Using the force: STEM knowledge and experience construct shared neural representations of engineering concepts [0.03%]
运用知识和经验构建工程概念的共享神经表征
Joshua S Cetron,Andrew C Connolly,Solomon G Diamond et al.
Joshua S Cetron et al.
How does STEM knowledge learned in school change students' brains? Using fMRI, we presented photographs of real-world structures to engineering students with classroom-based knowledge and hands-on lab experience, examining how their brain a...
Longitudinal relationship of favorable weight change to academic performance in children [0.03%]
儿童有利体重变化与学业成绩的纵向关系研究
Toru Ishihara,Toshihiro Nakajima,Koji Yamatsu et al.
Toru Ishihara et al.
Although there is a growing consensus about the positive relationship between prevention of overweight/obesity and academic performance in children, relevant studies targeting the relationship between underweight and academic performance ar...
Children's neurodevelopment of reading is affected by China's language input system in the information era [0.03%]
信息时代我国语言输入系统影响儿童阅读神经加工机制的研究
Wei Zhou,Veronica P Y Kwok,Mengmeng Su et al.
Wei Zhou et al.
Communications through electronic devices require knowledge in typewriting, typically with the pinyin input method in China. Yet, the over utilization of the pronunciation-based pinyin input method may violate the traditional learning proce...
Children's neurodevelopment of reading is affected by China's language input system in the information era [0.03%]
信息时代儿童神经发育阅读受到汉语输入系统的影响
Wei Zhou,Veronica P Y Kwok,Mengmeng Su et al.
Wei Zhou et al.
Communications through electronic devices require knowledge in typewriting, typically with the pinyin input method in China. Yet, the over utilization of the pronunciation-based pinyin input method may violate the traditional learning proce...
Self-regulated spacing in a massive open online course is related to better learning [0.03%]
大规模开放在线课程中自我调节的间隔与更好的学习相关
Paulo F Carvalho,Faria Sana,Veronica X Yan
Paulo F Carvalho
In this study, we examined students' natural studying behaviors in massive, open, online course (MOOC) on introductory psychology. We found that, overall, distributing study across multiple sessions-increasing spacing-was related to increas...
Genetic associations with mathematics tracking and persistence in secondary school [0.03%]
与初中数学分班考试和持久性相关的遗传关联性分析
K Paige Harden,Benjamin W Domingue,Daniel W Belsky et al.
K Paige Harden et al.
Maximizing the flow of students through the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) pipeline is important to promoting human capital development and reducing economic inequality. A critical juncture in the STEM pipeline is the hig...
Brain activity links performance in science reasoning with conceptual approach [0.03%]
大脑活动揭示科学推理表现与概念方法之间的联系
Jessica E Bartley,Michael C Riedel,Taylor Salo et al.
Jessica E Bartley et al.
Understanding how students learn is crucial for helping them succeed. We examined brain function in 107 undergraduate students during a task known to be challenging for many students-physics problem solving-to characterize the underlying ne...
Alyssa J Kersey,Kelsey D Csumitta,Jessica F Cantlon
Alyssa J Kersey
Some scientists and public figures have hypothesized that women and men differ in their pursuit of careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) owing to biological differences in mathematics aptitude. However, little ...
Ariel A Gonzalez,Katherine L Bottenhorn,Jessica E Bartley et al.
Ariel A Gonzalez et al.
Anxiety is known to dysregulate the salience, default mode, and central executive networks of the human brain, yet this phenomenon has not been fully explored across the STEM learning experience, where anxiety can impact negatively academic...
Lighting the wick in the candle of learning: generating a prediction stimulates curiosity [0.03%]
吹学习的烛光之灯：生成预测会激发好奇心
Garvin Brod,Jasmin Breitwieser
Garvin Brod
Curiosity stimulates learning. We tested whether curiosity itself can be stimulated-not by extrinsic rewards but by an intrinsic desire to know whether a prediction holds true. Participants performed a numerical-facts learning task in which...