https://doi.org/10.5749/jamerindieduc.58.1-2.0084 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/jamerindieduc.58.1-2.0084 Copy URL The purpose of this study was to examine ...

The study found that when middle school teachers praised students at least as often as they reprimanded them, class-wide on-task behavior improved by 60–70%. Students speaking out of turn, texting, ...

(CNN) – The more your child’s elementary school teacher uses praise instead of punishment, the more your child will stay focused on their schoolwork and lessons in the classroom, according to a new ...

Graduate music majors were paired with undergraduate child development majors in a mentorship role. The graduate mentors assisted the undergraduates in planning and presenting a music lesson to ...

Further, teachers often expect that by middle school, kids are old enough to behave without being coddled. As a result, positive reinforcement techniques widely used in elementary school are often ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Between kids ...

Distracted students are the bane of teachers. In surveys, teachers complain about students walking around the classroom, talking with peers, staring at the walls and fidgeting with their clothes – ...

Wow, I love how Ari is sitting. I love how Brian is showing me with his body that he's interested in the lesson, and so are Hannah, Mark, and Olivia! Who else wants to show me that they are interested ...

Because your child’s classroom this fall probably will be the dining room, it would be a good idea to send them outside before they start their school day. They’ll be primed to learn. In 2009, ...

In a recent study in Nature Communications, researchers increased synaptic serotonin through a selective serotonin-releasing agent (SSRA), fenfluramine, to investigate its impact on human behavior.