Learning/Literacy/Reading

A new study has discovered that US students achieve better results in reading and mathematics tests when they stay in elementary school for grades six (age 11-12) and seven (age 12-13), rather than transfer to middle school. In contrast,…

Ten computer science educators chosen for commitment to equity The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) announced the ten participants of the organization's inaugural Equity Fellowship, made possible in partnership with Microsoft…

Credit: Courtesy University of British Columbia Emphasizing more play, hands-on learning, and students helping one another in kindergarten improves academic outcomes, self-control and attention regulation, finds new UBC research. The…

Identifying factors linking to individual differences in skillsCredit: ©JST Sony CSL In Japan Science and Technology Agency's Strategic Basic Research Programs, Dr. Masato Hirano of Sony Computer Science Laboratories and his colleagues…

Credit: Michigan Tech In 1886, female students at Vassar College put on a parody of the opera "The Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan. The work reveals notions about who can or cannot do math. Laura Kasson Fiss accidentally…

Learning a new language is a multi-step, often multi-year process: Listen to new sounds, read new word structures, speak in different patterns or inflections. But the chances of picking up that new language -- even unintentionally --…

Language skills can benefit from parents' early support, interactions A new language-skills study that included infants later diagnosed with autism suggests that all children can benefit from exposure to more speech from their caregivers.…

Findings revealed that chimpanzees and bonobos share the contrasting colour pattern seen in human eyes, which makes it easy for them to detect the direction of someone's gaze from a distanceCredit: National University of Singapore Studies…

Prototyping apps to promote literacy is the latest study in Elsevier's Telematics and Informatics to win Atlas AwardCredit: Leandro Flórez-Aristizábal, Elsevier Amsterdam, August 30, 2019 - Advances in digital technology…

Credit: University of Missouri Jugglers are skilled at keeping several objects in motion at the same time using a combination of tossing motions and eye movement. As objects are added to a juggler's routine, their gaze…