Learning a new language often goes wrong with pronunciation and head movements

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...
Edutopia

Using ‘Tell Me More’ Prompts to Make Learning Stick

Asking students to explain how they arrived at an answer is a powerful strategy for making a concept more memorable.
Edutopia

5 Research-Backed Literacy Strategies That Go Beyond Phonics

Building better readers should involve more than teaching the core components of early literacy—these five strategies are ...
Education Week

Students Need Anchors When They Read. How to Make Them Stick

Anchoring isn’t instant. Even after students notice a pattern, the written form can flicker before it stabilizes in long-term memory. Drift is normal before the anchor holds, which is why teachers ...
Microsoft

AI chips are getting hotter. A microfluidics breakthrough goes straight to the silicon to cool up to three times better.

The chips that datacenters use to run the latest AI breakthroughs generate much more heat than previous generations of silicon. Anybody whose phone or laptop has overheated knows that electronics ...