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Here Are the 10 Stories K-12 Readers Couldn’t Put Down in 2024

ED Surge

There were also highly read pieces about the ways that educators and school systems are grappling with rapid change: how to make access to algebra equitable for historically disadvantaged students and catch up to new technology standards aiding students with disabilities. As a Principal, I Thought I Promoted Psychological Safety.

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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

ED Surge

These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history.

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Why All of Us Could Use a Lesson in ‘Thinking 101’

ED Surge

Research in psychology has led to a clearer picture of common pitfalls in human reasoning — instincts people are wired to make that may have helped our caveman ancestors but that now lead people to make biased decisions or incorrect assumptions. And that can be the problem with the fake news.

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Amid Campus Mental Health Crisis, Students Work to Support Each Other

ED Surge

Nearly three-quarters of college students said they had experienced moderate to serious psychological distress during the pandemic, according to the National College Health Assessment , a study of more than 33,000 students at 41 higher ed institutions conducted by the American College Health Association in fall 2021.

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PROOF POINTS: A spate of recent studies on the “Google effect” adds to evidence that the internet is making us dumber

The Hechinger Report

The study made a huge splash in the journal Science , followed by popular articles about the “Google effect.” In a 2018 article , 24 researchers declared that the Google effect was one of many dubious claims in social sciences. Participants searched for the article and read it. When we need it, we will look it up.”

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How to Encourage Viewpoint Diversity in Classrooms

ED Surge

So on the first day of my educational psychology class, I say … my job isn't to make sure that you're never uncomfortable. Some people think that this book shouldn't be taught and here's a couple articles about why. So on one hand we teachers have our own version of the Hippocratic oath: ‘First do no harm.’

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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

ED Surge

You don’t want to read 30 articles,” the professor says, “you want to read seven.” After her daughter was born, Ruth Cady enrolled in two classes at a local community college: psychology and biology. She found a map of Bermuda, some journal articles and stories published on History.com. What is happening?’”

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