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What an Animated Taco Reveals About Curiosity and Patience

What an Animated Taco Reveals About Curiosity and Patience

New research shows how curiosity can prioritize the journey over the outcome.
Posted in Attention, Education, Engagement, Neuroscience

High Engagement, High Return: The Secret to Student Success

High Engagement, High Return: The Secret to Student Success

What researchers found when they observed real classroom tasks and coded them for student engagement. 
Posted in Education, Engagement, Neuroscience

The Most Significant Predictor of Writing Ability

The Most Significant Predictor of Writing Ability

Researchers discover the key to closing the achievement gap in English learners' writing abilities.

Posted in Education, Language, Learning & Memory, Neuroscience

Research Casts Doubt on This Longtime Academic Practice

Research Casts Doubt on This Longtime Academic Practice

This longtime academic practice has no impact—positive or negative—on reading development for elementary school students.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Language, Motivation

NeuroNet in the News: Shaping Brighter Futures in South Africa

NeuroNet in the News: Shaping Brighter Futures in South Africa

How three primary schools in South Africa are using NeuroNet programs to make strides in education.
Posted in Education

Early Self-Regulation Boosts Children’s Educational Success

Early Self-Regulation Boosts Children’s Educational Success

Teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school had a positive long-term effect on their later educational success.
Posted in Attention, Education, Motivation, School Readiness, Social Development

Playing with Dad Now Boosts Kids Grades Later

Playing with Dad Now Boosts Kids Grades Later

Fathers can give their children an educational advantage at primary school by reading, drawing and playing with them at an early age.
Posted in Education, School Readiness, Social Development

Are You Playing the Best Games for Boosting Math Skills?

Are You Playing the Best Games for Boosting Math Skills?

Board games are already known to enhance learning and development including reading and literacy. Which ones help boost math skills?
Posted in Education, Mathematics, Neuroscience

Want to Increase Resiliency in Kids? Teach Creativity

Want to Increase Resiliency in Kids? Teach Creativity

Kids imagine themselves as different characters it builds creativity which can make them more resilient.
Posted in Education, Engagement, Health & Wellness, Motivation, Neuroscience, Social Development, Social Skills

Think you're good at math? Thank your equitable math teachers

Think you're good at math? Thank your equitable math teachers

A new study finds that high school students identify more with math if they see their math teacher treating everyone in the class this way, especially in racially diverse schools.
Posted in Education, Mathematics

In Sync Brainwaves Predict Learning

In Sync Brainwaves Predict Learning

The connection among students and to their instructor is telling about the learning process, according to researchers.
Posted in Attention, Education, Neuroscience

Why Some Children May Be Slower to Learn Words

Why Some Children May Be Slower to Learn Words

New research could help identify children at risk for language delay at an earlier stage so that they can get better support.
Posted in Attention, Education, Language, Neuroscience, School Readiness, Speech