Balance of sleep and play and work and no screens help in developing cognitive capacity. Read on. . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/27/study-links-restricting-screen-time-kids-higher-mental-performance/
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Students feel as if they read better on screen, but they actually perform better when reading from print _ old research in a new light: http://www.businessinsider.com/students-learning-education-print-textbooks-screens-study-2017-10
Creativity is inborn and supported by education — or not! NASA does its own research: https://ideapod.com/born-creative-geniuses-education-system-dumbs-us-according-nasa-scientists
“How children learn” by a psychologist sounds very familiar to the Waldorf Community: http://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_west_times_and_news/news/graton-psychologist-publishes-new-book-on-how-children-learn/article_99685e62-f581-11e7-9ce2-a7ad8b184180.html
Graton learning specialist publishes new book on how children learn Read More »
The futuristic thinker, Noam Chomsky, has a wise perspective on the kind of human being cultivated with the use of assessment. Take a look!
Noam Chomsky – The Dangers of Standardized Testing Read More »
“In terms of growth in achievement, the researchers found that eighth-graders who ate fast food daily were behind those who ate no fast food by four points in reading. They were behind by three points in math and four points in science.” Read the original post.
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This research into the significance in building long-term capacities, indicates that a delayed start to formal schooling, waiting until children are older to begin, increases the potential for success… http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/school-starting-age-the-evidence
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