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From learning in infancy to planning ahead in adulthood: Sleep’s vital role...
Babies and young children make giant developmental leaps all of the time. Sometimes, it seems, even overnight they figure out how to recognize certain shapes or what the word “no” means no matter who...
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Empowering The Student Voice
I recently heard Student Voice being described as the ‘latest trendy term in education.’ That may be so, but I’d argue it’s a pretty important concept to understand if we are serious about reaching...
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Hands Up If You’re Not A Maths Person!
How old were you when you decided that you weren’t any good at sport? Or that you couldn’t sing? When did you decide that you weren’t a maths person or that you couldn’t draw to save your life? Was it...
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How curiosity changes the brain to enhance learning
The more curious we are about a topic, the easier it is to learn information about that topic. New research publishing online October 2 in the Cell Press journal Neuron provides insights into what...
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Using an iPad or Smartphone Can Harm A Toddler’s Learning and Social Skills
Children younger than 30 months “cannot learn from television and videos as they do from real-life interactions.” And to use a mobile device before that age on tasks that aren’t educational can be...
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The Feel-Good Gene: Those with Naturally High Levels of Anandamide Less...
In Australia, anxiety is even more common than depression. In fact, about one in four of us suffer from it. The general belief is that stress or circumstances cause it. But, this might not necessarily...
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Switching on One-Shot Learning in The Brain
Most of the time, we learn only gradually, incrementally building connections between actions or events and outcomes. But there are exceptions—every once in a while, something happens and we...
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6 Ways of Raising Employable Kids
My mother didn’t do one part of parenting that well: she treated me as if I were too important for ‘real’ life. I never had to do any housework and she never brought me down a peg or two, which I...
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Research Provides Evidence of Learning and Memory Six Weeks Prior to Birth
A study funded by the National Science Foundation’s Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate suggests babies begin to acquire knowledge in the womb earlier than previously thought.Research...
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Ten Ways to Promote the Natural Genius in Your Child
The contribution made by parents and grandparents to a child or teen’s success in school and in life is enormous. When teachers and families work together the results that kids achieve are amazing....
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Why Screen Time before Bed Is Bad for Children
Limiting screen time before bedtime is beneficial for sleep. shutterstock Sleep is an essential part of our development and wellbeing. It is important for learning and memory, emotions and behaviours,...
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Seven Myths about Dyslexia Put to Rest
flickr As researchers who study dyslexia, we often read articles or overhear conversations that completely misunderstand what dyslexia is – or how it can be treated. Dyslexia is the term used to...
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5 Steps for Supporting Strengths in Students
flickr One of the most exciting research findings from positive psychology is the amazing wellbeing boosts that can be achieved when we harness our own strengths, and the strengths of our children or...
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Five Reasons Why You Should Read Aloud to Your Kids – and Pick Their...
shutterstock As parents know all too well, children love to re-read their favourite books over and over again. While this may feel painfully repetitive to adults, there is something in the text that is...
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Can Neuroscience Solve the Mystery of How Students Learn?
Can new research into neuroscience unlock how learning takes place? Photograph: Ben Edwards/Getty Image No one knows how much knowledge students take home with them after a day at school. Tests,...
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If You Want Kids to Succeed Stop Pushing and Let Them Be Bored
Boredom helps creativity to grow. Photo: Getty I was born in Teesside, north-east England, the second of two daughters. I had a large extended family and we all lived close to one another and saw each...
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Researchers Have Discovered A Much Faster Way To Learn New Skills
Pixabay Images If you’re trying to improve your golf swing or master that tricky guitar chord progression, here’s some good news from researchers at Johns Hopkins University: You may be able to double...
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What Babies Know About Physics And Foreign Language
Pixabay Images Parents and policy makers have become obsessed with getting young children to learn more, faster. But the picture of early learning that drives them is exactly the opposite of the one...
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Learning Styles Is Pseudo-scientific ‘Rubbish’, Experts Warn
Flikr Images Leading education academics have warned that the strategy of tailoring teaching to students’ so-called “learning styles” was based on flawed theories that were not based on any evidence....
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Seven Myths about Dyslexia Put to Rest
flickr As researchers who study dyslexia, we often read articles or overhear conversations that completely misunderstand what dyslexia is – or how it can be treated. Dyslexia is the term used to...
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