Students found the topic of climate change less boring when they studied it using a numbers estimation game.
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If you stop to think about it, most of your knowledge can’t be clearly tied to one particular experience.
Artificial intelligence ‘bots’ may be widely available to teach in the coming years. But will they be effective? An expert on technology in education weighs in.
There is a new push for ‘explicit teaching’ around Australia. This includes changes for New South Wales schools announced this week.
Giving and receiving criticism can be difficult. This class tries to make it easier.
The government is reducing the scope and scale of the free school lunch programme. But evidence suggests expanding it would be good for children, communities and local businesses.
Audiobooks can develop children’s listening skills, expand their vocabulary and encourage independent learning.
Classroom reading clubs can be a space for children to share ideas and build understanding.
Making physics more engaging means meeting students where they are, highlighting the ways in which it plays a role in their communities.
Very compressed study schedules lead to a catastrophic amount of forgetting.
Florida’s school safety data dashboard is one of the most comprehensive in the US. A school safety researcher explains how schools and parents can use it.
Smartphones are undoubtedly a distraction to learning. We should keep an open mind about the school ban and give teachers and students time to see what works.
Teaching students strategies for learning embedded in all courses should be an important part of all conversations about student retention.
Studies show that teaching parents how to support their children can lead to improvements in literacy.
Assessment is involved in many of the challenges facing higher education.
Mid-century encyclopaedias claimed the power to decide what counted as knowledge and what didn’t – much as online publishing platforms and social media companies do today.
In response to threats, we learn to avoid challenge and comply with external rules (instead of wondering how systems can be improved). We protect our feelings and restrict our thoughts to what’s safe.
Pisa measures 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science every three years - but is that the best way to test an education system?
To boost post-pandemic math learning, a multi-dimensional approach is needed that promotes the success of the whole child: academic, physical and socio-emotional.
Our latest research may have found a way of helping children with this condition to learn.
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