//www.koonmotors.com/news/education_learning/ Stories about education and learning issues in health, technology, environment, and society. en-us Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:56:25 EDT Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:56:25 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/education_learning/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905124926.htm The school year has hardly begun and the first exams are already approaching. According to findings by researchers from the University of Basel, school children cope better with the stress if they get plenty of daily exercise. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:49:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905124926.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831142748.htm Exciting a brain region using electrical noise stimulation can help improve mathematical learning in those who struggle with the subject, according to a new study. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:27:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831142748.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131903.htm How much is adequate screen time for a child? It is the question at the forefront of many parents' minds. Now, a recent cohort study has found that the amount of screen time spent by one-year-olds is associated with developmental delays. Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:19:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131903.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131726.htm 在无聊的情况下,我们认为很多情况s in life but intuitively not of exams. However, an international team of academics has now studied exactly this phenomenon of test boredom for the first time and found remarkable results. According to the study, many school students are actually very bored during exams. The study also showed that utter boredom has a negative effect on exam results. Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:17:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131726.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131715.htm Students with disabilities are often bullied and socially excluded in school at a far greater rate than their classmates. To help teachers recognize, respond to and prevent bullying toward these students, researchers developed an evidence-based, online professional development curriculum. The curriculum highlights the value of teachers building a strong rapport with their students, noticing changes in student behavior as potential warning signs, incorporating social skills and communication skills into classroom learning objectives, as well as practicing behavior-specific praise in a way that showcases students' strengths and encourages collaboration with peers. Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:17:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131715.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230828105526.htm The UK's brightest pupils' chances of getting top GCSE grades are actually lower in grammar schools than in comprehensives, according to a major new piece of research. Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:55:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230828105526.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230825122024.htm Researchers see potential in educational settings for the newest official ChatGPT plugin, called Code Interpreter, they've found limitations for its use by scientists who work with biological data utilizing computational methods to prioritize targeted treatment for cancer and genetic disorders. Fri, 25 Aug 2023 12:20:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230825122024.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823165525.htm An understanding of how words can be broken down into smaller units of meaning plays a key role when deaf and hard of hearing children learn to read, analysis shows. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:55:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823165525.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823122604.htm Parents should be taught how to better understand the increasingly volatile social media landscape that is deploying sophisticated algorithms, according to a new study. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:26:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823122604.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230822111639.htm Train elementary school students how to be creative and you can help increase their resilience in the face of real-life problems, new research suggests. Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:16:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230822111639.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230821153201.htm Children's views of inequality may be influenced by how its causes are explained to them, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. The work offers insights into the factors that affect how larger social issues are perceived at a young age and points to new ways to reduce bias toward lower-status economic groups. Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:32:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230821153201.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230821114406.htm As children head back to school, two issues have climbed higher on their parents' list of concerns: the role of social media and the internet in kids' lives. Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:44:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230821114406.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230821114403.htm Struggling with a teenager who refuses to ditch digital devices at night and wakes up grumpy? Boarding school could be the answer. Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:44:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230821114403.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230817164006.htm According to a recent study, improved overall diet quality and reduced consumption of red meat, as well as increased time spent in reading and organized sports enhanced reasoning skills among children over the first two school years. Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:40:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230817164006.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810110305.htm Life is harder for adolescents who are not attractive or athletic. New research shows low attractive and low athletic youth became increasingly unpopular over the course of a school year, leading to subsequent increases in their loneliness and alcohol misuse. As their unpopularity grows, so do their problems. Put simply, the peer group punishes those who do not have highly valued traits such as being good-looking or being good at sports. Results also put to rest stereotypes about sex differences. The findings reveal a transformation in adolescent social culture such that the social penalties attached to being low in attractiveness or low in athleticism are no longer gender specific. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:03:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810110305.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809164710.htm What do superheroes Deadpool and Elastigirl have in common? Each was used in a college anatomy class to add relevance to course discussions -- Deadpool to illustrate tissue repair and Elastigirl, aka Mrs. Incredible, as an example of hyperflexibility. Instructors created a 'SuperAnatomy' course in an attempt to improve the experience of undergraduate students learning the notoriously difficult -- and for some, scary or gross -- subject matter of human anatomy. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:47:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809164710.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809164338.htm Neuroscientists find that key neurons in the front of the brain act as 'traffic control' to manage our attention to visual stimuli, and help us focus despite distractions. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:43:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809164338.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130614.htm Researchers have long thought that rewards like food or money encourage learning in the brain by causing the release of the 'feel-good' hormone dopamine, known to reinforce storage of new information. Now, a new study in rodents describes how learning still occurs in the absence of an immediate incentive. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:06:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130614.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809004907.htm Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of conservation educational activities in the Cape Verde Island of Maio. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:49:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809004907.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230808151250.htm Poor time management skills, particularly in organization, can lead to poor sleep quality for college students. Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:12:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230808151250.