Teachers can set up hands-on exploration to promote young students’ ability to calm themselves when emotions are running high ...

F our years ago, on the day we inaugurated Donald J. Trump as president, I was wrapping up a speaking engagement for my book on how to use the science of emotion to energize the college classroom. One ...

A third grade student sets the last domino down in a row along the edge of a table while playing in Crystal O’Brien’s classroom at Shidler Elementary School in Oklahoma City. Credit: Ariel ...

Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based ...

A new survey of K-8 teachers and students from LEGO Education found that nearly all (98 percent) of students say purposeful play helps them learn and the majority (96 percent) of teachers believe it’s ...

Multiplayer world-building games like Minecraft and Roblox allow adolescents to engage in complex creative thinking, as well as refine their skills of communication and collaboration. As gaming ...

Mark Twain once said, “What work I have done I have done because it has been play.” Apparently, however, many of us in higher education don’t place as high a value on play as did Twain. We refer to ...

Since leaving the tennis circuit Serena Williams has devoted time to being a venture capitalist, raising $111 million for Serena Ventures. With the motto ‘Play to Win’ she has invested in over 60 ...

Mark Twain once said, “What work I have done I have done because it has been play.” Apparently, however, many of us in higher education don’t place as high a value on play as did Twain. We refer to ...