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Megan Hammill; Victoria Rapos; Michael Cinelli – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
Children tend to make more last-minute locomotor adjustments than adults when avoiding stationary obstacles. The purpose of this study was to compare avoidance behaviors of middle-aged children (10-12 years old) with young adults during a head-on collision course with an approaching virtual pedestrian. Participants were immersed in a virtual…
Descriptors: Children, Young Adults, Motor Development, Decision Making
Emily Rauscher; Greer Mellon; Susanna Loeb – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
The academic and economic benefits of school spending are well-established, but focusing on these outcomes may underestimate the full social benefits of school spending. Recent increases in U.S. child mortality are driven by injuries and raise questions about what types of social investments could reduce child deaths. We use close school district…
Descriptors: School Taxes, Expenditure per Student, Mortality Rate, Youth