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Decomposing decision-making: a cognitive dimension to teacher rehearsal

A Psychology Teacher Writes

Contemporary educational psychology, 61, 101860. Wiliam (2012). Ryan & Deci (2020). Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation from a self-determination theory perspective: Definitions, theory, practices, and future directions. Sims & Fletcher-Wood (2021). School effectiveness and school improvement. Sims, Banks & Curran (2024).

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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. Depending upon which fields you include in the humanities bucket, the drop in graduates is somewhere between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002.

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Powerful Learning is Inquisitive and Reflective

Digital Promise

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33(4), 704. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(4), 352–364. Expanding retrieval practice promotes short-term retention, but equally spaced retrieval enhances long-term retention. Immordino-Yang, M. Christodoulou, J. A., & Singh, V.

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Many Students Don’t Inform Their Colleges About Their Disability. That Needs to Change.

ED Surge

In summer 2012, my life changed. Disability stigma is a persistent problem on college campuses, which can lead to discrimination, a hostile learning environment and psychological stress. I was a 20-year-old college student with a bright future. I was fearless and ready to take the world by storm. The most common reason is stigma.

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Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of 52 finished on time

The Hechinger Report

She watched from the backseat in August 2012 as the city gave way to the causeway, miles and miles of concrete bridge she hoped would ferry her to the future she’d been promised. As Williams and her classmates moved away in the summer of 2012, Marcovitz expected they’d all have “a happy ending with college.” psychology class.

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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.” Those interested in social sciences, communications and psychology pursue data science or statistics. It’s time to reconsider the dominance of calculus.

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What some colleges are quietly doing to help undocumented students

The Hechinger Report

Meng So, director of the undocumented-student resource center at UC Berkeley since it became the first in the nation in 2012, said he’s gotten dozens of how-to inquiries from other schools. We’ve seen a surge in the number of universities reaching out to us,” So said. She got her degree two years later.

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