A digital publication on curiosity, childhood and AI.
Eight original studies, plain-language summaries and what they mean for the families and classrooms living it.
Evidence, not opinion
Curiosity and Classroom Outcomes: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study
We tracked 1,240 students across nine schools to measure the relationship between self-reported curiosity and later academic and creative outcomes. Curiosity, measured yearly through structured interviews and classroom observation, proved a stronger predictor of long-term engagement than baseline test scores.
Dr. Naledi Mokoena, Dr. Ilias Vranas
Read the paperCuriosity scores predicted sustained engagement better than IQ proxies or prior grades.
Curiosity and Classroom Outcomes, 2023
What we study
Learning Science
2 papers
AI & Childhood
1 papers
Play & Development
1 papers
Family Learning
1 papers
Digital Wellbeing
1 papers
Entrepreneurship
1 papers
Nature & Development
1 papers
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Curiosity and Classroom Outcomes: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study
Dr. Naledi Mokoena, Dr. Ilias Vranas
How Children Reason About Generative AI: A Cross-Country Study
Dr. Priya Chandrasekaran, Tomás Herrera
Unstructured Play and Later Inventive Behavior
Dr. Femi Adisa
Family Questioning Habits and Vocabulary Growth
Dr. Naledi Mokoena, Dr. Sena Boateng
Beyond the Clock: Screen Quality Versus Screen Quantity
Dr. Ilias Vranas, Hana Yoshida
Teacher Questioning Styles and Student Risk-Taking
Dr. Sena Boateng
Early Ventures and Adolescent Resilience
Dr. Femi Adisa, Tomás Herrera
Green Time and Attention Restoration in Middle Childhood
Dr. Priya Chandrasekaran, Hana Yoshida
How we work
Every study listed here follows a pre-registered method, an independent review pass and a plain-language summary written after peer review, not before.
Evidence in plain language
We translate every finding into a sentence a tired parent can read once and use tomorrow. No jargon, no hedging paragraphs — just what changed, for whom, and by how much.
Where to next?
Curiosity compounds. Follow the thread that pulls at you most.
Resource Library
Guides built from these findings.
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Practical tools for home.
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Classroom-ready applications.
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