52 news posts in Education

Young Minds

18 Dec 2017

Communicating advanced mathematics to kids

“I’ve often thought that we could do a lot better job of explaining “advanced” mathematical concepts in simple language for the benefit of a wider audience.”

Frontiers news

14 Nov 2017

Frontiers for Young Minds goes global

A new partnership with the Patrick & Lina Drahi Foundation will bring cutting-edge science to children in new languages

Psychology

31 Oct 2017

Montessori preschool boosts academic results and reduces income-based inequality

Children in Montessori preschools show improved academic performance and social understanding, while enjoying their school work more, shows a study in Frontiers in Psychology.

Psychology

04 Oct 2017

Why don’t students use learning strategies?

Many university students don’t use common learning strategies, despite knowing that they exist, finds a study in Frontiers in Psychology.

Psychology

21 Sep 2017

Tablets can teach kids to solve physical puzzles

Contrary to popular belief, a Frontiers in Psychology study shows that children who learn to solve a puzzle on a tablet can transfer the learning to the physical world.

Humanities

19 Sep 2017

Scientists list 50 terms you may be confusing

A paper in Frontiers in Education defines 50 terms that are commonly assumed to be similar, but in fact refer to very different concepts.

Psychology

05 Sep 2017

Inattentive kids show worse grades in later life

A study of young kids, published in Frontiers in Psychology, reveals that inattentiveness is linked to poor grades up to 10 years later.

Young Minds

05 Jul 2017

Using Frontiers for Young Minds Articles in Your Classroom

Frontiers for Young Minds content of articles – both text and images – are free to access, download, and reproduce in educational materials.

Humanities

04 Jul 2017

Is it okay for children to count on their fingers?

Frontiers in Education study suggests finger training intervention combined with exposure to number representations supports quantitative skills development

Psychology

29 Jun 2017

Screen time or story time?

New study published in Frontiers in psychology suggests electronic media may pose less of an impact to learning for toddlers than is the case for preschoolers

Young Minds

16 Jun 2017

Introducing Collections from Frontiers for Young Minds

To highlight why each discovery is important with background and context, these collections of articles take non-technical readers through the core of a field. Frontiers for Young Minds is excited to share its latest effort to bring high-quality science content to interested young readers everywhere. Our authors have already highlighted some of the latest scientific developments – from alternative fuels to adolescent risk-taking – and we want to take the next step. We want researchers to help us dive deeper into the central ideas and tools in each field, but in the same kid-friendly format as before. That is why we have launched our Collections: groups of articles covering a central theme from a variety of perspectives and methods. While the Young Minds New Discovery articles have provided snapshots of the cutting-edge, we want our Core Concept articles to provide the background and context to help young readers understand why each discovery is so important. Each Collection will serve as an in-depth guide, taking readers through the core of a field: one Collection introducing each region of the brain or exploring Earth’s systems from the cryosphere to the atmosphere. Each article in the Collection […]

Neuroscience

23 May 2017

In trying to teach kids about the brain, researchers ended up learning about themselves

The research, published in Frontiers for Young Minds, focuses on early-life nutrition and how that influences brain development, using pigs as a human proxy.