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Nelson Cowan Imagine a 7-year-old and a college student both take a break from their virtual classes to get a drink of water. When they return, the 7-year-old has difficulty restarting the assignment, while the college student resumes working as if the break never occurred. Nelson Cowan, an expert in working memory at the University of Missouri, believes understanding this developmental age difference can help younger children and their parents to better adjust to a virtual learning environment...

Inclusive development is juxtaposed with human development. It is argued that for development to have a human face, human development approach is the only answer.

To reduce cases of child neglect, provide economic relief to struggling families, research indicates. A 10% increase in a common benefit for low- to moderate-income working families, the Earned Income Tax Credit, led to a 9% decrease in the annual number of reports of child neglect made to child welfare agencies over a 14-year study period. That’s a significant impact, researchers say, and can inform future social policies. The study is relevant to current policy actions, as President Joe Bid...

 E-Mail Even after accounting for differences in income, education, caregiver support, special education services and parental reports of misbehavior and family conflict, elementary school-age Black children are 3.5 times more likely to be suspended or placed in detention than their white peers, a new study finds. The results were unsettling even to the researchers themselves, who were familiar with previous research into racial disparities in school discipline. Previous studies primarily used...

Low-dose aspirin may improve pregnancy chances for women with one or two prior miscarriages Contrary to previous findings, low-dose aspirin therapy before conception and during early pregnancy may increase pregnancy chances and live births among women who have experienced one or two prior miscarriages, suggests a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Rather than looking solely at the difference in pregnancy rates between women who were given aspirin and those receiving a pl...

Provosts Award for Graduate Research/Creativity Mentoring Provosts Award for Graduate Research/Creativity Mentoring Carrie Myers Carrie Myers, professor of adult and higher education in the Department of Education, has won the Provost’s Award for Graduate Research/Creative Mentoring, which recognizes a faculty member who engages graduate students. The award comes with a $2,000 honorarium. Since joining the MSU faculty in 2006, Myers has ...

Image: Dennis Maney Jessica Haasz January 26, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Elena Hung, co-founder and executive director of Little Lobbyists, will deliver the 23rd Annual Stanley P. Mayers Endowed Lecture, “Empowering Families and Improving Outcomes for Children with Complex Medical Needs and Disabilities,” virtually at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 7, via Zoom. Registration is required for the event. The lecture, hosted by the Penn State Department of Health Policy and Administration, is fre...

27 Jan, 2021 CSU Dance Instructor Lisa Morgan leads a group of older adults during a “Moving Through Parkinson’s” session on campus in spring 2018. CSU Photography Colorado State University is making headway toward its goal of becoming an “Age-Friendly University,” a designation that recognizes a culture of lifelong learning and age-inclusivity across programs and practices in institutions of higher education. The AFU Global Network, created by Dublin City University and endorsed ...

U.S. bishops welcome Biden’s order not to release census citizenship data Migrants from Central America seeking asylum in the United States turn themselves in after crossing into El Paso, Texas, Jan. 22, 2021. President Joe Biden in a Jan. 20 executive order said 2020 census data will not include respondents’ citizenship status, as the Trump administration had sought. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters) By Carol Zimmermann • Catholic News Service • Posted January 25, 2021 WASHING...

Activists demonstrate in support of LGBTQ rights outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Oct. 8, 2019. (CNS/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) While some Catholic bishops — including a cardinal — recently signed a statement in support of LGBTQ youth, others released a statement opposing an executive order by the Biden administration extending federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people. The statement says Jesus taught mercy and compassion for all, particularly those wh...