Study: Cognitive Skills and their Impact on Academic Achievement
Edublox Online Tutor provides a free online assessment to measure a number of cognitive skills, specifically visual sequential memory, auditory memory, iconic memory and logical reasoning. Sixty-four Grade 2 students of an inner-city school in Pretoria took the test after which their test scores were correlated with their academic grades using the Pearson Correlation.
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Research Project on Auditory Memory: The Overlooked Learning Skill Deficiency
Sixty-four Grade 2 students were randomly divided into three groups: the first group completed 28 hours of Edublox's Development Tutor over three weeks; a second group was exposed to standard computer games, while a third group continued with schoolwork...
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16 Facts About Dyslexia
Where does the term dyslexia come from? How common is the problem? Is dyslexia tied to IQ? Does the dyslexic’s brain differ from the normal reader’s brain? Was Albert Einstein dyslexic?
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Lees Jou Kind Vlot Maar Sonder Begrip?
Wanneer ‘n kind vlot kan lees word daar sommer net aangeneem dat sy begrip ook goed is, maar tussen drie en tien persent van daardie kinders verstaan meeste van die tyd nie wat hulle lees nie.
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Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science
Contrary to the popular theory that learning to read is natural and easy, learning to read is a complex linguistic achievement," Dr Louisa Moats writes in her booklet Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science. "For many children, it requires effort and incremental skill development."
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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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Study: Helicopter Parenting May Negatively Affect Children’s Emotional Well-being, Behaviour
According to new research overcontrolling parenting can negatively affect a child's ability to manage his or her emotions and behaviour.
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Study: Key Social Reward Circuit in the Brain Impaired in Autistic Kids
Children and adolescents with autism have a surplus of synapses in the brain, and this excess is due to a slowdown in a normal brain “pruning” process during development, according to a study by neuroscientists at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC).
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Digital Media May Put Youth at Risk for ADHD
Teens who spend lots of time using digital devices are prone to psychiatric problems, reports a team of scientists in a new study. Children who are heavy users of digital devices are twice as likely as infrequent users to show symptoms of ADHD, the study finds.
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Sticker Books and Stickers: Available Soon at Edublox Clinics and Centres
Available soon at Edublox clinics and centres... Sticker books and stickers for the computer class. After working on Edublox Online Tutor kids can buy 'creatures' with their Educoins. Now they can also collect the stickers of these creatures!!
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