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How Long Does the Preschool Advantage Last?

Oct. 5, 2020 — Children who attend preschool enter kindergarten with greater skills than those who don't, but that advantage is nearly halved by the end of the year as their counterparts quickly begin to catch up, ...

Busy Pictures Hinder Reading Ability in Children

Sep. 28, 2020 — A new study shows extraneous images draw attention from text, reducing comprehension in beginning ...

Brain Stimulation Reduces Dyslexia Deficits

Sep. 8, 2020 — Restoring normal patterns of rhythmic neural activity through non-invasive electrical stimulation of the brain alleviates sound-processing deficits and improves reading accuracy in adults with ...

Heavy Electronic Media Use in Late Childhood Linked to Lower Academic Performance

Sep. 2, 2020 — A new study of 8- to 11-year olds reveals an association between heavy television use and poorer reading performance, as well as between heavy ...

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Novel Software Assesses Phonologial Awareness

Oct. 14, 2020 — Understanding sounds in language is a critical building block for child literacy, yet this skill is often overlooked. Researchers have now developed a new software tool to assess children's ...

Little Scientists: Children Prefer Storybooks That Explain Why and How Things Happen

Apr. 15, 2020 — Children have a never-ending curiosity about the world around them and frequently question how and why it works the way it does. Researchers have ...

Public Policies Push Schools to Prioritize Creating Better Test-Takers Over Better People

Apr. 8, 2020 — Personal growth and job skills have taken a backseat to an increased focus on standardized test scores in schools across the nation, according to new ...

At 8 Months, Babies Already Know Basic Grammar

Mar. 12, 2020 — Even before uttering their first words, babies master the grammar basics of their mother tongue, according to new ...

Not a 'Math Person'? You May Be Better at Learning to Code Than You Think

Mar. 2, 2020 — New research finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic math ...

The Use of Jargon Kills People's Interest in Science, Politics

Feb. 12, 2020 — When scientists and others use their specialized jargon terms while communicating with the general public, the effects are much worse than just making what they're saying hard to understand. In a new ...

Praise, Rather Than Punish, to See Up to 30% Greater Focus in the Classroom

Jan. 29, 2020 — To improve behavior in class, teachers should focus on praising children for good behavior, rather than telling them off for being disruptive, according to a new ...

People Who Cannot Read May Be Three Times as Likely to Develop Dementia

Nov. 14, 2019 — New research has found that people who are illiterate, meaning they never learned to read or write, may have nearly three times greater risk of developing dementia than people who can read and ...

Screen-Based Media Associated With Structural Differences in Brains of Young Children

Nov. 4, 2019 — A new study documents structural differences in the brains of preschool-age children related to screen-based media ...

One of the Most Challenging Problems in Educational Policy and Practice

Oct. 31, 2019 — Language proficiency has an important influence on learners' ability to answer scientific questions a new study has found. And this is particularly challenging for children from homes where English ...