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Children as Artists: A New Perspective on Upper Paleolithic Cave Art

Anthropology.net

By integrating insights from developmental psychology, researchers have identified playful and imaginative marks made by young artists, fundamentally rethinking prehistoric creativity. The article is titled, “Children as playful artists: Integrating developmental psychology to identify children’s art in the Upper Palaeolithic.

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Top scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is ‘fundamentally flawed’

The Hechinger Report

For example, in two studies of Indiana students with disabilities published in 2021 and 2023 , researchers found that the more time that students spent in an inclusive setting, the better they did. He admits there may be other psychological or social benefits to learning alongside peers in general education classes.

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Why Cybersecurity Matters: Protecting Your Digital Footprint

TeachThought

The massive T-Mobile data breach in 2023, which exposed 37 million customers’ data, was a stark reminder: cybersecurity isn’t just IT jargon—it’s a necessity in our digital world. Two-Factor Authentication : According to Microsoft’s 2023 Security Report, adding this extra step has prevented 99.9%

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International students may be among the biggest early beneficiaries of ChatGPT

The Hechinger Report

These are typically low-stakes homework assignments where a professor might ask students to post their thoughts on a reading assignment in, say, psychology or biology. The improvement was slow at first in the early months of 2023 and then it improved substantially from October 2023 until the study period ended in March 2024.

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A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in

The Hechinger Report

The article notes that Dr. Fuchs is concentrating on academic outcomes and acknowledges that inclusion may have psychological or social benefits that were [not] studied. Social or psychological benefitslike peer interaction, belonging, and reduced isolationarent incidental to learning/academic achievement.

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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

A 2023 study of the Core Knowledge curriculum, which was not peer reviewed, received a lot of buzz. Does a content-packed curriculum translate into higher reading achievement years later? Putting knowledge to the test Researchers have been testing content-packed lessons in schools to see how much they boost reading comprehension.

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OPINION: You can’t teach psychology without covering gender and sexuality, and you can’t teach history without covering racism

The Hechinger Report

AP Psychology is a popular course, and rigorous AP classes help prepare students for college and demonstrate their skills for college admissions. The study of psychology is particularly important in this regard because it is a field led by women. I majored in psychology before forging a political career.