Tag: Child Development
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Study: Long Hours Of Screen Time Not Bad For Kids
Could more screen time be more beneficial to youngsters than we previously thought?
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Back To Basics: Children Are Happier When Connected To Nature
Spending more time outside promotes more sustainable and environmentally-friendly behavior in children.
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Bored Of Education: Students’ Feelings Towards High School Mostly Negative, Study Finds
Educators may want to reconsider ways to keep kids engaged and upbeat when it comes to going to school, according to new research. A national survey of 21,678 current high school students reveals that nearly three-quarters harbor negative feelings about their educational experience.
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Self-Esteem & Sleep: Need For Perfection, Negative Thoughts Keep Teens Awake At Night
The years between 12 and 20 are a period of self-discovery and self-doubt for the average teen. It’s hard not to compare oneself to others in high school, especially in today’s day and age of Instagram and selfies. Now, a new study conducted at Flinders University finds that teenagers experience insomnia most often due to…
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New Study Explains a Secret to More Efficient Learning
Students who see objects first and then hear the name — object-label learners — process inconsistent information better than learners who hear the name first and then see the object
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Practicing Judo Could Improve Health, Social Struggles Of Children With Autism
According to a study by researchers at the University of Central Florida, practicing the martial art Judo is a viable option for helping children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) be more active and interact with others.
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Kids Today: All That Screen Time Isn’t Impacting Children’s Social Skills, Study Claims
Modern adolescents are growing up in a very different world than their parents. Smartphones and tablets have become “essentials” for children as young as five years old.
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University of Pennsylvania and MIT joint study on persistence being a trait that young children emulate
The study found that the efforts adults put into their actions, successes and failures, and words affected children’s persistent behavior to differing degrees.
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Mozart For Memory: How Listening To Classical Music Helps Students Achieve Higher Grades
Listening to music during a lecture and then listening to the same music again while sleeping that night boosted students’ grades on an exam the next day.
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Happiness comes from effort, not luck
Why Mindfulness Belongs in the Classroom: Research shows mindfulness skills improve memory, organization, reading and math scores, while giving kids the tools they need to handle toxic stress.
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