KANG RESEARCH: IMPROVING YOUR MEMORY
Assistant Professor Sean Kang says repeated use of knowledge and training play a role in memory, as well as a few other tips in this NBC News
[more]Assistant Professor Sean Kang says repeated use of knowledge and training play a role in memory, as well as a few other tips in this NBC News
[more]Tine researches the gulf in academic success between students who live in poverty and those who don’t. “There are two aspects to that work,” she says. “We identify cognitive processes that underlie the income achievement gap, and we create interventions that address those inequities and can improve education and learning and development for all.” To that end, she and three undergraduate students are designing and assembling Build-It Boxes kits, aimed at sharpening STEM skills for 300 rural middle schoolers.
[more]WalletHub analyzed U.S. school systems to determine the top-performers, and asked a panel of researchers and experts, including Professor Jamshed Bharucha, for their insights. The findings can be found at https://wallethub.com/edu/e/states-with-the-best-schools/5335
[more]Kevin Griffee '19, one of Professor Coch's lab assistants, describes current research in the Reading Brains Lab: "Our research sheds light on how people process rhymes, and how they process reading in general, information we believe is valuable in teaching kids to read." An article about this work can be found at http://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2017/07/how-rhyming-helps-reading-brain-waves-tell-story?utm_source=vox_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vox_daily_2017_07_26
[more]Professor Andrew Garrod was recognized for promoting cultural understanding through the arts. See
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