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Yes, It’s Important that Your Students like You
It’s an age old debate. Does it matter if your students like you? Ask any…
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Should the rise in preterm birth impact education?
The Increase in Preterm Survival Rates Preterm birth is on the rise. According the World…
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The Science Of Homework: Why Timing is Everything
A previous article argued, paradoxically, that remembering can cause forgetting. Today’s entry reverses the paradox:…
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Bilingualism & the Brain: The Lifelong Benefits of Juggling Languages
Our world is becoming increasingly globalized. This interconnectedness grants us access to languages of countries…
Practice Mindfulness to Teach Mindfulness
To teach math through a problem like the one below, an effective math teacher would…
The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood by...
How might we encourage more curiosity among young people and particularly among those with lower…
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“Explain Yourself”: A powerful strategy for teaching children cause-and-effect
Want to help kids learn? Ask them to explain what they are learning in their…
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Giving Back: Can pro-social behavior be self-protective?
Humans are social beings, and we need others: Celebrating the good and coping with the…
Developing the Social Brain: Insights from the Science of Adolescence
Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood that largely coincides with the years of…
Learning & the Brain® Presented the “2015 Transforming Education Through...
Learning & the Brain presented Dr. Fumiko Hoeft from the University of California, San Francisco…
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