How Technology Is Transforming the Way We Teach and Learn

Technology is already transforming the way we teach and learn. What will these trends lead to? What will the word “education” mean 30 years from now?

Augmented reality advances learning especially in informal science education context

The results showed that AR-technology experience was beneficial especially for the pupils, who otherwise belong to the lowest achieving school success group.

New test for 'growth mindset', the theory that anyone who tries can succeed

Researchers are going to examine the theory from American psychology that has taken UK schools by storm. “Growth mindset” is the name given by psychologist Carol Dweck to the idea that intelligence can develop, and that effort leads to success.

Seeing the benefits of failure shapes kids' beliefs about intelligence

Parents' beliefs about whether failure is a good or a bad thing guide how their children think about their own intelligence, according to new research. The research indicates that it's parents' responses to failure, and not their beliefs about intelligence, that are ultimately absorbed by their kids.

Enhanced Training Through Neurostimulation

It’s a case of life imitating art. Much as the sci-fi film “The Matrix” depicted a device capable of enhancing skill acquisition, researchers at HRL Laboratories, LLC, have discovered that low-current electrical brain stimulation can modulate the learning of complex real-world skills.