Threading prior knowledge into new material makes for more durable learning. Here are 12 research-backed, teacher-tested strategies to help kids unpack what they already know.

By explicitly modeling each step of a problem and gradually fading away supports, teachers can give students a clear path to mastering new content.

According to the last round of PIRLS testing, English children are the best readers in the western world. On the most recent ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

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One of the problems with the study of consciousness is the lack of a universally accepted operational definition. Scientist René Descartes famously proposed the idea of cogito ergo sum (“I think, ...

Social anxiety isn’t only psychological. New research is revealing its biological roots – and how to reset them ...

We Don’t Know if the Models Are Conscious’ transcript I want to try and focus on scenarios where A.I. goes rogue. I should have had a picture of a Terminator robot to scare people as much as possible.

Conceptual frameworks drawn from theories that have shaped the study of ethics over centuries can help us recognize and describe ethical issues when we encounter them. In this way, a basic grasp of ...

Danielle “Nell” Thompson and Terrie Noland lead schools from fragmented efforts to coherent literacy practices Literacy improvement efforts have swept across the nation by policy or by passion, yet ...

Why the least efficient forms of thinking may be the most valuable in the age of artificial intelligence. For most of modern ...

Computer-based cognitive training that mimics quickly completing tasks with divided attention tied to a reduced likelihood of ...