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News/Research Articles on Learning and Learning Disabilities
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The way a family interacts can have more of an impact on a child's predicted school success than reading, writing or arithmetic, according to a new study.
A new study shows that female medical students volunteer for leadership roles in the classroom significantly less than their male peers. Subtle pep talks from teachers can even out the playing field.
Children with brain injuries have difficulty developing story-telling skills even though other language abilities, such as vocabulary, tend to catch up with other children as they mature, new research shows.
A new study, the largest of its kind, offers important new evidence affirming the strong connection between what school leaders do and student achievement -- and sheds new light on what effective leadership involves.
Imagine if your brain lost its working memory -- the ability to hold and manipulate information in your mind's eye. That's the plight faced by millions of people with neurofibromatosis type 1, or NF1. Now a UCLA research team has uncovered new clues ...
Researchers have completed a three-year study showing a significantly higher level of reading achievement in students who received books for summer reading at home.
A protein implicated in many biological processes also may play a role in memory, according to a new study.
Consumers give up on using products because they underestimate their learning abilities, according to a new study.
Many neuroscientists believe the loss of the brain region known as the amygdala would result in the brain's inability to form new memories with emotional content. New research indicates this is not so, and suggests that when one brain region is damag...
New research suggests that pre-school students may gain more language and literacy skills if they have teachers with higher levels of confidence in their abilities. However, in some cases students only saw gains when their teachers also had classroom...
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Resources For Parents
- Learning Power (CD) -
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Based on the time tested, research supported Orton-Gillingham method of intensive phonics, this software provides an affordable, effective approach to helping struggling readers and children with learning disabilities and/or dyslexia overcome their challenges and become accomplished, avid readers. (Best for children and teens 10 and above).
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- Lumosity - Brain Games to Promote Learning & Achievement -
Lumosity.com provides fun video games developed by a team of neuro-scientists and programmers for kids and adults to improve working memory, attention, processing speed and other brain functions. Highly affordable monthly subscriptions.
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