Children’s shifting responses are more than what they seem Repeated questioning can result in variable responses because children are leveraging the social context to learn about the world by Elizabeth Bonawitz / January 9, 2020
“Learning how to learn is the core of what we have to teach our students” Teacher Patrick Poscio devised a system to help students understand their own learning patterns and use that awareness to learn better Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / December 6, 2019
The challenge of making homework effective and enjoyable Having students create their own instructional videos is a promising pathway to effective learning by Vincent Hoogerheide / December 2, 2019
What AI researchers can learn from children’s learning Intrinsic motivation as a key ingredient in human and artificial intelligence by Catherine Hartley / November 25, 2019
“These players develop excellent sustained attention and focus” Regular players of action video games show an improvement in certain cognitive abilities, Daphne Bavelier finds Interview by Helena Pozniak / November 22, 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
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
Teachers learn about neuroscience The more teachers understand, the more they can analyse their own practice as well as information presented to them from elsewhere by Annie Brookman-Byrne / October 17, 2019
“Young people need to understand technical subjects in today’s world” Barbara Oakley on why everyone should learn STEM topics, and on Massive Open Online Courses as a path to widen the reach of higher education Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / September 19, 2019
Promoting teacher autonomy Educators want evidence and tools, not strict instructions by Annie Brookman-Byrne / September 12, 2019
Can educators and researchers work together to promote school development? Yes – but the scientific community and practitioners must be able to communicate effectively by Markus Sauerwein / August 26, 2019
Some learners cannot visualise things in their mind’s eye But our wide-ranging experiences and individual differences in thinking lead us to learn in a multitude of ways by Kathryn Bates / August 15, 2019
