The widespread arrival of generative AI models over the past few years has struck fear in the hearts of many people who suddenly realized that significant parts of their knowledge-intensive jobs could ...

As we head towards 2026, AI has become a powerful aid for both learners and teachers, enabling personalized study and ...

Online learning has shown significant growth over the last decade, as the internet and education combine to provide people with the opportunity to gain new skills. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, online ...

The increase in conversations about how to serve the overall needs of students, including their social and emotional needs, is one of the silver linings of education during the pandemic. While the ...

John Sweller is one of the most influential learning science researchers, best known for his “cognitive load theory,” which suggests that educators should present information without extraneous ...

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Everyone has a different style of learning. Some people do well with reading the written word. Others learn better through audio. For some, sitting in a quiet library or home office space is key. For ...

A new study shows that, though students felt like they learned more from traditional lectures, they actually learned more when taking part in active learning classrooms. For decades, there has been ...

Anderson is a journalist, author and speaker. She spent 20 years covering finance including 10 at the New York Times before shifting her focus to learning. She is currently working on a book about the ...

Jerrid Kruse receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium, and the William G. Stowe Foundation. During my years teaching science in middle school, high ...

Sooner or later, everyone fails at something. But does everyone learn from their failures? In fact, the evidence suggests that most people struggle to grow from mistakes and defeats. When researchers ...

If you've ever had the feeling that your elementary school kids were 'smarter' than you -- or at least capable of picking up new information and skills faster -- a new study suggests you're absolutely ...