Digital games grounded in body movements bring learning to life, thanks to close collaboration between teachers and game designers.

Med en mekanisk arm som styr en penna och korrigerar barnets handrörelser vill designstudenten Ludwig Östman göra det roligare för barn att lära sig handskrift.

Tommy Lucassi är läraren som ogillar handuppräckning och läxor men älskar felsvar. Det är genom dem man lär sig. Under hans matte- och NO-lektioner på Rålambshovsskolan i Stockholm avgör lotten vem som ska få frågan. (webb-tv)

Tävling kan göra det enklare för yrkeslärare att bedöma elevernas arbete – och vara positivt för eleverna, enligt forskare.

Literature can enhance computer-science lessons, suggests New York City educator Lev Fruchter. He has developed an instructional strategy that incorporates fiction into various computer science and math lessons. The approach has helped Fruchter create a project-based curriculum in his classes.

We must take a more purposeful and intentional approach to integrating social-emotional skill development into education, writes Jo Kirchner is president and CEO of Primrose Schools.

Fostering a "growth mindset" among girls could help increase their interest in science, technology, engineering and math, according to a study published in the journal of Frontiers in Psychology. Researchers found that high-school girls often believe they are not able to learn concepts needed to succeed in STEM fields.

A whole-child approach to education would help prepare students for success in school, life and the workforce, writes Jo Kirchner, president and CEO of Primrose Schools.

Parents and their children want and deserve more serious and committed actions and methods to improve well-being outcomes. Our schools need the teaching of self-understanding and well-being infused across the curriculum. At the very least, academic outcomes will go up, at the most, we have happier, healthier children, writes Henry G. Brzycki.

Public schools now provide at least one computer for every five students. But a mountain of evidence indicates that teachers have been painfully slow to transform the ways they teach, despite that massive influx of new technology into their classrooms.

The new film illustrates the inner workings of an 11-year-old’s mind. Her emotions — Sadness, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Joy — are the stars, voiced by the likes of Amy Poehler and Louis Black.

Inspire reluctant bookworms with these ideas from our community, which include reading around the campfire and introducing Perdy the dog.