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“Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most talked-about conditions right now. It’s also one of the most misunderstood.” Are too many children being diagnosed with ADHD? Kathryn Bates explains. #ADHD #ChildDevelopment boldscience.org/are-too-many...
Are too many children being diagnosed with ADHD?
Young people need support based on their individual needs, regardless of diagnosis
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"Children learn early to reject an unfair deal, even when it comes at a personal cost." Understanding equality is a crucial part of a child's social world, says Melissa Hogenboom #ChildDevelopment. boldscience.org/how-children...
How children develop a sense of fairness
Understanding equality is a crucial part of a child's social world
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What do teens say they want to know about social media? "They value guidance that acknowledges both the challenges of social media and the meaningful role it plays in their lives." Jennifer Rubin finds that teenagers want education, not just warnings. boldscience.org/what-teens-s...
What teens say they want to know about social media
Teenagers want education, not just warnings
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“Understanding how experiences, culture, and emotions shape learning can help us create better educational environments and supports for children with diverse learning profiles.” Moriah Sokolowski tells Annie Brookman-Byrne about her research on how the developing mind learns. #ChildDevelopment
The developmental psychologist building learner confidence through challenge
How do children navigate emotional responses to learning?
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🎧How can we get ahead of AI's risks in education? In this episode of EdTechnical, Libby and Owen speak with Rebecca Winthrop about Rebecca's ‘pre-mortem’ on generative AI in education. What can we do to prevent the risks while making the most of the benefits? #EdChat boldscience.org/getting-ahea...
Getting ahead of AI's risks in education
Libby and Owen speak with Rebecca Winthrop about a pre-mortem on generative AI in education, that found that the risks outweigh the benefits.
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🎉To celebrate an inspirational decade of communicating the science of child learning and development, we are launching a new Fellowship. Researchers will have the chance to develop their science communication skills while producing content that reaches real audiences. boldscience.org/fellowship/
What helps children flourish, and what holds them back? Across psychology, neuroscience, education, economics, and genetics, certain principles emerge again and again. Here are the 10 that stand out most. #ChildDevelopment boldscience.org/the-science-...
The science of childhood, distilled into 10 principles – BOLD
The science of psychology, neuroscience, education, economics, and genetics give us a clear picture of what helps children flourish.
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🎉 Happy 10th birthday to BOLD! Over the last 10 weeks we’ve been sharing 10 of our favourite pieces from over 1,000 that we’ve published since our launch in July 2016. Here they are in one place, with updates and reflections from some contributors. boldscience.org/what-weve-le...
What we’ve learned about children’s growing minds
10 of our favourite pieces from BOLD’s first decade
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"Some of the most widely shared ‘facts’ about the brain are not actually true." The myth that each student has a specific learning style could be steering teachers away from evidence-based lesson plans, says @evaamsen.com. #EdChat boldscience.org/why-is-the-l...
Why is the learning styles myth so popular?
This neuromyth could be steering teachers away from evidence-based lesson plans
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“Speech, reflection, and explanation are the most recognizable signs that students are contributing, but contributions that take place through action should not be overlooked.” How can teachers recognize active participation? Chunyan Yang & Anita Wei explore. #EdChat boldscience.org/recognizing-...
Recognizing students who are less vocal
What robotics education can teach us about appreciating different forms of youth knowledge
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“Children’s development and learning are deeply social.” Michele Giannola looks at the impact of social environments on children’s learning. Annie Brookman-Byrne finds out more. @giannolamichele.bsky.social #ChildDevelopment boldscience.org/the-economis...
The economist testing policies to reduce educational inequality
Michele Giannola looks at the impact of social environments on children’s learning
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What helps highly sensitive children? "If you suspect that your child is highly sensitive, like an orchid, remember that given extra care and attention, these children will do just fine." 🎉This article by Melissa Hogenboom is a top 10! #ChildDevelopment boldscience.org/how-to-spot-...
How to spot a highly sensitive child
Children with this trait need extra support
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"The good news is that some catch-up sleep appears to blunt negative effects of insufficient weekday sleep." @amandaruggeri.bsky.social explores the science of teenagers sleeping in on the weekends. #TeenMentalHealth boldscience.org/should-teena...
Should teenagers sleep in on the weekends?
The right amount of catch-up sleep could benefit adolescents’ mental health
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📖How do children learn to read? "Even when children within a classroom receive the same reading instruction... they learn at different paces." Iliana Karipidis, Simon Rammerstorfer & Silvia Brem explain that reading develops at different paces for different children. boldscience.org/how-do-child...
How do children learn to read?
Reading develops at different paces for different children
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“Many young people pass through a period of heightened distrust in adolescence, a crucial time when they are recalibrating how much, and whom, to trust.” Consistent, warm, and responsive relationships with adults help develop trust, say David Bürgin and Emilia Kiefer. boldscience.org/how-to-help-...
