Research -- StepUp to Learn
Teaching Self Regulation: Is Earlier Better?
Researchers explore the long-term effects of teaching self-regulation skills in young students.
How to Boost Emotional Development and Learning Engagement Before Kindergarten
Preschoolers who did this on a regular basis demonstrated more success in emotional development, learning engagement and academic performance across the kindergarten year.
Can ‘Random Noise’ Unlock Our Learning Potential?
Though many of us may seek a quiet place in which to study, ‘noise’ may play a key role in helping some people improve their learning potential.
Visualization: How Kids 'See' the Story Beyond the Pictures
Visualization is essential to reading comprehension. Researchers discover a simple way to boost it at home.
Teaching Spatial Thinking Boosts Verbal Reasoning
New findings could not only upend how educators craft curricula, but reveals a hidden link in the human mind.
How Consistent Practice Improves Learning
Researchers discover how the brain changes with consistent practice, and what could be the first step toward new strategies to improve and speed up learning.
Learning to Enjoy Cognitive Effort
Researchers challenge a common assumption and find that challenging cognitive activities can be experienced as rewarding and valuable.
Slow Learner? It Could Be From Long-Term Stress
Long-term stress -- to which children are increasingly exposed -- can potentially cause serious damage to the brain, according to a new study.
From Hopscotch to Handwriting: Trial and Error is our Best Teacher
Although we often think that we don’t want to make mistakes, this new model of learning reminds us that trying new things and making mistakes are our best teachers.
How Kids Problem Solve in New, Creative Ways (And Why You Should Encourage It)
A new study shows that kids broader attentional focus can also prove to be an advantage to finding new, creative ways of problem solving.
How Does the Brain Process and Store Movement?
What researchers discovered about how the brain processes movement changes not only to our understanding of how the brain works, but provides a better understanding of conditions ranging from Parkinson’s disease to autism.
How to Unlock Your Child's STEM Potential
Teaching this set of skills – particularly with the use of physical manipulatives – is highly effective at improving mathematics performance and makes learning more engaging, accessible, and equitable.