A new study reveals that school fitness tests have little impact on student attitudes to PE — contrary to polarised […]
Global study links better education, wealth to improved heart health
Findings from a sweeping global study conducted by SFU Health Sciences professor Scott Lear, among others, reveal a direct correlation […]
Stricter US state gun laws linked to safer high schools: And teens are less likely to carry a weapon at any location
Adopting stricter state gun laws is linked to a safer school experience for students, finds research published in the Journal […]
How today’s high school cliques compare to yesterday’s: Researchers study adolescent peer crowds
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin, have […]
Attention training improves intelligence and functioning of children’s brain
Being able to voluntarily regulate our attention is crucial for mental processes such as intelligence and learning in children. Therefore, […]
Sports: Joint past successes increase the chances of winning
What makes a team successful? This is not only a crucial question for football coaches, it plays a role in […]
How schools can optimize support for children with ADHD
New research gives the clearest guidance yet on how schools can best support children with ADHD to improve symptoms and […]
Analysis of billions of Twitter words reveals how American English develops
Linguists and geographers analysed 8.9 billion words contained within 980 million Tweets posted across the United States between 2013 and […]
Requiring physical activity classes help sedentary college students be more active
Requiring physical activity classes in college encourages sedentary students to become more active, while elective classes tend to draw those […]
Bots and Russian trolls influenced vaccine discussion on Twitter, research finds: New study discovers tactics similar to those used during 2016 US election
Social media bots and Russian trolls promoted discord and spread false information about vaccines on Twitter, according to new research […]