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807152147.htm 最积极讨论的问题之一uman and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be favored by natural selection? Researchers have developed a simulation model of the evolution of social learning. They showed that the interplay between learning, memory and forgetting broadens the conditions under which we expect to see social learning to evolve. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:21:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230807152147.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803112946.htm What if there was a more effective way to coach and inspire your employees? Athletes? Students? Even your kids? A new study suggests there is. Their newly published work used neuroimaging to peer into the brains of participants as they responded to two different styles of coaching. The researchers wanted to see what happens in the brain that either helps people grow or causes them to resist change. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:29:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803112946.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801131700.htm When a fragrance wafted through the bedrooms of older adults for two hours every night for six months, memories skyrocketed. Participants in this study reaped a 226% increase in cognitive capacity compared to the control group. The researchers say the finding transforms the long-known tie between smell and memory into an easy, non-invasive technique for strengthening memory and potentially deterring dementia. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:17:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801131700.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731122308.htm A new study finds unsupervised, online exams can provide a valid and reliable assessment of student learning, but instructors should be aware of potential weak spots. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:23:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731122308.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731110750.htm The artificial intelligence language model GPT-3 performed as well as college students in solving certain logic problems like those that appear on standardized tests. The researchers who conducted the experiment write that the results prompt the question of whether the technology is mimicking human reasoning or using a new type of cognitive process. Solving that question would require access to the software that underpins GPT-3 and other AI software. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:07:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731110750.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727144236.htm A study suggests that adolescents who engage in active school transport and leisure-time physical activity perform better at secondary school than their inactive peers. Regular leisure-time physical activity, even in moderate doses, was also associated with lower odds of school burnout. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:42:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727144236.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230724122708.htm Researchers delve into the bilingual experience and its impact on children's context-sensitive perception of trust, offering insights into how language diversity can enrich and benefit children's social-cognitive development. Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:27:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230724122708.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718225637.htm Researchers created a new audio chatbot, Self-Talk with Superhero Zip, aimed to help children speak positively to themselves. This chatbot is 'a 'Sesame Street' experience for a smart speaker.' Tue, 18 Jul 2023 22:56:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718225637.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718164229.htm Groundbreaking research is shifting the understanding of human decision-making processes by highlighting the importance of goal-oriented rewards. Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:42:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718164229.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717115826.htm 一项新的研究发现脑震荡不降低智商of children. Findings may help to reduce parental fears regarding these common and concerning head injuries. Researchers looked at socioeconomic status, patient sex, severity of injuries, concussion history, and whether there was a loss of consciousness at the time of injury. None of these factors made a difference. Across the board, concussion was not associated with lower IQ. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 11:58:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230717115826.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114804.htm Scientists have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviors originated around 650 million years ago. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:48:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114804.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713141925.htm Researchers found that people with strong mind reading abilities -- the ability to understand and take the perspective of another person's feelings and intentions -- are more successful in cooperating to complete tasks than people with weaker mind reading abilities. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:19:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230713141925.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710113921.htm Researchers show that computer programs commonly used to determine if a text was written by artificial intelligence tend to falsely label articles written by non-native language speakers as AI-generated. The researchers caution against the use of such AI text detectors for their unreliability, which could have negative impacts on individuals including students and those applying for jobs. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:39:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710113921.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710113905.htm A common childhood injury has been shown to slash school completion rates, adding to evidence that found being hospitalized can have a long-lasting effect on young people. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:39:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710113905.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230707111629.htm Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last 23 years. Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:16:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230707111629.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706231333.htm Regulations are urgently needed to protect children from harm in the unregulated online world, researchers say. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 23:13:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706231333.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124528.htm For those with creative minds, screen-free downtime can be fruitful and entertaining: Creative people use their idle time by letting one idea lead to another. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:45:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124528.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705194618.htm Encouraging adolescents to feel capable and purposeful -- rather than just happy -- could improve their academic results as well as their mental health, according to new research which recommends changing how wellbeing is supported in schools. The study involved over 600 teenagers from schools in England and examined two aspects of wellbeing: life satisfaction (which roughly equates to how happy a person is) and 'eudaimonia', which incorporates feelings of competence, motivation, self-esteem and of 'functioning well'. Students with higher eudaimonia consistently outperformed peers in GCSE-level assessments, especially Maths. The study's lead author suggests that attention to these aspects of wellbeing could improve some pupils' Maths scores 'by a couple of grades'. There was no link between academic performance and life satisfaction. Despite this, life satisfaction -- helping children to feel 'happy' and suppress negative thoughts -- remains the focus of wellbeing education in English schools. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:46:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705194618.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230630123225.htm Climbing trees, making mud pies, or simply playing outside, parents and educators know that being in nature is an important part of every childhood. But when it comes to messy or risky play, it's a whole different story according to new research. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:32:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230630123225.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629125739.htm Children do better at maths when music is a key part of their lessons, an analysis of almost 50 years of research on the topic has revealed. