Students listen during a lecture at BYU. Simple practices such as using names, name tents and the BYU app’s flashcards can strengthen connection and learning, according to a recent study. The start of ...

When Michelle D. Miller leads faculty workshops, she often does what she calls a “party trick” that she uses on the first day of class with her students: learning everyone’s names. As professors have ...

If you've ever had to spell out words like W-A-L-K or T-R-E-A-T around a dog, you know that some dogs listen in to humans' chitchat and can pick out certain key words. Well, it turns out that some ...

For the first week of school, Jonathan Romsdahl, an English teacher at Erwin High School, assigns seats. Elizabeth Wicker, a counselor at Erwin, refers to photos next to students’ names. Ana Esparza, ...

The next big question was whether Rico could learn new name-object combinations the way young children do. Children often learn new words through a process called fast mapping. They hear a new word, ...

That meant he was not using visual cues from his owner. The next big question was whether Rico could learn new name-object combinations the way young children do. Children often learn new words ...