“Shyness can have a negative effect on learning” Georg Stöckli discusses how shy children become more confident at school Interview by Eveline von Arx / July 20, 2018
Stereotyping affects school engagement When Muslim students believe that they are being treated equally, they become more engaged and do better on school tests by Gülseli Baysu / July 2, 2018
Students exposed to more hardworking peers achieve higher grades Ulf Zölitz discusses his new research on the effects of peer personality on educational achievement Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 22, 2018
Engaging parents through technology improves academic outcomes Timely, actionable information can engage parents and improve student performance at a low cost by Peter Bergman / February 12, 2018
The importance of children’s self-perception for later academic success Research by psychologist Pamela Davis-Kean shows: kids' self-concept of ability in math and reading is linked to later academic achievement by Meeri Kim / November 6, 2017
Breakfast enhances cognition in children and adolescents But evidence not yet clear on the effects of specific foods by Pippa Wysong / September 29, 2017
Marshmallows aren’t likely to fix low-income kids’ real problems It's not all about self-control. Children's decisions are driven instead by the forces of evidence and expectations by Celeste Kidd / July 31, 2017
Teacher effectiveness makes a difference "Teachers can make up as much as 15-20% of the variation in student learning", says educational psychologist Tom Good Interview by Alexandra Güntzer / July 26, 2017
Do incentives lead to better grades? A study of some 10,000 students in the final year of their schooling reveals the impact of monetary as well as non-monetary incentives by Susanne Osadnik / July 24, 2017
Society cannot afford to leave children with learning difficulties behind Christian Vögeli, founder of ed-tech startup Dybuster, talks about how ed-tech individualizes learning for kids with dyslexia or dyscalculia Interview by Aisha Schnellmann / July 13, 2017
Can cognitive training really make us smarter? We need to learn more about the individual characteristics predictive of training effectiveness to promote individualized interventions by Sabrina Guye / July 3, 2017