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:57:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629125739.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629125727.htm A new study suggests young children are more vocal when interacting with toys and household items, highlighting their importance for developing language skills. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:57:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230629125727.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225212.htm Have you ever studied hard for a test the night before, only to fail miserably the next day? Alternatively, you may have felt ill-prepared after studying the night before when, to your astonishment, you recall effortless the content on test day. This discrepancy may be down to the separate and independent way in which our brain processes short- and long-term memory, researchers have revealed. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 22:52:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225212.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225142.htm Measuring human brain activity down to the cellular level: until now, this has been possible only to a limited extent. With a new approach it will now be much easier. The method relies on microelectrodes along with the support of brain tumor patients, who participate in studies while undergoing 'awake' brain surgery. This enabled the team to identify how our brain processes numbers. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 22:51:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225142.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627191516.htm Children who begin reading for pleasure early in life tend to perform better at cognitive tests and have better mental health when they enter adolescence, a study of more than 10,000 young adolescents in the US has found. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:15:16 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627191516.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183122.htm Numerous visual illusions are caused by limits in the way our eyes and visual neurones work -- rather than more complex psychological processes, new research shows. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183122.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615105245.htm Children who receive high-quality child care as babies, toddlers and preschoolers do better in science, technology, engineering and math through high school, and that link is stronger among children from low-income backgrounds, according to new research. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:52:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615105245.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220559.htm Research suggests that complex tasks akin to real life decision-making take neurotypical people longer to complete when they take 'smart' drugs than when they do not. The smart drugs do motivate people, but the added effort can lead to 'erratic thinking,' adversely affecting above-average performers. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:05:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220559.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190808.htm philosopher-scientist和其他研究人员developed an online protocol for recording audio as people narrate all of their thoughts while answering a series of trick questions. The work may not only help scientist reveal how people solve reasoning problems, but help optimize analysts' reports and briefings that inform high-level decisions. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:08:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190808.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181307.htm 新的研究着眼于如何父母说话more to their infants improve their children's brain development. Scientists used imaging and audio recordings to link early language skills to caregiver speech, delivering an affirming message that parents can greatly influence their child's linguistic growth in ways that are trackable in brain scans. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:13:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230605181307.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150135.htm Young babies make many squeals, vowel-like sounds, growls, and short word-like sounds such as 'ba' or 'aga.' Those precursors to speech or 'protophones' are later replaced with early words and, eventually, whole phrases and sentences. While some infants are naturally more 'talkative' than others, a new study confirms that there are differences between males and females in the number of those sounds. Wed, 31 May 2023 15:01:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230531150135.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524182034.htm A researcher is cautioning that a person's poor eating habits established during post-secondary studies can contribute to future health issues including obesity, respiratory illnesses and depression. Wed, 24 May 2023 18:20:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524182034.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181945.htm Repeatedly heading a soccer ball has been previously associated with negative long-term brain health for professional players. However, a new study found that a small number of repeated soccer headers equivalent to a throw-in did not cause immediate neurophysiological deficits for teens, suggesting that limited soccer heading exposure in youth sports may not result in irreversible harm if players are properly trained. Wed, 24 May 2023 18:19:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181945.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181809.htm Researchers at the University of Bath surveyed over 4,000 people to test social ability and found that being female and educated are some of the best predictors for how well you get on with and understand others. Wed, 24 May 2023 18:18:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230524181809.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104544.htm As cities are densified at a fast pace, there is now construction very close to roads and thoroughfares. It is already known that noise can have a negative impact on human health, but new research shows that as little as 40 decibels of traffic noise -- the typical level of background noise in an office environment or kitchen -- has a detrimental effect on cognitive performance. Fri, 19 May 2023 10:45:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104544.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122026.htm For three years at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of students spent an estimated 56,000 hours analyzing the behavior of hundreds of solar flares. Their results could help astrophysicists understand how the sun's corona reaches temperatures of millions of degrees Fahrenheit. Tue, 09 May 2023 12:20:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230509122026.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230508114026.htm A new study finds that incoming students who participated in an online belonging exercise completed their first year as full-time college students at a higher rate than their peers, but only when their institution had strong strategies and resources in place to support diverse students' belonging. Mon, 08 May 2023 11:40:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230508114026.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230503154611.htm This year and next, Americans will have the extraordinary opportunity to witness two solar eclipses as both will be visible throughout the continental U.S. Both occurrences promise to be remarkable events and teachable moments but preparation is essential. Astronomers provide a practical playbook to help teachers, students, and the general public prepare for the eclipse events. Wed, 03 May 2023 15:46:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230503154611.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230502090614.htm Attending a high school with a high number of teachers with graduate training was the clearest predictor of the impact of school quality on late-life cognition, researchers found. Tue, 02 May 2023 09:06:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230502090614.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230428130759.htm Neuroscientists have uncovered how exploratory actions enable animals to learn their spatial environment more efficiently. Their findings could help build better AI agents that can learn faster and require less experience. Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:07:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230428130759.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230426210510.htm Your native language could impact your musical ability. A global study that compared the melodic and rhythmic abilities of almost half a million people speaking 54 different languages found that tonal speakers are better able to discern between subtly different melodies, while non-tonal speakers are better able to tell whether a rhythm is beating in time with the music. Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:05:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230426210510.htm