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Leading Through Windows and Mirrors

A Principal's Reflections

2017), "Toward more practical measurement of teamwork skills", Journal of Workplace Learning, 29 (2): 124-133. Annual Review of Psychology. Be proactive when it comes to eliciting praise so that proper credit is given to those who are playing their part to ensure success for the system. Brock, S.E., McAliney, P.J., and Sen, A.

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When Did Humans Start Talking? Genomic Evidence Pushes Language Back to 135,000 Years Ago

Anthropology.net

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new genomic study, published in Frontiers in Psychology 1 , approaches the problem differently. Frontiers in Psychology , 16. Traditionally, scholars have debated linguistic origins based on indirect clues—symbolic artifacts, brain size, or the complexity of tool-making. Palgrave Macmillan.

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Ancient Instincts, Modern Power Struggles: How Evolution Still Shapes Human Society

Anthropology.net

Education, he suggests, must go beyond academic knowledge and address the psychological and neurological roots of human behavior. While science and technology have advanced, the biological and psychological forces that shaped early human societies remain largely unchanged. Related Research Sapolsky, R. Penguin Random House.

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Easy Application of Interleaving in the Classroom

The Effortful Educator

Psychological Science, 33(5), 782-788. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 43(11), 1699. Interleaving retrieval practice promotes science learning. Carvalho, P. F., & Goldstone, R. The sequence of study changes what information is attended to, encoded, and remembered during category learning.

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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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PROOF POINTS: Study finds guaranteed free tuition lures low-income students

The Hechinger Report

A 2017 study by Harvard economist Raj Chetty found that many elite colleges, including the majority of the Ivy League, enroll more students from the top 1 percent than the bottom 60 percent. People are more willing to try something when they know the final cost ahead of time.

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Announcing the 2024 Students of History Scholarship Winner

Students of History

This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education. She also shared insights from her Law and Public Policy class, where she engaged in mock trials and debates, and from her Psychology class, where she created a memorable baby book project.

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