Motor Memory: The Long And Short of It

For the first time, scientists at USC have unlocked a mechanism behind the way short- and long-term motor memory work together and compete against one another. The research — from a team led by Nicolas Schweighofer of the Division of Biokinesiology...

UK Government Launches Advertising Campaign to Challenge the Attitudes of Teenagers to Violence And Abuse in Relationships

The UK Home Office has launched a powerful advertising campaign and a website to challenge the attitudes of teenagers to violence and abuse in relationships. How People Arrived Here: emotional abuse advertisement, relationship abuse posters

Learning Information the Hard Way May be Best ‘boot Camp’ for Older Brains

Canadian researchers have found the first evidence that older brains get more benefit than younger brains from learning information the hard way – via trial-and-error learning. The study was led by scientists at Baycrest’s world-renowned Rotman...

Common Sense And Human Nature

This morning Peter Cohen used his Gamification column for ZDNet to express his opinions on the Supreme Court ruling against criminalizing the sale of violent video games to minors. He summarizes the background nicely in his opening paragraphs: It’s...

Mpumalanga’s Winter School Program Kicks Off Without Any Glitches

The winter school program in Mpumalanga has kicked off without any glitches in all 115 centers running the program, says the provincial Education Department.

Can Aptitude Tests Really Predict Your Performance?

Colleges, employers, and the military all use aptitude tests to predict how well someone might do. In recent years, some critics of these tests have said there isn’t much difference in performance above a certain level—that, above a certain threshold,...

South African School System Enters New Phase As Curriculum And Assessment Policy Statement is Finalized

The South African school system has officially entered a new phase with the finalization of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), which is aimed at improving the quality of education. How People Arrived Here: assessment methods in caps...

Monkeys Might Be More Logical Than We Think

You see a big cat nursing a kitten, and you assume Cat A is Cat B’s mother. Then you see a bird dropping worms in a smaller bird’s mouth. Different content, different context, but same relationship—you conclude that Big Bird is Little Bird’s mom....

Writing Assignments Boost Critical Thinking Skills for Landscape Design Students

Dr. Ann Marie VanDerZanden is preparing students in her horticulture classes for challenging careers by boosting their critical thinking capacity. “Horticulture graduates entering the field of landscape design and installation must be able to integrate...