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Practicing how to play during school can improve student imaginations and creative problem-solving, study shows
Elementary students who practiced playing at school significantly improved their organization of stories, imagination and frequency in showing emotion, according to a study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University. Students who struggled using their imaginations before the study also saw m...
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Online program reduces bullying behavior in schools, tests show
Behaviors that enable bullying—a significant public health problem for adolescents nationally—were reduced among students who completed a new online anti-bullying program, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University. “Part of convincing schools to use technology to address bullyin...
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Efforts to destroy ISIS have permanently changed international law, legal researcher concludes
International law authority examines right to use force in self-defense against threats within a nation that can’t or won’t stop terror attacks An urgent need to respond with force to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has permanently changed the use of self-defense in international law to a...
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Research finds mindfulness in the workplace improves employee focus, attention, behavior
Mindfulness is often viewed as either a touchy-feely fad or valuable management tool that can lift an entire workplace. A new comprehensive analysis of mindfulness research, co-directed by a management scientist at Case Western Reserve University, suggests the latter—that injecting a corporate cult...
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Through artworks hidden in plain sight, a new look at French slavery (and enslavement)
By Pierre-Yves Beaudouin (Own work) [GFDL (gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsA painted medallion depicting turbaned slaves in chains at the feet of Louis XIV adorns a ceiling at the Palace of Versailles, likely noticed—or its t...
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Addressing trauma in juvenile offenders should be larger focus of rehabilitation, study finds
Photo by Maria Sharron Treating trauma in juvenile offenders can build social relationships that help them stay out of trouble, according to a new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University. “Trauma is a major impediment to building important relationships that provide kids a natural ...
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Rendering Thomas Jefferson, the architect
Thomas Jefferson is the only American architect with the distinction of having two of his projects—the University of Virginia and his home, Monticello—land on the United Nations' list of World Heritage sites. What’s more, he created these projects while also drafting the Declaration of Independence...
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Competitive auctions drive women to bid—and value winning—more than men
In the heat of competition, women value winning more than men. Women also bid more in auctions than men—but only when competing against other women. Against men, women bid about the same as men competing against each other. These discoveries, drawn from a new study co-written by an economist at Ca...
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Study aims to document return on investment to U.S. employers who train registered apprentices
CWRU Weatherhead School of Management Economics Professor Susan Helper has key role in collaborative national research Weatherhead School of Management Economics Professor Susan Helper will play a lead role on a team that began developing the research the past two years, while Helper was on leave ...
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Legal research paper: U.S. has common law trust obligation to African-Americans 150 years after slavery ended
Case Western Reserve University School of Law faculty member Ayesha Bell Hardaway began reparations research as CWRU law student This year marks the 150-year anniversary of the abolition of slavery in America. Over the years, there have been numerous unsuccessful attempts to secure reparations for A...