Kommentarer som "pojkar är pojkar" eller "typiskt flickigt" har nog så gott som alla hört någon gång, men det finns inga vetenskapliga belägg för dem, visar ny forskning vid Helsingfors universitet.

Et nyt redskab til at hjælpe ordblinde med at få styr på bogstaver og lyde ser så lovende ud, at forskningscentret Vive skal afprøve, om det også fører til betydelige fremskridt, når metoden anvendes til en stor gruppe elever. Og ikke mindst om forbedringerne er varige.

Bruken av Minecraft grip om seg i skulen, men det gir ikkje nødvendigvis meir læring.

15 minutters dosis af spillet Bad News kan øjensynlig ‘vaccinere’ mod misinformation. Dansk forsker kalder vaccine-metafor for overdreven.

Teachers face challenges in finding the right education technology tools to support student learning, writes Sierra Noakes, a former educator. In this blog post, Noakes, now a researcher, writes that teachers should be the ones behind much of the design and research involved in edtech to ensure their voices are heard.

As summer approaches, students’ motivation can wane, but goal setting can help them stay on track.

Teachers can put students in control of how they absorb information by giving them multiple options to achieve learning goals.

’Det grænseløse forældreskab’ hedder en ny bog af sociolog Maria Ørskov Akselvoll, som tidligere har skrevet ph.d. om skole-hjemsamarbejde. Hun opfordrer til, at man ser på, om de mange, mange forældrearrangementer virkelig gavner eleverne og opfordrer til, at lærernes tager kontrollen tilbage.

Four research studies indicate that students who read fiction rather than nonfiction are likely to have better language skills, perform better at school, get more education and be more successful at work, writes psychology professor Raymond Mar. In this commentary, Mar suggests that educators try to encourage students to read fiction for pleasure starting at…

The increased use of education technology for special education instruction has benefited some students, in part by helping families get more involved, according to Laurie VanderPloeg of the Council for Exceptional Children. Other experts say the use of technology in special education has helped students communicate with more ease.

Thinking like a coach can help new teachers alleviate some of the common struggles students have with writing assignments.

Et godt samarbejde om elever i skolevanskeligheder har stor betydning for elevernes skoleliv, men samarbejdet med forældrene kan blive så fastlåst, at det bliver en væsentlig del af problemet, viser et ph.d.-projekt. Forældre efterlyser, at der bliver lyttet til dem.