South African Study Finds Link Between Low Language Ability and Poor Mental Health
Researchers studied language ability and outcomes for 200 13-year-olds in Khayelitsha, a semi-urban, impoverished township outside Cape Town. The study found clear evidence for a link between low language ability and depression in young people.
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Edublox Strengthens Relationship with Professional Minds Through Sponsorships
In 2019, Edublox sponsored a series of conferences organised by Professional Minds, an organisation that is dedicated to enabling Allied HealthCare Practitioners and parents keep abreast of world trends and standards around paediatric and learning-related topics.
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Edublox Joins Hands with EQ4Kids
Edublox specialised reading, maths and learning services and EQ4Kids, an emotional intelligence development franchise business, is forming a strategic partnership to help promote children’s holistic academic and emotional well-being.
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Leer Afrikaans: Versamelname
'n Versamelnaam of versamelwoord is ’n selfstandige naamwoord wat ’n versameling dinge van dieselfde soort aandui. Hoewel versamelname na 'n versameling of groepering verwys, is hulle almal enkelvoude.
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Rich Home Learning Environment in Early Years Boosts Maths Scores at Age 12
The positive effects of a rich home learning environment during a child's early years continue into adolescence and help improve test scores later in life, according to a new study published in School Effectiveness and School Improvement.
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Study: Reading or Listening, the Same Parts of the Brain Are Likely to Be Stimulated
Too busy or lazy to read Melville's Moby Dick or Tolstoy's Anna Karenina? That's OK. Whether you read the classics, or listen to them instead, the same cognitive and emotional parts of the brain are likely to be stimulated. And now, there's a map to prove it.
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Research: What’s the Best Way to Teach Children a Second Language?
People often assume that children learn new languages easily and without effort, regardless of the situation they find themselves in. But is it really true that children soak up language like sponges?
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Three Cognitive Skills that Matter for Academic Achievement
This paper was presented virtually at the EduLearn19 International Conference on New Learning Technologies in Palma, Spain. The study confirms the importance of strong cognitive skills for academic achievement; the cognitive skill with the strongest correlation was auditory short-term memory.
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Leer Afrikaans: Dieregeluide
Dieregeluide is werkwoorde wat gebruik word om die geluide wat diere maak te beskryf, soos die die kwetter van voëls of die brul van 'n leeu. Die woorde is dikwels klanknabootsing van die klank wat die dier maak, maar nie altyd nie.
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Video: Só Word Disleksie Oorkom
Maddie sal nooit kan lees nie, het professioneles voorspel. Mense wat haar geëvalueer het, het gesê hulle het nog nooit tevore disleksie so ernstig soos met haar gesien nie, en dat haar ouers moet probeer om dinge te vind wat Maddie buite akademie mee suksesvol kan wees, omdat sy nooit in 'n akademiese omgewing sal aard nie.
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