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At an MIT Blueprint Labs Preschool Research Convening, researchers present studies on early childhood education and discuss new research directions with practitioners.

Stereotypes about unpopular swots are persistent - not least because of their often-clichéd depiction in the media.

Study suggests A global study of 240,000 students challenges the widespread policy conviction that bridging the academic gap between rich and poor students hinges on improving the latter's work ethic, mindset and socio-emotional skills.

Dek: Western researchers create online hub with more than 200 physical activity videos, games for teachers  A free toolkit developed by researchers at Western University addresses an urgent need: boosting physical activity of children in Ontario's classrooms.

Four in five primary caregivers of nine-month-old babies reported cuddling, talking and playing with their little one several times a day, in the first national long-term study of babies in over two decades, led by UCL.

Heqiu Song defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Industrial Design on November 28th. Practice makes perfect.

A team of researchers and teachers from the University of Twente developed a novel teaching method that uses conceptual modelling to facilitate learning and foster creativity in classrooms of chemical engineering students.

Tim Bouchée defended his PhD thesis at the Eindhoven School of Education, which is part of the Department of Applied Physics and Science Education, on November 24th.

Trying something new is a risk every child undertakes as they explore and learn about the world. While risk can be costly, it can also pay off in rewards or knowledge. But new research suggests children without predictable support from the adults in their lives are less willing to take those risks - and reap those rewards.

A landmark study from Monash University has found that infants and toddlers are capable of engaging in imaginary play, correcting previously held academic beliefs that they were unable to, and confirming the profound significance of imaginative play in early childhood education. Funded through the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship scheme, the five year programmatic study, which involved researchers from the Faculty of Education at Monash University, engaged with over 2,500 educators and young children.

MIT CSAIL researchers innovate with synthetic imagery to train AI, paving the way for more efficient and bias-reduced machine learning.

The inspiration for the study was a TV series on Canvas in which photographer Lieve Blancquaert explored practices relating to death around the world.

Researchers from three universities have teamed up in a bid to discover which The team will then use the evidence gathered to compile a 'Top Ten' of the most important questions researchers should be trying to answer about childhood deafness and hearing loss.