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To Increase Learning Time, Some Schools Add Days to Academic Year
The New York Times: It was the last Sunday in July, and Bethany and Garvin Phillips were pulling price tags off brand-new backpacks and stuffing them with binders and pencils. While other children around the
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Just staring into space? Perhaps not – daydreaming helps children concentrate, and makes them perform better in tests
Daily Mail: Daydreaming could help children oncentrate – and even perform better in tests, researchers claim. The children also feel less anxious and more motivated to perform, according to a review of studies on the
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For 49 years, Herb Pick was a scientist and mentor at U
Star Tribune: For nearly half a century, graduate students arriving at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development often were greeted by an unassuming man who helped carry in their boxes. As they settled
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Rest Is Not Idleness: Reflection Is Critical for Development and Well-Being
As each day passes, the pace of life seems to accelerate – demands on productivity continue ever upward and there is hardly ever a moment when we aren’t, in some way, in touch with our
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Fractions Are Key To Math Success, New Study Shows
CBS Detroit: ANN ARBOR — What part of math success comes from knowing fractions? More than you might think, according to a new study that analyzed long-term data on more than 4,000 children from both
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Knowledge of Fractions and Long Division Predicts Long-Term Math Success
From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over the past 30 years, mathematics achievement of U.S. high
