It's never too late to learn a language: Adults and kids bring different strengths to the task

There's a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become ...
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Game-based Learning Simply Explained

As part of my Simply Explained series, I’ve been covering a range of student-centered instructional approaches, from project-based learning to experiential and inquiry-based learning. Today, I cover ...
Education Week

Play-Based Learning Yields More Joy, Higher Scores at This Elementary School

Corrected: This story has been updated to more accurately describe how Mansfield Elementary’s test scores compare to those of other schools in Connecticut. When the doors to Mansfield Elementary ...
The Conversation

What AI earbuds can’t replace: The value of learning another language

Thor Sawin has received funding for teacher development projects through the State Department Fulbright Specialist and English Language Specialist program, as well as the US Air Force and LCC ...
Edutopia

8 Creative Performance Tasks for World Language Classes

As a longtime world language educator, I have used many traditional assessments in my own classroom. For years, I was teaching my own students the way that I had been taught. I used the same structure ...
Frontiers

Supporting English language learning for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder through total physical response and multiple intelligences theory

Globally, including in Turkey, foreign language education—particularly English—begins in early childhood. However, this process varies significantly depending on learners' individual needs. Among ...
USA Today

Airlearn’s AI Tutor Sets a New Standard for Language Learning

Many legacy platforms built their reputation on streaks, badges, and gamified practice, a formula that made language learning accessible but often left learners strong on recognition but weaker on ...
The Conversation

Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says

Karen Roehr-Brackin received funding from the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust (grant reference SRG23\230787) which supported the research project reported here. If you’ve always wanted to learn a new ...
CBSSports.com

Bears task Caleb Williams with improving body language, minimizing 'triggers' after tumultuous rookie year

Caleb Williams has never been one to hide his personality, but the Chicago Bears are asking their franchise quarterback this season to be more mindful of his body language. Putting on a brave face ...
IEEE

Enhancing Task-Incremental Learning via a Prompt-Based Hybrid Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)-Vision Transformer (ViT) Framework

Abstract: Artificial neural network (ANN) models are widely used in various fields such as image classification, multi-object detection, intent prediction, military applications, and natural language ...
PNAS

Do large language models have a theory of mind?

Michal Kosinski’s recent study on theory of mind (ToM) tasks given to different large language models (LLMs) (1) is fascinating and offers many insights into the continued evolution and development of ...