K-12 Education Archives - Top Personal Health

Emphasizing social play in kindergarten improves academics, reduces teacher burnout

September 18, 2019 Child Development, Educational Psychology, Infant and Preschool Learning, Intelligence, K-12 Education, Learning Disorders, Literacy, Numeracy

Emphasizing more play, hands-on learning, and students helping one another in kindergarten improves academic outcomes, self-control and attention regulation, finds

Health News

Warning to adults: Children notice everything: Kids have learning advantage in some situations, study finds

August 5, 2019 ADD and ADHD, Child Development, Child Psychology, Educational Psychology, K-12 Education, Learning Disorders, Memory, Mental Health

Adults are really good at paying attention only to what you tell them to — but children don’t ignore anything.

Health News

UMBC program to support diverse students in STEM successfully replicated at PSU, UNC

April 26, 2019 Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Consumer Behavior, Dieting and Weight Control, Educational Psychology, K-12 Education, Numeracy, Spirituality

UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program has been lauded as a national model for supporting diverse students in STEM fields. Other institutions

Health News

In small groups, people follow high-performing leaders

February 22, 2019 Behavior, K-12 Education, Learning Disorders, Psychiatry, psychology, Racial Issues, Relationships, Social Psychology

While the “wisdom of the crowd” shapes the behavior of large groups of people, less is known about small-group dynamics

Health News

How should autonomous vehicles be programmed? Massive global survey reveals ethics preferences and regional differences

October 24, 2018 Artificial Intelligence, Automotive and Transportation, Bioethics, Encryption, Energy Policy, Ethics, Gender Difference, K-12 Education, Political Science, Racial Issues, Statistics, Vehicles

A massive new survey developed by MIT researchers reveals some distinct global preferences concerning the ethics of autonomous vehicles, as

Health News

Professional, not personal, familiarity works for virtual teams

October 24, 2018 Consumer Behavior, Intelligence, K-12 Education, Memory, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology, stress

Knowing that your colleague on a project once owned a business, earned a specialized degree, or is a technology genius

Health News

Patterns in STEM grades of girls versus boys

September 26, 2018 Educational Technology, Engineering, Gender Difference, K-12 Education, Mathematics, Physics, Quantum Physics, Racial Issues, Video Games

A new study, led by UNSW Sydney PhD student Rose O’Dea, has explored patterns in academic grades of 1.6 million

Health News

Doubts and dialogue may alter public perceptions of science

September 25, 2018 Consumer Behavior, Creativity, Educational Policy, K-12 Education, Political Science, Relationships, Social Issues, STEM Education

Science projects within controversial fields such as synthetic biology could benefit from experimenting with communication settings in which experts share

Health News

Grad students will be future professors, but are they learning how to teach effectively?

September 18, 2018 Autism, Child Development, Consumer Behavior, Educational Psychology, Gender Difference, K-12 Education, Numeracy, Spirituality

A new Portland State University study found that graduate students are on board with wanting to adopt interactive teaching methods

Health News

Business genius can be taught, study says: The academic approach to business strategy needs a jolt of future focus

September 14, 2018 Consumer Behavior, Creativity, Education and Employment, Educational Policy, Educational Technology, K-12 Education, Markets and Finance, Mathematical Modeling, Retail and Services

How did Steve Jobs do it? What about Whole Foods Market and Starbucks? These kinds of “breakout” success stories show

← Previous