learning
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How to keep your kids from losing knowledge over the summer
Beware of the "summer slide." A childhood education expert offers tips on how to ensure your child is ready for the school year.
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‘Aha! moments’ help you remember what you learn
"If you have an 'aha! moment' while learning something, it almost doubles your memory."
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Temporary anxiety can hamper learning
"The findings suggest that excessive anxiety disrupts spatial learning and threat recognition, which could contribute to chronic fear responses."
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Mice mistakes reveal surprises about learning
For the first time, researchers have used brain activity to determine why mice make mistakes.
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What ‘Abbott Elementary’ gets right about teaching and learning
Natalia Ortiz says there's a lot that Quinta Brunson's hit show "Abbott Elementary" gets right about teaching and learning.
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Toddlers get the idea of possibility
New research suggests "that humans are equipped from the get-go to think about whether things are possible or unlikely or just can't happen."
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Kids don’t learn motor skills faster than adults
New research debunks the popular idea that children are quicker at picking up new motor skills than adults.
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Your brain isn’t the only part of the body that makes memories
"This discovery opens new doors for understanding how memory works and could lead to better ways to enhance learning and treat memory problems."
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Students learn better writing by hand
Writing by hand seems to activate more brain cells, which improves our ability to learn subject matter.
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Music can enhance learning and change our memories
New research "sheds light on the malleability of memory in response to music, and the powerful role music can play in altering our existing memories."
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Why do some people learn new athletic skills faster?
New research suggest the secret to learning new motor skills quickly lies not in our muscles, but in our eyes.
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Early education benefits kids, but for how long?
Young children benefit initially from early education programs, but how that benefit affects them long-term is less clear.