Whether it's coming to grips with a new video game, or honing a new skill, there is an ideal sweet spot for learning, somewhere between too easy and too hard. A new study, using machine learning ...

Which is all a long-winded way of saying that music makes your life better. But according to research there’s at least one exception, a time when many of us pop on our headphones but really shouldn’t.

Whether you’re a new business owner developing skills, or trying to learn a new instrument, we could all benefit from accelerated learning. But the problem is, there’s only so much time in the day.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In a striking piece in Education Next, Laurence Holt dives into a series of research studies that show strong results for edtech ...

A recent Pearson study found that a majority of Generation Z kids prefer learning from YouTube and videos rather than printed books. Nearly 60 percent of people aged 14 to 23 prefer YouTube as a ...

If educators could create the ideal classroom, they'd give themselves more room, and it would be more open and flexible and include collaborative spaces. According to a recent survey, those bigger ...

“Embrace” is probably too strong. “Acquiescence” suggests too much passivity. Whatever word you choose, though, the data indicate that American faculty members -- whether grudgingly or ...

A recent study suggests that although there is growing interest in skills- and competency-based learning, few colleges and universities have actually implemented the new model. The report, released ...

Schools are stumbling out of the pandemic’s shadow transfigured, cleaved in two as they teach some children in classrooms and others at home, remotely. Originally imagined as a time-limited response, ...

All children should be able to read by age 10. Reading is a gateway for learning as the child progresses through school—and conversely, an inability to read slams that gate shut. Beyond this, when ...