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The education of autistic children and young people in western societies has been heavily influenced by a medicalized understanding of autism. This means considering autism as a disorder, with a focus on correcting autistic people’s […]

Thinking creatively, solving complex problems, and working in teams all add up to Design Thinking (DT). A study conducted by the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) and Ghent University provides a step-by-step guide for […]

A recently published study by Mikko Myrskylä, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany, shows how money spent on education compensates for the influence of low birth rates on […]

Project-based learning (PBL), which improves skills through various challenges, is a technique utilized in foreign language and general education classes. Though group work in PBL is actively carried out, the impact of the environment and […]

In the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives at Cambridge University Library, one man’s papers take up a staggering 110 meters of shelving. In a new article from Isis: the Journal of the History of Science Society, […]

The problem of the disadvantage gap—also known as the attainment gap—is a persistent one in education in England. It refers to how children from certain groups, such as those from poorer backgrounds, ethnic minorities or […]

Physical activity—primarily in the form of active play—promotes young children’s physical, mental, emotional and social health. It can also influence how active people will be later in life.This post was originally published on this site

Mathematics anxiety is a feeling of tension and fear when dealing with numbers or performing calculations. It is a common form of academic anxiety: according to an OECD report, around 40% of students feel nervous, […]

Researchers from chemistry, biology, and medicine are increasingly turning to AI models to develop new hypotheses. However, it is often unclear on which basis the algorithms come to their conclusions and to what extent they […]

Digital inequality—challenges in accessing or maintaining an internet connection and functional digital devices—affected on-time graduation for U.S. college students over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study co-authored by Rutgers […]