Online virtual world training, interactions empowers kids with social learning deficits
Charisma(TM) shows strong results for children with autism, ADHD, self-worth challengesCredit: Dr. Lara Ashmore After five years of proven success ...
Tag: K-12
Teens face health and safety risks exploring sex online
Sexual health and victimization heighten based on activityCredit: Via UnSplash (photo credit: SERGEY-ZOLKIN-192937) Teens spend hours every day on internet-connected ...
Three K-12 educators win AIAA Foundation Educator Achievement Awards
Honored for efforts to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics educationCredit: n/a Three K-12 educators from across the United States ...
New NASA-funded program to train K-12 students in STEM fields
Outreach components include public lectures, parent nights, and telescope viewing opportunitiesCredit: Mobasher lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - NASA has ...
UC professor’s startup promotes literacy through design
Reneé Seward's See Word Reading app is gaining traction in business and education fields across the city and globe Reneé ...
$10 million grant to support Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
Anonymous gift makes center at UH sustainableCredit: University of Houston An anonymous $10-million gift by a grateful patient family to ...
Join URI students on R/V Endeavor oceanographic research expedition, Earth Day April 22
Inner Space Center to broadcast ENDEAVOR LIVE!Credit: Inner Space Center KINGSTON, R.I., April 3, 2019 -- Students from the University ...
UC Davis receives $1.1 million to invest in STEM Education for 11-year-old girls
Will provide mentors to 15,000 girls in California University of California, Davis, is creating a program to mentor 15,000 11-year-old ...
Four Pitt engineering faculty capture more than $2 million in total 2019 NSF CAREER awards
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (March 28, 2019) ... Four faculty members from the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School ...
Childhood methylphenidate treatment predicts antidepressant use during adolescence
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses among children and adolescents worldwide. The standard ...
Experiences of nature boost children’s learning
Critical review finds cause-and-effect relationshipCredit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Spending time in nature boosts children's academic achievement and ...
With NSF grant, SLU engineer brings STEM to the visually impaired
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS - As educational materials increasingly become digitized, the inability to read ...
1 in 3 students with ADHD receive no school interventions, study finds
Largest national study of youth with ADHD reveals gaps between student needs and school services, particularly in secondary school and ...
Giant ‘nerve cell’ science education center lands in London’s East End
Credit: Queen Mary University of London 'Neuron Pod' - a striking 23-metre long and 10-metre high free-standing structure - has ...