Asking children to come up with explanations -- even to themselves -- enhances their cause-and-effect learning abilities, according to new psychology research from The University of Texas at Austin.

Preschool-aged children have been characterized as lacking an assumption that causes only precede or co-occur with effects. However, when 3-5-year-olds were shown a simple sequence of mechanical ...

Gamemakers at the University of Chicago tackle issues facing teens in some of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods--and teach them STEM skills.