How to help young people trust others
Consistent, warm, and responsive relationships with adults help develop trust
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“Board games allow active, playful learning in domains such as math, science, and language." Analog games can help promote children’s learning and development, says Meeri Kim. @meeri.bsky.social #EdChat boldscience.org/the-hidden-b...
The hidden benefits of board games
Analog games can help promote children’s learning and development
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🏫What’s school like for bilinguals? “Children who struggle at school because they do not understand the language they are taught in are likely to feel frustrated and drop out”, Ivy Kesewaa Nkrumah says. 🎉 Our interview with Ivy is one of our top 10 BOLD pieces. boldscience.org/the-educatio...
The educational psychologist promoting inclusive teaching and learning in multilingual countries
Ivy Kesewaa Nkrumah is studying how children’s learning outcomes are affected by the language in which they learn
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🎧How should governments shape educational AI? "We want to make sure that what we’re developing really works." Hear from UK minister Olivia Bailey, the Department for Education minister responsible for AI in schools, in the latest episode of EdTechnical. #EdChat boldscience.org/how-should-g...
How should governments shape educational AI? – BOLD
Owen and Hermione speak to MP Olivia Bailey about how the UK government is shaping AI in education through tutoring tools.
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“Encouraging children to explain their ideas or teach others can create new opportunities for learning.” Teaching others allows children to take on different social roles and follow different learning paths, says Cecilia I. Calero. #EdChat boldscience.org/what-do-chil...
What do children learn when they teach?
Teaching others allows children to take on different social roles and follow different learning paths
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“Math is not a quiet, desk-bound activity—it is a physical, social, and joyful experience that is already happening all around you.” Jenny Yun-Chen Chan shares how physical learning experiences support children’s mathematics development. #Math #EdChat boldscience.org/the-developm...
The developmental psychologist aligning brain and body in math learning
How physical learning experiences support children’s mathematics development
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How should children learn the times table? “One thing that makes it hard to memorize the multiplication table is similarity between facts – as in the case of 8 x 8 = 64 and 8 x 6 = 48. Unfortunately, many memory tasks become harder if the items to be remembered are similar.” 🎉A top 10 by Dror Dotan!
What’s the most effective way to learn the times table?
Different strategies may be better at different stages of learning
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How do children approach forgiveness? “Children view forgiveness as a generous – but optional – act that reflects well on the victim.” Meeri Kim finds that children’s views of forgiveness depend on how adults respond to wrongdoing. #ChildDevelopment boldscience.org/how-do-child...
How do children approach forgiveness?
Children’s views of forgiveness depend on how adults respond to wrongdoing
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What do teens say they want to know about social media? "They value guidance that acknowledges both the challenges of social media and the meaningful role it plays in their lives." Jennifer Rubin finds that teenagers want education, not just warnings. boldscience.org/what-teens-s...
What teens say they want to know about social media
Teenagers want education, not just warnings
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“Memories of real-world experiences are shaped by personal meaning, emotion, a child’s own sense of agency, and social interaction.” Zoe Ngo and Pedro Espinosa-Villafranca ask how children remember experiences. #ChildDevelopment boldscience.org/how-do-child...
How do children remember experiences?
Children’s memory growth is shaped by foundational cognitive abilities and the environment
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What strengths might children gain through adversity? 🎉It’s time to celebrate the next of our top 10 pieces from 10 years of BOLD. In this video produced by kurzgesagt for BOLD, discover how learning environments could be designed to enable children to make the best use of their ‘hidden talents’.
Hidden talents in harsh conditions
A five-minute animated explainer video
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“Every child is a born scientist. Yet as they grow up, many children come to believe that science isn’t for them, that it’s reserved for a select few.” Adults can help dispel the myth that science isn’t for everyone, says Eddie Brummelman. @kidlab.bsky.social #STEM boldscience.org/all-children...
All children are little scientists
Adults can help dispel the myth that science isn’t for everyone
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“Positive experiences can buffer against the stress of childhood adversity.” There is a real opportunity to help children who have experienced adversity, says Melissa Hogenboom. #ChildDevelopment boldscience.org/what-helps-y...
What helps young people overcome adversity?
Positive and enriching experiences benefit the adolescent brain
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“Understanding how experiences, culture, and emotions shape learning can help us create better educational environments and supports for children with diverse learning profiles.” Moriah Sokolowski tells Annie Brookman-Byrne about her research on how the developing mind learns. #ChildDevelopment
The developmental psychologist building learner confidence through challenge
How do children navigate emotional responses to learning?
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The more often you hear something, the more likely you are to believe that it is true. But please, don't believe everything you hear about teens today. Science and how well they are doing, despite the suffering of adults around them, tells a different story.
“Board games allow active, playful learning in domains such as math, science, and language." Analog games can help promote children’s learning and development, says Meeri Kim. @meeri.bsky.social #EdChat boldscience.org/the-hidden-b...
The hidden benefits of board games
Analog games can help promote children’s learning and development
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