Just as we can break down everything into cells and atoms, we can break down language into words. If you don't understand the words in front of you, there's less chance you'll handle the bigger stuff, ...

Tests aren't just a way for teachers to torture their students, according to a new study that finds the brain encodes better mental hints during test-taking than during studying alone. The study, ...

1. Take a Self-Test! Always begin study of a weekly unit with a self-test or pretest. The pretest, followed by a week of various activities for closely examining words culminating in a posttest, is a ...

Creativity has long been considered tough to quantify. But an international cohort of researchers from McGill University, Harvard University, and the University of Melbourne are tackling that ...

Parents and teachers often ask: “What’s the best way for my child or student to learn and retain words from the weekly spelling list? How does one get beyond simply memorizing words for a Friday ...

Tests aren't just a way for teachers to torture their students, according to a new study that finds the brain encodes better mental hints during test-taking than during studying alone. The study, ...