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Science for growing minds: A global platform for scientific knowledge that is changing children’s lives. Powered by @Foundation_JF boldscience.org Switzerland Joined July 2016

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BOLD @BOLD_insights

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“Creative dance seems to encourage children to spontaneously follow their creative impulses.” A previously featured article: Fotini Vasilopoulos explains how dance can help children think creatively, with potential benefits for learning. #ICYMI boldscience.org/might-creative…

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"Seeing more women in leadership roles can help influence traditional norms," says Sonakshi Sharma. Sonakshi & Dewi Susanti tell Hinah Mian about the obstacles women encounter, potential solutions to close gender gaps, and the ultimate impact on children. boldscience.org/what-barriers-…

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“Spatial thinking is a fundamental, yet often neglected, aspect of human cognition.” Zachary Hawes tells @aishaschnell how central spatial thinking is to STEM learning. #EdChat boldscience.org/the-psychologi…

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“My brief sortie into my boys’ gaming life was a success, despite my abject performance.” Previously published on BOLD: @helenapozniak learns to game with her kids, and explores the benefits of families playing video games together. #ICYMI boldscience.org/gaming-as-a-fa…

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“Changing the law is not enough on its own.” Violence against children is sometimes seen as tough love but it can cause long-term harm, says Annie Brookman-Byrne, as the @WHO calls for a global ban on corporal #punishment. boldscience.org/why-corporal-p…

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BOLD @BOLD_insights

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“The inability to recall our earliest memories could suggest a failure to retrieve rather than a failure to store.” Meeri Kim speaks to Nick Turk-Browne about a recent study on infants' memories. boldscience.org/why-cant-we-re…

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Andrei Cimpian @AndreiCimpian

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Bethany wrote a great post for BOLD on the complex relationship between kids' beliefs about effort and their motivation. While the belief that effort is important is generally motivating, it can be *demotivating* if you think that you have to put in more effort than others. 👇

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“We wanted to understand how children think about hard work and success and whether these beliefs affect their motivation in school.” Bethany Lassetter and Andrei Cimpian on children's motivation in school. #EdChat boldscience.org/what-affects-c…

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BOLD @BOLD_insights

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“Highly sensitive children process thoughts and feelings more deeply and often react more strongly to stimuli like noise, light, or sound.” Still relevant: @michaelpluess and Cherry Hirst share strategies to help highly sensitive children thrive. #ICYMI boldscience.org/how-to-support…

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BOLD @BOLD_insights

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“The impact on health of a childhood in poverty may not be apparent until later life.” @laraffington studies how children’s early environments become embedded in their biology and may affect later outcomes. #ChildDev boldscience.org/the-developmen…

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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib_berlin

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How do early environments shape a child’s biology and their future? In this interview with @BOLD_insights, Laurel Raffington @laraffington shares how epigenetic biomarkers help track lifelong impact on children. 🧬 boldscience.org/the-developmen… #ChildDevelopment #Epigenetics

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BOLD @BOLD_insights

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What advice do you have for educators who use digital technology with children at school? BOLD explores EdTech for children with Natalia Kucirkova, Professor of Early Childhood Education and Development at the University of Stavanger.

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🎧What books, films, and tools inspire teachers? @NinaMLAlonso1 hears recommendations from educators from around the world in the final episode of Teachers' Voices season 4! boldscience.org/inspirational-…

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“Children benefit not just from playing with peers and on their own, but from playing with the adults in their lives, too.” #ICYMI: One of our most read articles: @amanda_ruggeri explains why play matters and how to bring it into your parenting. boldscience.org/the-power-of-p…

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BOLD @BOLD_insights

3 weeks ago

🎧Assessment in education: To AI or not to AI? @libbylhhills and @owen_henkel explore in the latest episode of our guest podcast Ed-Technical, with assessment expert @dylanwiliam. #EdTech boldscience.org/assessment-in-…

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BOLD @BOLD_insights

2 weeks ago

What advice do you have for caregivers who use digital technology with children at home? BOLD explores EdTech for children with Natalia Kucirkova, Professor of Early Childhood Education and Development at the University of Stavanger.