ADHD: Medicate or Nature Walk?

From a New York Times article on the importance of recess, an interesting assertion regarding the effectiveness of medication v. nature  walks for ADHD:
A small study of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder last year found that walks outdoors appeared to improve scores on tests of attention and concentration. Notably, children who took walks in [...]

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When Testing is Damaging: “Stereotype Threat”

From a Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam “How a Self-Fulfilling Stereotype Can Drag Down Performance” on some research that suggests that standardized tests themselves effect their outcome. Make sure to read the last two paragraphs. The story was brought to my attention by and excerpted by Ken Pope:
Sociologist Min-Hsuing Huang recently decided to ask [...]

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