The relation between executive functions and math intelligence in preschool children
Inhibition, mental set shifting, and memory updating are related to math skills in preschool children.
Inhibition, mental set shifting, and memory updating are related to math skills in preschool children.
Social Sciences
Nov 28, 2022
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Some of the assessment tools that measure children's thinking skills in the U.S. may have provided inaccurate information about poor, urban students because they are modeled on wealthier—mostly white—populations.
Education
Oct 11, 2022
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Divide, subtract, add, multiply: whatever way you cut it, Australia is heading in one direction when it comes to global math rankings—downwards.
Mathematics
May 18, 2022
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As parents and schools seek to support students' social and emotional needs—and teach them what they need to learn—some education leaders are missing one particularly effective opportunity.
Education
Feb 15, 2022
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What if video games, instead of being an obstacle to literacy, could actually help children improve their reading abilities? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has joined forces with scientists from the University ...
Education
Jan 17, 2022
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Plants & Animals
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Education
Oct 18, 2021
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Extra funding should be made available for early years care in the wake of the pandemic, researchers say.
Economics & Business
May 24, 2021
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A comparison of children in Hong Kong, mainland China and the UK has found that British boys' development of key thinking skills, known as 'executive functions', is unusually reliant on their socio-economic status.
Education
Jul 21, 2020
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Emphasizing more play, hands-on learning, and students helping one another in kindergarten improves academic outcomes, self-control and attention regulation, finds new UBC research.
Education
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