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October 1, 2015

Stanford, other institutions to offer new ‘Coalition Application’

The coalition's goal is to recast the admission process, broaden access and encourage a "college-going mindset" for all students beginning their freshman year in high school.

September 30, 2015

Stanford scholar suggests ways to craft more effective homework assignments

Stanford education expert Denise Pope says that the quality of a homework assignment can have a significant impact on student achievement and health.

September 23, 2015

Stanford study indicates school meals may expose children to unsafe levels of BPA

Researcher finds that school meals can contain unsafe levels of a toxic chemical, putting low-income students particularly at risk.

August 17, 2015

Stanford research shows how to improve science students’ critical thinking

Physicists at Stanford and the University of British Columbia have found that encouraging students to repeatedly make decisions about data collected during introductory lab courses improves their critical thinking skills.

July 28, 2015

Stanford students create apps to tackle learning challenges

Students in the Learning, Design, and Technology program at the Graduate School of Education analyze learning problems and then design solutions in yearlong master's projects.

July 6, 2015

Stanford research identifies better way to teach abstract math concepts

A new study shows that students who use symmetry to learn about numbers tap into critical brain circuits.

May 28, 2015

Stanford brain wave study shows how different teaching methods affect reading development

Stanford Professor Bruce McCandliss found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading.

May 18, 2015

Stanford scholars issue plan to reduce poverty

A new Stanford report describes how poverty can be permanently reduced in the Golden State. Billed as the Equal Opportunity Plan, this approach focuses on creating equal opportunities for children at the most critical points in their lives.

May 6, 2015

Stanford researchers use diverse discussion groups to boost online learning experience

New Talkabout video discussions designed by Stanford researchers can connect diverse groups of learners across the globe and improve class performance.

April 29, 2015

Perseverance key to children’s intellectual growth, Stanford scholar says

Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck says that children are more motivated when they are told their intelligence or talents can grow and expand.

April 27, 2015

Online ‘mindset’ interventions help students do better in school, Stanford research shows

Stanford researchers found that brief internet-based interventions that instill a “growth mindset” and a sense of purpose can improve learning, especially for struggling students. These interventions could potentially reach vast numbers of students at low cost.

April 17, 2015

Stanford professor designs mathematics and mindset boost for teachers and students

The "Week of Inspirational Math" curriculum will be available for free online. It includes videos and math tasks, and is aligned to the Common Core.

April 15, 2015

Teachers more likely to label black students as troublemakers, Stanford research shows

Stanford psychologists Jennifer Eberhardt and Jason Okonofua experimentally examined the psychological processes involved when teachers discipline black students more harshly than white students.

March 30, 2015

Stanford’s Ants in Space study launches citizen science for students worldwide

Want to teach high school students about science, technology, engineering and math? "Get ants," advises Stanford biologist Deborah M. Gordon.

January 29, 2015

Learn math without fear, Stanford expert says

Professor Jo Boaler says students most effectively learn "math facts" working on problems they enjoy, rather than through exercises and drills they fear. Timed testing and blind memorization damage children's experience of math, she says.

March 10, 2014

Stanford research shows pitfalls of homework

A Stanford researcher found that students in high-achieving communities who spend too much time on homework experience more stress, physical health problems, a lack of balance and even alienation from society.

April 22, 2013

Are AP courses worth the effort? An interview with Stanford education expert Denise Pope

Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, explains the findings of a new paper that reviews the data on Advanced Placement courses and offers suggestions to students and parents.

March 1, 2013

Using games as an educational tool provides opportunities for deeper learning, panelists at Stanford event say

Interaction and opportunities to make choices are among the virtues of the new generation of educational games, experts say.

December 9, 2010

Student-designed game teaches physics concepts through hands-on play

An award-winning interactive display created by Stanford students is rapidly gaining notice for its imaginative approach to teaching children engineering design.

August 20, 2008

Using everyday language to teach science may help students learn, study finds

Elementary students who learned the basic concepts of photosynthesis in “everyday English” before learning the scientific terms for the phenomenon fared much better on tests than students taught the traditional way.

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