Research into Student Performance Archives - Waldorf Research Institute

Study links restricting screen time to kids higher mental performance

Staff — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:01:41 +0000

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/

A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens

Staff — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:52:17 +0000

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

We are born creative geniuses and the education system dumbs us down, according to NASA scientists

Staff — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:50:21 +0000

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

Graton learning specialist publishes new book on how children learn

Staff — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:45:28 +0000

“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

Noam Chomsky – The Dangers of Standardized Testing

Staff — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 19:48:12 +0000

The futuristic thinker, Noam Chomsky, has a wise perspective on the kind of human being cultivated with the use of assessment. Take a look!

Fast food may lead to lower school results for U.S. kids: study

Staff — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 17:47:23 +0000

“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.”

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School starting age: the evidence

Staff — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:51:59 +0000

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