Eye contact helps infants ‘tune in’ to speaker’s brainwaves and learn language
Eye contact helps infants ‘tune in’ to speaker’s brainwaves and learn language Infants use eye contact with speakers to work out what to pay attention to and synchronise their brainwaves, helping them...
View ArticleEducation and the brain: what happens when children learn?
Education and the brain: what happens when children learn?Have you lost your house keys recently? If so, you probably applied a spot of logical thinking. You looked first in the most obvious places –...
View ArticlePractice really does make perfect
Practice really does make perfectNew research into the way in which we learn new skills finds that a single skill can be learned faster if its follow-through motion is consistent, but multiple skills...
View ArticleCan AI be a good creative partner?
It’s a big question for people working on creative tasks: can humans and AI work together to boost creativity? Studies have yielded widely inconsistent results in how humans working with AI can handle...
View ArticleOpinion: Genetics: what it is that makes you clever – and why it’s shrouded...
For nearly 150 years, the concept of intelligence and its study have offered scientific ways of classifying people in terms of their “ability”. The drive to identify and quantify exceptional mental...
View ArticleEducation and the brain: what happens when children learn?
Researchers looking at child development often use search-and-find tasks to look at the ways in which children apply what they are learning about the physical world. Tests carried out on toddlers...
View Article'Reductive' models of wellbeing education risk failing children, researchers...
In a new compendium of academic analysis, researchers argue that despite decades of investment in ‘positive education’ – such as programmes to teach children happiness and mindfulness– schools still...
View ArticleStudents who self-identify as multilingual perform better at GCSE
The study, of just over 800 pupils in England, found a positive relationship between GCSE scores and ‘multilingual identity’: a reference to whether pupils felt a personal connection with other...
View Article"It’s almost as if they don’t exist”: Education policy fails to account for...
The research, which is published in a book launched on Tuesday 9 November, found that the key piece of statutory guidance underpinning education for PMLD learners – the Special Needs and Disabilities...
View ArticleExtra classroom time may do little to help pupils recover lost learning after...
The University of Cambridge analysis used five years of Government data, collected from more than 2,800 schools in England, to estimate the likely impact of additional classroom instruction on academic...
View ArticleYoung children use physics, not previous rewards, to learn about tools
The findings of the study, based on the Aesop’s fable The Crow and the Pitcher, help solve a debate about whether children learning to use tools are genuinely learning about physical causation or are...
View ArticleEye contact with your baby helps synchronise your brainwaves
When a parent and infant interact, various aspects of their behaviour can synchronise, including their gaze, emotions and heartrate, but little is known about whether their brain activity also...
View ArticleFunding for innovative teaching and learning projects
The award offers grants of up to £20,000 for University staff to fund creative projects. It aims to promote innovative practice in teaching and learning techniques by providing start-up funding for...
View ArticleFunding for innovative teaching and learning projects
The grants aim to promote innovative practice in teaching and learning techniques by providing start-up funding for creative or exploratory projects ineligible for other sources of funding. Bids should...
View ArticleHarnessing digital technology to support teaching and learning
The ‘Lecture Capture’ pilot, which launches as part of a new Digital Education Strategy, will see staff from five departments using a variety of recording methods – including audio, video, and...
View ArticleOpen meeting for administrative staff
New and innovative plans to enhance Cambridge’s already outstanding teaching and learning were laid out at last week’s open meeting for administrative staff.Speaking just before Friday’s historic...
View ArticleOpinion: Genetics: what it is that makes you clever – and why it’s shrouded...
For nearly 150 years, the concept of intelligence and its study have offered scientific ways of classifying people in terms of their “ability”. The drive to identify and quantify exceptional mental...
View ArticlePioneering teaching methods trialled across the University
Nine new projects are benefiting from the Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund.They were selected following a call for bids at the end of last year by the Digital Teaching and Learning Sub-committee,...
View ArticleEducation and the brain: what happens when children learn?
Researchers looking at child development often use search-and-find tasks to look at the ways in which children apply what they are learning about the physical world. Tests carried out on toddlers...
View ArticleFunding for innovative teaching and learning projects
The award offers grants of up to £20,000 for University staff to fund creative projects. It aims to promote innovative practice in teaching and learning techniques by providing start-up funding for...
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