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APRIL 16, 2018

Research shows that by the age of 12, students will develop an economic understanding that researchers describe as “essentially adult”. In 2015, we launched the FutureSmart Digital program—a gamified, web-based financial education course, in partnership with education technology company EVERFI.

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APRIL 12, 2024

In response to research claims that Logo, a programming language for children, didn’t work for learning, Papert wrote: This [technocentric] tendency shows up in questions like “what is the effect of the computer on cognitive development?” or “does LOGO work?”

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MARCH 3, 2019

I invest in education technology, but decades before I knew what a venture capitalist was, I was a history teacher in a small town in America’s heartland where I started my school’s first “Internet club.” But 2018 marked an inflection point for education technology that most investors and developers did not see coming.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Just like math or literacy, social emotional skills and mindsets build toward more complex skills - like self-direction, curiosity and purpose - as students develop. Such a developmental trajectory is proposed in the Building Blocks for Learning , which I developed for Turnaround for Children.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Everest Knowledge Through Experience The influence of constructivist theories has been instrumental in shaping PBL, from Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which argues that knowledge is constructed through experiences and interactions , to Leslie P.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

For years, research has shown that socioeconomic status is associated with differences in school readiness, cognitive development and achievement. There is nothing deficient about the brains of children from poverty; they simply need more practice with the right skills.

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MARCH 15, 2019

And it characterizes social-emotional learning as the missing piece of education. As students enter high school, it appears the emphasis may shift too much on the side of cognitive development and not enough on the social-emotional side.

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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. Recent advances in educational neuroscience are helping educators understand the critical role we play in building brain capacities important to students’ learning and self-control.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It gives them that encouragement on their educational journey,” Rouser says. The Early Childhood Innovation Center can be a place that helps professionals be ready to provide that nurturing atmosphere for social, emotional and cognitive development of our little people.”

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

We also know from existing family literacy research that shared reading interventions and home reading programs can enhance children’s linguistic and cognitive development. Research shows that parent engagement in extracurricular activities can, in turn, promote children’s engagement. What if the same principle is applied to coding?

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MAY 18, 2020

And research shows that children who eat nutritious meals, especially breakfast, are more available to learning and cognitive development. It’s hard for students to focus on academics—or really anything else—if they’re hungry. Lunch ladies are often the unsung heroes of the school,” says Kujawa. It’s very rewarding.”

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

But it’s hard to draw concrete conclusions about whether games geared toward early learners will likely result in the development of key skills, such as emotional regulation, notes Kirkorian. One big takeaway though, is that the fun factor is crucial to yield any positive learning outcome.

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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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JULY 31, 2020

former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy, were worrying about students like Savannah and Mia, whose educations were disrupted by COVID-19, and wondering if there was anything they could do about it. About 230 miles east of Hampshire, in Knoxville, Tenn.,

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AUGUST 4, 2021

On one hand, I really want to respect cognitive development, and on the other hand, I also dream to be a proud mom,” Hu says. “I And in China’s pressure cooker capital city, can Hu be the kind of parent she aspires to be: One who does not succumb to social pressure to set expectations unreasonably high for her first child? “On

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AUGUST 3, 2016

He believed children’s cognitive development and scientific thinking grew through stages of self-constructed knowledge structures—and that they need to actively work through exploratory activities that allow them to discover and construct their own world. In his view, there was hope for every child.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Nevada inspectors also ensure that Whitesides’ curriculum includes literacy, math, science, social studies, creative expression, arts, health and safety in addition to fostering children’s social, emotional, physical, linguistic and cognitive development.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

For early learners, exposure to math concepts can be at the mercy of their family’s economic status or related factors like whether their parents are college-educated. While it’s common for parents to read bedtime stories to their children, it’s less common for them to solve bedtime equations.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

They interfere with so many aspects of child development,” she says, rattling off some examples: cognitive development, language development, social emotional and behavioral development, mental health. True, the screen of a smartwatch is much smaller than that of a phone. Its functionalities are more limited.

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