Most math textbooks get a failing grade

Students' "opportunities to learn and develop mathematics literacy are so few as to almost be nonexistent" in eighth grade math textbooks, researchers say.

Kim Ward-Michigan State • futurity
April 26, 2022 ~7 min

Little kids can learn to read just fine in virtual classrooms

Learning to read in an online setting may seem a tall order, but a new virtual reading camp for preschoolers launched during the pandemic shows it can work.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
April 18, 2022 ~6 min


AI teaches brain tumor surgery better than human experts

An artificial intelligence tutoring system outperformed expert human instructors when teaching medical students in a simulated brain tumor surgery.

Shawn Hayward-McGill • futurity
Feb. 24, 2022 ~5 min

Nut cracking chimps hint at a deeper culture

Experiments with chimpanzees trying to figure out how to crack open nuts on their own suggest they may learn cultural behaviors from others like humans do.

U. Zurich • futurity
Feb. 17, 2022 ~4 min

Exercise ‘sweet spot’ reverses cognitive decline in aging mice

Research reveals that the right amount of exercise can reverse cognitive decline in mice and boost spatial learning and memory.

U. Queensland • futurity
Dec. 29, 2021 ~4 min

To make the most of exoskeletons, training really matters

"Once you learn how to do it well, you can just put on the exoskeletons and start walking and it's easy—but becoming expert does take a little while."

Taylor Kubota-Stanford • futurity
Oct. 20, 2021 ~8 min

Stories can shape moral values in kids

Exposure to stories that feature specific moral values, such as care, fairness, loyalty, and authority can influence the weight kids place on those values.

Bert Gambini-Buffalo • futurity
Oct. 7, 2021 ~5 min

Online students ask more questions in ‘HyFlex’ lectures

Online students actually asked more questions during large "HyFlex" lectures than in-person students did, research finds.

Ida Eriksen-U. Copenhagen • futurity
Sept. 27, 2021 ~6 min


Database tracks COVID’s effects on US kids’ learning

A new database could help families, researchers, and policymakers better understand the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on learning for students in K-12.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Sept. 21, 2021 ~6 min

Students who ‘productively fail’ may learn more

Students may learn more when they try to solve problems before learning the concepts in lectures, researchers report. The key? Productive failure.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Sept. 20, 2021 ~7 min

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