Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writes about the future of finance and technology, follow for more. We live in a world where machines can understand speech, ...

MIT researchers unveil a new fine-tuning method that lets enterprises consolidate their "model zoos" into a single, continuously learning agent.

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers them in a circle and asks, “What causes shadows?” It’s a good question ...

This study will update and extend How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (2000) by examining the research that has emerged across various disciplines that focus on the study of learning ...

A teacher's capability to improve students' scientific understanding is influenced by the school and district in which they work, the community in which the school is located, and the larger ...

One of the most fundamental skills students learn in school is still at the forefront of the national education conversation—how kids learn to read. The “science of reading” movement pushed forward in ...

In one sense, the national conversation about what it will take to make sure all children become strong readers has been wildly successful: States are passing legislation supporting evidence-based ...

Before adopting AI tools, it is important that schools think critically about whether these tools will further divorce students from how their brains are primed to learn. A teacher sits at a laptop ...

Modern classrooms are filled with the language of cognitive science. We talk about student engagement, working memory, attention, mindset, and cognitive load as if we can observe these things directly ...

The world is full of things to learn. Where to start? How to choose what to pay attention to? What motivates someone to seek new knowledge? The desire to learn is partly a preference for novelty: we ...

David James is CLO at 360Learning, host of The Learning & Development Podcast and former Director of L&D for The Walt Disney Company. For decades, learning and development (L&D) professionals have ...