To Make Students Understand Science, Let Them Doodle in Class The push to bring art back to schools could get a boost thanks to a new study that shows kids understand science better when they’re encouraged to draw in class. A team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Australia write in the latest issue of Science that allowing students to draw during science class—the same doodling that teachers generally discourage—actually helps kids retain the information being taught. » via GOOD

To Make Students Understand Science, Let Them Doodle in Class

The push to bring art back to schools could get a boost thanks to a new study that shows kids understand science better when they’re encouraged to draw in class. A team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Australia write in the latest issue of Science that allowing students to draw during science class—the same doodling that teachers generally discourage—actually helps kids retain the information being taught.

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    I’ve slept through my...past week. Will this help?
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    Filed under: read this full article later! I fully encourage this kind of thinking! I think that science is something...
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    Or use iPads in class LOL
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