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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought

Corriveau and Kurkul (2016) administered a study of preschool-aged students about how they choose from whom to learn. The purpose of the study was to see if a preschoolers’ preference in informer is related to SES (Corriveau & Kurkul, 2016). Journal of Instructional Psychology, 37(3), 193–199. Clever, M., & Miller, K.

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Saint Leo University plans the nation’s first veteran studies bachelor’s degree program

The Hechinger Report

Until now, the work has been done by students of sociology and psychology and anthropology. Some scholars who have been studying veterans have published their work in the Journal of Veterans Studies , which was established in 2016 by Mariana Grohowski, who is also the editor.

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What’s it like to teach psychology?

Jonathan Firth

My own school psychology textbooks, including books for the Higher and GCSE courses. There are also a wide range of resources for A-Level Psychology. I’ve been teaching Psychology at secondary school level for almost two decades. This article discusses routes into teaching the subject.

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Jobless college students are being given summer jobs to mentor younger peers

The Hechinger Report

College Bridge for All, which launched in 2016, has hired 80 CUNY students on top of the 120 it normally takes on in the summer, at $17 an hour, and given many of them bigger-than-usual caseloads, Myers said. He’s switched his major to psychology and is planning to pursue a master’s degree in school counseling. Credit: James D’Haiti.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

Gariecia was in my Sociology of Class, Gender, and Race elective during the 2016-2017 academic year. Nick Davis: currently a World Studies, AP Psychology and Black Studies teacher at Von Steuben High School in Chicago. Paula Katrina, Victoria & Gariecia are all Golden Apple Scholars. This is his third year in the profession.

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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

When he got into Middlebury College, a selective school in Vermont, Barnes felt confident he would earn a degree by 2016. When he got into Middlebury College, a selective school in Vermont, Barnes felt confident he would earn a degree by 2016. psychology class. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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What some colleges are quietly doing to help undocumented students

The Hechinger Report

They were concerned about losing federal money,” said Marisol Perez Gonzalez, a senior sociology major who along with other students took part in meetings with administrators about these issues, and who herself has Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, status after being brought by her family from Mexico to Salt Lake City when she was 10.

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