Category: Education

AI monitoring model detected online-learning drowsiness at 86.8% mAP and estimated screen distance within 2.12 cm

A lightweight AI system combined yawning detection and screen-distance estimation for real-time online learning monitoring,...

Challenge and curiosity explained 15.3% of deep learning differences in 1,608 medical students

A study of 1,608 Chinese medical undergraduates found challenge and curiosity were the strongest creative-tendency...

Phone tutoring raised learning by 0.32 standard deviations across five countries

Five randomized trials found weekly phone tutoring consistently improved primary-school numeracy during major disruptions, while...

Confidence-based multiple choice changed how students expressed uncertainty, not their overall scores

A study of optometry students found confidence-based multiple choice exposed uncertainty and reflection without significantly...

Students learned more over a semester, but generative AI did not add a measurable knowledge advantage

A semester-long study of 87 business informatics students found substantial learning across all groups, but...

Feeling safe to make mistakes predicted stronger connection and later flourishing in music students

A three-wave study of 341 university music students found that perceived psychological safety predicted stronger...

Health Sciences students reported stronger social responsibility across key university measures

A study of 121 Spanish university students found Health Sciences students scored higher on several...

Children became better at generalising with age, but they did not all use the same strategy

A study of 84 children aged 4, 6 and 8 found that generalization improved with...

Students planned to study smarter, but the approaching exam changed their behaviour more

Researchers tracked 87 university students across four weeks and found that a planning intervention did...

Preschoolers watching more short-form videos showed more attention and behaviour problems

Preschoolers who watched more short-form videos showed more problems with attention, impulsivity and behaviour in...

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