Many teaching approaches have been tried to improve student attitudes and achievement in
science and mathematics education. Achievement effects have been synthesized, but a …

Special interests (SIs) are part of the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Though they can have both positive and negative effects on functioning and long-term …

This article provides an overview of recent interest research, focusing on the
conceptualization, measurement, and generation of interest. It includes work that reflects …

Object play yields enormous benefits for infant development. However, little is known about
natural play at home where most object interactions occur. We conducted frame‐by‐frame …

One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised
a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they …

Social and Personality Development looks at the processes by which we come to be who we
are. It covers a range of topics central to personality and developmental psychology. The …

In 1959 CP Snow delivered his now-famous Rede Lecture," The Two Cultures," a reflection
on the academy based on the premise that intellectual life was divided into two cultures: the …

This study examined how restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests (RRBs)
developed over time in a sample of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). One …

Written specifically for teachers in training, Motivating Students to Learn offers a wealth of
research-based principles on student motivation for use in the classroom. Positioning the …

Despite American education s recent mania for standardized tests, testing misses what
really matters about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Curiosity is vital, but it …