child's Academic Performance

Nov. 17, 2015 — When parents have high hopes for their children's academic achievement, the children tend to do better in school, unless those hopes are unrealistic, in which case the children may not perform ... read more

Study Provides Strongest Evidence Yet of a Link Between Breakfast Quality and Educational Outcomes

Nov. 16, 2015 — A new study of 5,000 9- to 11-year-olds demonstrates significant positive associations between breakfast consumption and educational outcomes.The research found that the odds of an above average ... read more

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