A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S., has found that students taking a high school course designed to improve spatial cognition skills also got a boost in verbal reasoning skills. The study ...
A child's educational success depends on the genes that they haven't inherited from their parents, as well as the genes they have, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
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In a study published tomorrow, researchers at deCODE genetics demonstrate that parental genes, both those that are transmitted to the child and those not transmitted, can affect the child's fate through their impact on the ...
Jan 26, 2018
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A new King's College London study suggests that genes account for nearly 50 per cent of the differences between whether children are socially mobile or not.
Jul 17, 2017
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There are now over 80,000 apps marketed as "educational" in the Apple app store, the majority of which are targeted towards children and even babies. Parents are led to believe that these apps provide real learning opportunities ...
May 6, 2015
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Most parents of young children are willing to discuss their child's gender identity with their pediatrician, according to a new University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania study.
Mar 21, 2024
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The fastest and highest growth in the prevalence of childhood obesity in England has been among 11–15-year-olds, rising from 30% in 1995 to 38% in 2019, finds a detailed analysis of national data, published online in the ...
Jan 22, 2024
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As smoke from Canada's historic wildfires triggers poor air quality alerts across the country, many parents worry about the impact on their child's health, a new national poll suggests.
Sep 18, 2023
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Early childhood has received a great deal of attention in recent weeks, as Australia has sought to understand ways to relieve the cost pressures on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Jul 19, 2023
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In retrospect, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to consist of an ebb and flow of lockdowns and periods of loosened restrictions. But for children and families, the long-term effects have been predominantly negative since the first ...
May 8, 2023
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