Edutopia

Balancing Play-Based Learning With Literacy Mandates in Preschool

These strategies help teachers set up engaging and enriching opportunities for literacy exploration throughout the day.
Science News

A spot in the base of the brain has a love of language

Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region's ...
IEEE

Enhancing Task-Incremental Learning via a Prompt-Based Hybrid Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)-Vision Transformer (ViT) Framework

Abstract: Artificial neural network (ANN) models are widely used in various fields such as image classification, multi-object detection, intent prediction, military applications, and natural language ...
The Conversation

Five myths about learning a new language – busted

Jessica Mary Bradley currently receives funding from the British Academy / Leverhulme Trust in collaboration with Wellcome. Abigail Parrish does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...
Android Authority

Can't stick with Duolingo? Speak makes the case for voice-first language lessons

Speak is delivering a bunch of new features for its language app’s winter update, including Speak Level fluency metrics. A home screen refresh keeps users focused on their progress, and what’s coming ...
GitHub

VLAC: A Vision-Language-Action-Critic Model for Robotic Real-World Reinforcement Learning

VLAC is a general-purpose pair-wise critic and manipulation model which designed for real world robot reinforcement learning and data refinement. It provides robust evaluation capabilities for task ...
Frontiers

Investigating the effectiveness and typology of teachers’ interactional feedback in supporting digital game-based language learning

Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Education College, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia This mixed-method experimental study investigates the effectiveness and typology of ...
Scientific American

Learning Another Language May Slow Brain Aging, Huge New Study Finds

Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...
The Conversation

What AI earbuds can’t replace: The value of learning another language

Thor Sawin has received funding for teacher development projects through the State Department Fulbright Specialist and English Language Specialist program, as well as the US Air Force and LCC ...
IEEE

A Hierarchical Vision-Language and Reinforcement Learning Framework for Robotic Task and Motion Planning in Collaborative Manipulation

Abstract: Vision-language-action models (VLAs) use an end-to-end learning architecture, which can realize the integration of visual perception, semantic understanding and motion control. However, when ...
C&EN

Optimizing Multi-Task Learning with Evolutionary Relatedness Metrics for Enhanced QSAR-Based Natural Product Activity Prediction

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. A few public databases provide biological activity data for ...