Education

Girls who are dissatisfied with their bodies receive lower grades in physical education in sixth grade, while pupils with strong confidence in their physical abilities perform better. This is shown in a study from the […]

Forget the dreaded Friday spelling test, and don’t count on spell check to do the job. For too long, spelling has been treated as rote memorization or dismissed as unnecessary in an age of autocorrect […]

Schools are meant to foster connection, but new research suggests they may also be emotionally isolating spaces for many young people.This article was originally published on this website.

If you’ve always wanted to learn a new language, don’t let age put you off. People aged over 60 can be independent and flexible in how they learn a language—and successful, too.This article was originally […]

While it is known that auditory characteristics like loudness and tempo are associated with the physical movements of musicians, more subtle features, like timbre (also known as the “tone color” or tonal quality), are not […]

When it comes to deciding how significant a statistic is, Université de Montréal education professor Sébastien Béland is clear: “Our goal is to change practices in order to improve quality in the social sciences and […]

Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects around two children in each class. It hinders their acquisition and use of language, even if they do not have other auditory, intellectual or neurological problems, and are only affected […]

For Black boys living in the poorest neighborhoods, positive school experiences showed no significant effect on depressive symptoms, according to a Rutgers study.This article was originally published on this website.

To foster school engagement and reduce student burnout and anxiety in general upper secondary education, it is essential to understand, identify and support students with varying perfectionistic tendencies.This article was originally published on this website.

Research in education is struggling, but the good news is it can be revived, according to University of Kansas scholars.This article was originally published on this website.