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PROOF POINTS: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year

The Hechinger Report

The drop in college graduates who majored in humanities ranges between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002. As the economy recovered, so did the humanities. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002.

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OPINION: It may be time to rethink the emphasis on taking calculus in high school

The Hechinger Report

In 2012, the panel issued a joint statement asserting that calculus should not be the “ultimate goal of the K-12 mathematics curriculum.” In fact, admissions officers say students who wish to gain admission to competitive universities often feel compelled to take the course, even if they intend to major in social science or humanities.

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Powerful Learning is Inquisitive and Reflective

Digital Promise

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33(4), 704. Rest Is Not Idleness: Implications of the Brain’s Default Mode for Human Development and Education. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(4), 352–364. Immordino-Yang, M. Christodoulou, J. A., & Singh, V.

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As enrollment falls and public skepticism grows, some colleges are cutting their prices

The Hechinger Report

A lot of it has to do with psychology,” said Stuebner. There’s this perverse belief that high price equals higher quality, and it really does surprise me how strong that psychology is,” Stuebner said. Still, undergraduate enrollment at the school has fallen steadily, from 1,414 in 2012, U.S. But that time appears to be over.”.

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Is strength-based learning a “magic bullet?”

The Hechinger Report

Though grounded in complex positive psychology research, the strength-based approach boils down to a simple rule: Focus on what students do well. Others use strength systems designed by the British Centre of Applied Positive Psychology or by Thrively, a California-based startup. Leave this field empty if you're human: Not so in Galt.

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What should students focus on? Evidence-based study habits

Jonathan Firth

Cognitive psychology has shown that in order to use your study time effectively, you should pay more attention to what you do during your study sessions. Forgetting Finally, cognitive psychology research has shown that people tend to underestimate how rapidly forgetting takes place (Yan et al, 2016). Hartwig, M. K., & Dunlosky, J.

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Students are zapping their brains to get ahead in school — but evidence for the practice is limited

The Hechinger Report

We almost doubled people’s learning rate,” says Vincent Clark, a professor of psychology and clinical neuroscience at the University of New Mexico who conducted this research with his colleagues. Since the 2012 publication of that research, he and other scholars have replicated the study several times with similar results.