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Train elementary school students how to be creative and you can help increase their resilience in the face of real-life problems, new research suggests.In a small study, researchers trained third, fourth and fifth graders to use literary techniques such as perspective shifting, counter-factual (what if) thinking and causal (why) thinking to impr...| Want to increase resiliency in kids? Teach creativity
Angus Fletcher, a professor in The Ohio State University Department of English, has been awarded the U.S. Army’s Public Service Commendation Medal for training special operations personnel in leadership and decision-making skills.The Public Service Commendation Medal (PSCM) is the fourth-highest public service decoration that the Army can best...| Ohio State professor Angus Fletcher awarded U.S. Army medal for leadership tr...
Researchers have developed a new method for training people to be creative, one that shows promise of succeeding far better than current ways of sparking innovation.This new method, based on narrative theory, helps people be creative in the way children and artists are: By making up stories that imagine alternative worlds, shift perspective and ...| Anyone can be trained to be creative, researchers say
If you want to achieve a goal, make sure you share your objective with the right person. In a new set of studies, researchers found that people showed greater goal commitment and performance when they told their goal to someone they believed had higher status than themselves. It didn’t help people at all to tell their goals to someone they...| Share your goals – but be careful whom you tell
With artificial intelligence poised to reshape the future of learning and work, The Ohio State University announced today an ambitious new initiative to ensure that every student will graduate with the AI proficiencies necessary to compete and lead now.Launching this fall for first-year students, Ohio State’s AI Fluency initiative will embed A...| Ohio State launches bold AI Fluency initiative to redefine learning and innov...
Venting about a source of anger might feel good in the moment, but it’s not effective at reducing the rage, new research suggests. Instead, techniques often used to address stress – deep breathing, mindfulness, meditation, yoga or even counting to 10 – have been shown to be more effective at decreasing anger and aggression. Researchers ana...| Breathe, don’t vent: Turning down the heat is key to managing anger
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved the appointment of seven members of the inaugural Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society academic council. Members of the academic council will be charged with conducting the national search for an executive director for the center.The seven scholars of the academic council ar...| Ohio State trustees appoint Chase Center academic council
