Bringing math to life, gamifying equations and implementing easy-to-use tools can help draw students' attention during math lessons by making the subject more engaging and relatable, veteran middle-school math teacher Emily Strickland. For example, Strickland brings popular sports into statistics lessons with the help of virtual field trips to a sports arena.  

The human brain is a complex machine, but can it learn languages while asleep? It can, but the learning performed is different, writes Matthieu Koroma, a researcher at the Universite de Liege in Belgium. In this commentary, Koroma shares the results of an experiment in which adult learners heard Japanese-language words paired with sounds while…

Researchers have found that as the pandemic continued, individuals' ability to work through social interactions declined, they are less creative, aren't as responsible and don't trust others as readily. Experts aren't sure if the changes are temporary or permanent, but the changes were more prominent in young adults.

Intentional collaboration helps instructional specialists partner with teachers and administrators to focus on student learning.

Debating helps students strengthen their communication and objective thinking skills, and practice patience and tolerance.

Barnens värld formas av de distinktioner vuxna påför. Taru Leppänen forskar i småbarns musicerande i musikskolor. Hon vill gärna se att barnen lärde oss vuxna något om de förbehåll vi närmar oss världen med, och att vi lärde oss se dessa förbehåll för vad de är.

Om vi zoomar ut kommer vi att se att grunden för ett demokratiskt och tolerant samhälle bottnar i en skola som är rättvis för alla. Så förklarar professor Juan José Sosa Alonso vid La Laguna-universitet som ingår i forskarnätverket för icke-affirmativ pedagogik som leds av Åbo Akademi.

Dividing students into groups based on ability for math instruction turned out to be more effective than groups that combine students at different skill levels, researchers from the universities of Rochester, N.Y., and Nevada discovered.

Class discussions work best when everyone participates, and these strategies for grades 6 to 12 help ensure that happens.

Effective leadership helps teachers feel heard, supported, and capable of weathering the challenges of their profession.

Students pursuing more rigorous math curriculum also need greater understanding in the language of math, writes Kathleen Palmieri, who teaches fifth-graders in New York. In this article, Palmieri shares how to help strengthen students' understanding of math vocabulary, including developing a math glossary and highlighting math words to focus on for a day or week.

Forskerne ville undersøke hva slags traumatiske erfaringer barn som blir henvist til psykiatrien har. Det de fant overraska dem.