Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...

Social media is rotting kids’ brains — and especially hurting their memory and vocabulary: study

New research suggests social media may be harming your child's brain, finding that kids who spend more time on these apps ...

“Think You Know English?”: These 27 Confusing Words Will Put Your Vocabulary To The Test

English is full of words that sound alike, look alike, or seem so familiar that we stop questioning how we use them. But even ...
Education Week

Kids’ Social Media Use Linked to Lower Reading and Memory Scores, Study Suggests

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, on Oct. 13, found that 9- to 13-year-olds ...
Arab Times

Kids who use more social media perform worse on reading and memory tests: study

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 14: Children who increase their social media use in the preteen years perform worse on reading, vocabulary, ...
Mankato Free Press

Our View: How do you spell vocabulary tests?

To the National Spelling Bee adding a new challenge to its competiton. New tests are being administered starting this year that emphasize that contestants also know the meaning of words. The addition ...