Decoding, oral comprehension, vocabulary: three key literacy skills for primary schools in priority areas
What types of skills do first-year primary school children in education priority areas need most to learn to read? To find out, a team of researchers at CNRS and the universities of Grenoble, Paris...
College students more likely to be lawbreakers if spanked as children
No matter where they live in the world, university students who were spanked as children are more likely to engage in criminal behaviour, according to new research by Murray Straus, co-director of University of...
Minority parents fear for kids online
Nearly all parents agree -- when their children go online, stranger danger is their biggest safety concern, followed closely by exposure to pornography, violent content and bullying, according to a collaborative study between researchers...
Connections in the brains of young children strengthen during sleep
While young children sleep, connections between the left and the right hemispheres of their brain strengthen, which may help brain functions mature, according to a new study by the University of Colorado, Boulder.
The research...
Eliminating pressure ulcers in premature infants
Infants born prematurely are at a significantly increased risk for pressure ulcers, yet nurses at Loyola University Health System have been able to eliminate this threat for patients in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care...
Shedding new light on learning disorders
A Michigan State University researcher has discovered the first anatomical evidence that the brains of children with a nonverbal learning disability – long considered a “pseudo” diagnosis – may develop differently than the brains...
Reducing the salt in bread without losing saltiness, thanks to a texture trick
Want to make bread taste pleasantly salty without adding more salt? Change the bread’s texture so it is less dense, say scientists. They report in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that simply...
Introducing solid foods while continuing to breastfeed could prevent child allergies
Introducing solid food with breast milk after the 17th week of birth could reduce food allergies in babies, according to University of Southampton research.
The research, led by Dr Kate Grimshaw, dietitian and senior research...
Almost two-thirds of women who attempt a natural delivery after having a c-section are...
Almost two-thirds of women who attempt a natural delivery after having a caesarean section for their first birth are successful, according to a study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
The...
Why we need more male primary school teachers
Although research recognises male teachers benefit boys, little is known about why this is and what male teachers mean for girls.
Some argue that boys have become the ‘new disadvantaged’ as the result of efforts...
