Adolescent learning: rewards, punishments, and the importance of context By understanding how adolescents learn in various environments, we can discover how to better support their health and well-being by Alexandra Cohen / March 24, 2020
“We enabled interdisciplinary competences and saw performance improve” Learning coach Matthias Lang describes how changing the school structure gave teachers and pupils more room to experiment and succeed Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / March 18, 2020
The consequences of maths anxiety It’s not only poor performers who are affected by Annie Brookman-Byrne / February 10, 2020
Educational inequality and social mobility in Latin America A cross-cohort analysis shows encouraging trends by Guido Neidhöfer / January 29, 2020
Adolescents need sleep to learn So can we teach them how to sleep well? by Annie Brookman-Byrne / January 20, 2020
How supporting preschool teachers could reduce the “fade out” effect Small investments in quality improvement can produce long-term benefits by Jack Graham / December 16, 2019
Teaching through relationships Teacher-student relationships defined by respect, support, and care contribute to positive short- and long-term outcomes for students by Theresa Pfister / December 9, 2019
How to overcome the education hype cycle Promising ideas that produce positive results in experiments often get over-simplified and touted as ‘the answer’ by David Yeager / November 15, 2019
Should homework be scrapped? Homework is considered a financially low-cost intervention for improving outcomes, but seems high-cost for teachers, parents, and pupils by Annie Brookman-Byrne / November 11, 2019
The powerful indirect influence of genes on children’s success Through parenting, genes become effective even if a child didn’t inherit them by Jasmin Wertz / October 28, 2019
Assessing social and emotional learning at school is crucial but tricky A novel app can provide teachers with information to guide instruction, set personalized student goals, and give parents meaningful feedback by Jelena Obradović / October 25, 2019
Mindfulness in schools: Is it overrated? Scientific evidence mitigates the effectiveness of mindfulness interventions by Jessica Massonnié / October 21, 2019
