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How to Make Learning Stick

A Principal's Reflections

Emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes in humans, including perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141(4), 610. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 38(4), 281-288. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1454. Fiorella, L.

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PROOF POINTS: Only a quarter of federally funded education innovations benefited students, report says

The Hechinger Report

The low success rate for new ideas is “psychologically disappointing,” said Barbara Goodson, lead author of the report and an expert in educational research at the consulting firm Abt Global. The results for each program are hidden in pages 55 through 64 of a separate appendices document , but I have created a pdf of them for you.

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College students to administrators: Let’s talk about mental health

The Hechinger Report

More broadly, nearly 73 percent in the Fall 2021 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment survey reported moderate or serious psychological distress. Nikita Nerkar, a peer wellness coach and senior from Phoenix majoring in psychology, said students often “are looking to have a space to talk things through.”.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. This is her third year in the profession. History class.

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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. But that time appears to be over.”. College is still expensive. Is the college in trouble?” “Is the college in trouble?”

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Beyond Screens: The Benefits of Paper-Based Learning for Elementary Students

Studies Weekly

Current Directions in Psychological Science , 27 (5). Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2773–2777. Frontiers in Psychology , 10. Click here for a sample of your state’s Studies Weekly print curriculum. References American Optometric Association. Annisette, L. 2019, September 27).

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PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users

The Hechinger Report

The Penn State findings echo a 2017 survey by the nonprofit media watchdog, Common Sense, which found that low-income children were sitting in front of a television or a computer screen for almost double the time of a child from a wealthier family. Our study provides some indication of the groups.”.