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Lifts, Stops and Pauses: Understanding Early Handwriting Fluency

Lifts, Stops and Pauses: Understanding Early Handwriting Fluency

Despite increasing digitalization of schools, forming letters by hand remains crucial for beginning writers.

Learning to Read? Practice Handwriting Fluency!

Learning to Read? Practice Handwriting Fluency!

Exploring the impact of handwriting fluency in Kindergarten students and early reading skills.

The Paradox of Self-Testing: Getting the Most from Retrieval Practice

The Paradox of Self-Testing: Getting the Most from Retrieval Practice

Why students who are most likely to benefit from self-testing strategies are least likely to use them.

Why Letting Kids Struggle Can Boost Their Skills

Why Letting Kids Struggle Can Boost Their Skills

Giving too much help—especially in tough subjects like math—could be doing more harm than good.

Videos vs Illustrated Texts: What Is the Impact on Learning?

Videos vs Illustrated Texts: What Is the Impact on Learning?

Researchers compare learning from videos vs illustrated texts and found that one boosts retention and understanding.

Unlocking Math Potential: How Spatial Language Boosts Number Skills

Unlocking Math Potential: How Spatial Language Boosts Number Skills

How teaching spatial language skills to preschoolers boosts their understanding of number size.

Can Coding Boost Executive Function Skills?

Can Coding Boost Executive Function Skills?

Researchers question how teaching computational thinking skills can help elementary students’ executive function skills.

Baby Babble and the Malleable Brain

Baby Babble and the Malleable Brain

Princeton neuroscientists find surprising clues from chatty monkeys who share the power of babble.

Scientists Just Found the Brain’s Secret GPS System

Scientists Just Found the Brain’s Secret GPS System

Researchers discovered two brain regions that work as a “neural compass," keeping people oriented in virtual city navigation

ChatGPT vs Students: Study Reveals Who Writes Better

ChatGPT vs Students: Study Reveals Who Writes Better

While the AI essays were found to be impressively coherent and grammatically sound, they fell short in one crucial area.

The Paradox of Prior Knowledge on Learning Outcomes

The Paradox of Prior Knowledge on Learning Outcomes

Researchers assumed more relevant prior knowledge would lead to better learning. Here's what really happened. 

Memories Drift Across Neurons Over Time

Memories Drift Across Neurons Over Time

Map-making neurons change even when familiar settings remain exactly the same