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Many Americans feel anxiety or dread when it comes to math. A lot of that anxiety starts in childhood.
Robots in the classroom are highly engaging and motivating for students, and can have a cascading effect on learning across an entire school.
Block subjects at university are receiving a lot of attention, but research says they may not be as effective for learning.
Important programs helping older adults learn how to use the internet are effective but limited.
University course designers are harnessing the addictive quality of video games to develop ‘Serious educational games’ that engage and motivate students.
Forget the “summer slide” here’s how you can help your child learn more over the summer holidays.
Even as our world goes digital, there will always be an appetite for craftsmanship, for art and for the work only human hands can truly bring to life. Art and design schools should celebrate creators.
Early shared reading is linked to a number of benefits for children, including better performance in NAPLAN, reading, writing, spelling, grammar and mathematics.
Welcome to the wonderful world of kamishibai – a centuries-old Japanese storytelling tradition.
Smart phones are educational – and a big part of students’ futures.
Childhood adversity is linked to social and mental health problems later in life. New research suggests brains that aren’t as good at recognizing rewards and responding to change may be to blame.
NAPLAN has now been in place for a decade and needs ongoing review and refinement to make it more useful to classroom teaching and learning.
We shouldn’t save play for the playground.
Artificial intelligence will transform universities. Here’s how.
Where and how do we learn to innovate? Our parents can’t teach us. Our bosses are trying to learn alongside us. Even post-secondary courses only provide us with the basics. Follow this recipe.
Teachers make a significant difference to their students’ lives – sometimes against all odds – and they deserve to be celebrated.
Neuroscience labs around the world may need to reevaluate some of their assumptions about whether what works in animals will really produce meaningful treatments for people.
The scientists behind a controversial new study were surprised by their own results. But they carefully did all they could to ‘prove a negative,’ and their neurogenesis study is shaking up the field.
Employers now expect to hire people out of universities who don’t require any training. That’s why so-called experiential learning is becoming so critical for university students.
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Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University
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Professor of Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa, Rhodes University
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Director of the Learning, Instruction & Technology Lab and Professor of Educational Psychology, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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