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    Screen-time limits linked to cognitive skills
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    Screen-time limits linked to cognitive skills

    Limiting kids’ recreational screen time to less than two hours a day boosts their brainpower, concludes a new study, reports Hamza Shaban...
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    From ‘gifted’ classes to ‘enriched studies’
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    From ‘gifted’ classes to ‘enriched studies’

    “Gifted” programs are becoming “enriched studies” in Montgomery County, Maryland, reports Dana Goldstein in the New York Times. The goal...
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    Instead of ‘gifted and talented’ …
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 14, 2018
    • 2 min

    Instead of ‘gifted and talented’ …

    It’s time to drop the “gifted and talented” label and use personalized, mastery learning to challenge all students, argues Michael Horn....
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    Your brain is not a muscle
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    Your brain is not a muscle

    Brain training doesn’t work because your brain isn’t a muscle, writes James Thompson on the Unz Review. Improving working memory doesn’t...
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    Not so smart no more
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Not so smart no more

    IQ scores are falling, at least for Norwegian men, writes Scottie Andrew in Newsweek. For most of the 20th century, IQ scores have risen...
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    Praising effort may backfire
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Apr 2, 2018
    • 1 min

    Praising effort may backfire

    Praising students’ effort, rather than their intelligence, is supposed to encourage them to try harder, improve and build a “growth...
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    Lost Einsteins: Screen ’em all to close ‘gifted gap’
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Feb 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    Lost Einsteins: Screen ’em all to close ‘gifted gap’

    Screening all children for giftedness could help close the “gifted gap” and reduce inequality, suggests a Fordham report. Only 6.1...
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    Prodigies
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jan 13, 2018
    • 1 min

    Prodigies

    Bobby Fischer became the youngest international grand master of chess at the age of 15. Mozart composed a concerto at the age of four. By...
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    How Miami diversifies gifted classes
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Dec 12, 2017
    • 1 min

    How Miami diversifies gifted classes

    Gifted classes in Miami schools include a mix of low-income and minority students, reports Claudia Rowe for the Seattle Times. That’s...
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    ‘Growth mindset’ predicts learning gains
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Nov 17, 2017
    • 1 min

    ‘Growth mindset’ predicts learning gains

    Students who believe they can get smarter learn more, conclude researchers Susana Claro and Susanna Loeb. They analyzed data from five...
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    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    Cognitive Privilege

    If a certain snowflake gets his/her/its/their way, being intelligent will be the next thing you should feel guilty about: The Daily Iowan...
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    Stress can make kids smarter (in some ways)
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Apr 22, 2017
    • 2 min

    Stress can make kids smarter (in some ways)

    Unstable parenting, poverty, a violent environment and other “adverse childhood experiences” contribute to “toxic stress” that impairs...
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    Joanne Jacobs
    • Apr 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    ‘Gifted’ vs. happy

    Gifted pits a mellow, loving uncle against his cold, controlling mother in a custody battle over a cute little mathematical...
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    Let all kids get a ‘gifted’ education
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Mar 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Let all kids get a ‘gifted’ education

    The U.S. expects less of students than many countries in Asia and Europe, writes Alina Adams on New York School Talk. Why not accelerate...
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    Slower together 
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jan 17, 2017
    • 1 min

    Slower together 

    Grouping students by ability and accelerating the achievers “can improve school performance for very little cost,” concludes an analysis...
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