Students can become better questioners if teachers help them develop and nurture their skills, their will and their thrill for devising thoughtful queries, author and consultant Jackie Acree Walsh writes in this blog post. Walsh also explains the differences among and necessity of self-questions, academic questions, exploratory questions and dialogical questions.

Teachers can help preschool and elementary students understand and express the connections between their sensations and emotions.

Ido Davidesco, an assistant professor of learning sciences at the University of Connecticut, is using EEG technology to study students' brainwaves to gather data to improve teaching and learning. In particular, Davidesco says this research could better inform strategies to keep students' attention during instruction.

Schools that adopted a four-day week saw lower math and reading test scores - and those losses grew year over year - according to a study of students' academic outcomes in Oregon by Paul Thompson, an economist at Oregon State University. Thompson's research found the number of schools nationwide adopting a four-day schedule grew to…

Three experts explore the notion of resilience from a variety of perspectives, offering helpful insight into how to sustain ourselves through challenging times. (webb-tv)

Research in England, Sweden and the Netherlands shows how age gaps can shape lives.

Eleverna lärde sig lite eller ingenting under tiden de hade distansstudier på grund av coronapandemin. Det visar en studie som forskare gjort av nederländska elevers resultat på nationella prov.

Why aren't we guiding principals to be stewards of a crucial resource—teacher talent?

Results of a 2014 study found that students had better recall when taking notes by hand -- rather than using a laptop -- but researchers have not been able to replicate those findings since, explains Michelle Miller, a psychology professor at Northern Arizona University.

Teachers have long used literature to help students examine their own lives, and that may be more valuable than ever right now.

Effective learning strategies can encourage students to adopt a growth mindset, Stephen Chew, a professor of psychology at Samford University, said at the 2021 Learning & the Brain conference. Chew also said multitasking can cause distractions that harm learning.  

Students reported sleeping more when schools adopted start times that were 20 minutes to 65 minutes later, according to a study by researchers at the University of Minnesota and the Bloomington, Minn., public school system. Researchers also reported a slight uptick in performance for the students in fifth through 11th grades.