Education

New elementary teachers who promote equity in science are proving highly effective at engaging students, no matter their background, a new University of Michigan study shows.... Read more

As the school year wraps up, many children are keen for summer break. Summer means sunshine, and hopefully popsicles and lots of playtime. But for many families, summer also brings a combination of excitement and uncertainty.... Read more

Children with special educational needs (SEN) are more likely to be excluded from school, which new studies have found to have a direct link to early criminal convictions.... Read more

In 2020, Yian Yin teamed up with economists at Northwestern University to look at the impact of researchers who had shifted their focus to study the COVID pandemic. He saw that these researchers faced a "pivot penalty"—their COVID-related work received less attention than previous contributions in their old field—and the... Read more

Antennas installed at 18 U.S. high schools detected bursts of radio activity that can precede solar disturbances capable of disrupting satellites and power grids on Earth. The observations helped researchers understand solar radio activity and enabled high school students to engage in scientific research, according to a University of Michigan-led... Read more

For her 6th grade honors class, math teacher Ana Sepúlveda wanted to make geometry fun. She figured her students "who live and breathe soccer" would be interested to learn how mathematical concepts apply to the sport. She asked ChatGPT for help.... Read more

Australia is in the grip of a teacher shortage. Teachers are burning out, warning the job is no longer sustainable and leaving the profession.... Read more

Aston University biostatistician Dr. Dan Green has identified the top ten errors he commonly sees in research papers in his work as a statistical reviewer for scientific and medical journals.... Read more

Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from the Harvard Graduate School of Education says they may start developing as early as infancy.... Read more

Gifted students are often placed in separate classes under different expectations. And while some experience school just like any other kid, a recent study from the University of Georgia found some gifted students face challenges their peers don't. The study is published in the journal Psychology in the Schools.... Read more

A new interdisciplinary study shows that learners are happy to share their learning data at first, but group discussions change this willingness.... Read more

Since ChatGPT appeared almost three years ago, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on learning has been widely debated. Are they handy tools for personalized education, or gateways to academic dishonesty?... Read more

Artificial intelligence is spreading into many aspects of life, from communications and advertising to grading tests. But with the growth of AI comes a shake-up in the workplace.... Read more

A team of neurologists and AI specialists at MIT's Media Lab has led a study looking into the brain impacts of large language model (LLM) use among people who engage with them for study or work. They report evidence that the use of LLMs may lead to an erosion of... Read more

The fields of education, psychology, social welfare and others have increasingly focused on a person's strengths to help them succeed. But the effort has overlooked the youngest students, as the literature on strengths has focused almost exclusively on older students and adults.... Read more