Research Education News - 2013
(uni5 comments will be given in green)
December 2013
Spanking Children Slows Cognitive Development and Increases Risk of Criminal Behavior, Expert Says Frequent Cell Phone Use Linked to Anxiety, Lower Grade, Reduced Happiness in Students High Quality Preschool Narrows Gap Between High-Risk Kids, Higher Achievers, Study Finds College Students More Likely to Be Lawbreakers If Spanked as Children Exposure to Television Can Stall Preschoolers' Cognitive Development November 2013
Early Childhood Educators Hold Key to Children's Communication Skills
Speaking a Second Language May Delay Different Dementias
October 2013
Moderate to Vigorous Exercise Boosts Teens' Academic Performance
Baby's Innate Number Sense Predicts Future Math Skill
Spatial, Written Language Skills Predict Math Competence (Uni5: In Uni5 Sakthi schools, the spatial skills are the major foucs)
Roadmap for Implementing Quality Preschool
New Analysis of US Elementary School Mathematics Finds Half-Century of Problematic 'Strands' Structure (Uni5: Not only this dis-connectes studying is a problem in usa mathematics, but also in learning other subjets as well).
'Brain Training' May Boost Working Memory, but Not Intelligence (Uni5: Hence in our uni5 sakthi schools, we use the connecting pattern of education to increase both intelligence and memory)
Well-Connected Hemispheres of Einstein's Brain May Have Sparked His Brilliance
September 2013
Playing With Blocks May Help Children's Spatial, Math Thinking (Uni5: we recommend this in our uni5 schools)
Responsive Interactions Key to Toddlers' Ability to Learn Language (Uni5: we recommend in parenting section to talk a lot to children with questions and answers like the upanishads method)
Read With Your Children, Not to Them
Aerobic Fitness Boosts Learning, Memory in 9-10-Year-Old Children
Think Twice, Speak Once: Bilinguals Process Both Languages Simultaneously
August 2013
Neuroscientists Find a Key to Reducing Forgetting: It's About the Network (Uni5: This is why in Uni5 mode of education we help children to remember better by networking all information with the finger fingers of the hand).
Good Eating and Sleep Habits Help Kids Succeed in School
July 2013
Give Them a Hand: Gesturing Children Perform Well on Cognitive Tasks
Math Game More Effective Than Paper Exercises
June 2013
Teaching Complete Evolutionary Stories Increases Learning
April 2013
Schools Should Provide Students With Daily Physical Activity, Experts Say
Meditating Before Lecture Leads to Better Grades
Teachers' Gestures Boost Math Learning
Everything You Know About Osmosis Is (Probably) Wrong
March 2013
Telling Tales Can Be a Good Thing: Personal Stories Help Children Develop Emotional Skills
Prekindergarten Program Boosts Children's Skills
International Gender Difference in Math and Reading Scores Persists Regardless of Gender Equality
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Aerobics: Evaluating the New 'R' in Academic Performance
Language Learning Begins in Utero, Study Finds; Newborn Memories of Oohs and Ahs Heard in the Womb
Children's Complex Thinking Skills Begin Before Going to School