During the first year of life, when babies spend so much time listening to language, they're actually tracking word patterns that will support their process of word- learning that occurs between the ...

Word patterns that stir emotion and rouse our reason are powerful. They do change us (Waldman, 2012). When we encounter something that interests us, delights us, or disgusts us, short-term ...

NEWPORT NEWS — The weekly tradition of spelling tests is gone from elementary classrooms. Newport News Public Schools did away with them this fall in favor of “word study,” which focuses on patterns ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. When it comes to using “big data” to analyze the patterns of society, ...