Category: Research
A gender gap in negotiation emerges between boys and girls as early as age eight
Understood to persist between men and women in the workforce, Boston College team finds the gender gap in negotiation takes root during childhood
Fellow students improve grades
Peers personalities can influence your own academic achievement.
How students learn from their mistakes
Researchers at University of Southern California find that students who are focused on monitoring their own learning process, rather than on getting right answers, learn better over time.
Schooling is critical for cognitive health throughout life
Quality schooling matters cognitively for later life also.
To improve students’ mental health, teach them to breathe
Resiliency training programs could be a valuable tool for addressing the mental health crisis.
Jobs for the boys: How children give voice to gender-stereotyped job roles
Children, and especially boys, show stronger stereotyping about masculine and feminine jobs than previously suspected.
Playtime with dad may improve children’s self-control
Children whose fathers make time to play with them from a very young age may find it easier to control their behaviour and emotions as they grow up, research suggests.
Early-life screen time linked to reduced physical activity in preschool children
From: The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
From as young as 4, children see males as more powerful than females
Results show that children have early sensitivity to a gender hierarchy.