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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

While we often don’t think of ourselves as brain changers, when we teach we have an enormous impact on our students’ cognitive development. Of course, content must be appropriate to students’ age and prior knowledge, but students also need supportive cognitive capacities. Attention. Teachers change brains. Well-being.

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APRIL 7, 2022

At the same time, the government here has adopted a bilingual policy wherein students are required to gain proficiency in English and their respective ethnic mother tongue, which is Mandarin for the Chinese, Malay for the Malay, and Tamil for the Indians. A Boost in Cognitive Development.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Research from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine shows that physical activity can have academic benefits, stimulating kids’ cognitive development and improving their learning outcomes. “It’s a developmentally critical behavior through which kids learn.”

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AUGUST 30, 2023

But there’s been less attention paid to what math skills students need early in life, to set them up for elementary school in the first place. And the number of quality math apps available to the researchers — who chose to focus on apps in both English and Spanish, since Chicago has a high number of Spanish speakers — was limited.

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