Hearing words spoken helps kids read
Children find it easier to spell a word when they’ve already heard it spoken, a new study led by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD) at Macquarie...
To delay or not to delay starting school?
Parents of pre-school children and infants often feel significantly stressed as they ponder the pros and cons of delayed entry to primary school in a vacuum of objective information, a QUT education academic said...
Bullied primary school children are falling behind in learning
New work from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has uncovered that one in three boys and one in four girls aged 8 to 9 years are experiencing weekly bullying at their primary school.
The...
Texting a social barrier for children struggling with literacy skills
Texting could be creating a literacy issue for children, but it is not the problem most people would expect.
In a presentation to Education Transforms 2017 in Hobart today, written language expert Dr Nenagh Kemp...
Biting and chewing forces tooth growth
University of Sydney researchers have found chewing and biting to be the cause of adult teeth breaking through the gums rather than an innate, unknown force.
Dr Babak Sarrafpour and his team of researchers from...
Support for new UN framework for children’s rights online
The global push for a new international framework governing the rights of children online has gained new momentum, after a multinational study found governments and NGOs are calling for formal assistance to recognise and...
Unconscious weight bias among school-age children
Research in the July 2017 Pediatrics suggests school-age children in the United States tend to have an unconscious bias against their peers with obesity.
For the pilot study, "Implicit Weight Bias in Children Age...
Link between food allergies and childhood anxiety
Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Albert Einstein College of Medicine studied the link between food allergy and childhood anxiety and depression among a sample of predominantly low socioeconomic status...
Kids should not consume energy drinks
Sports and energy drinks are heavily marketed to children and adolescents, but in most cases kids don't need them - and some of these products contain substances that could be harmful to children.
In a clinical report, the...
Daily movement programme has positive impact on children’s learning
Following a daily movement programme can improve children’s physical development levels and has the potential to boost their chances in the classroom, researchers from Loughborough University have found.
Academics from the University’s School of Sport, Exercise...
