The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

According to a paper published in the February 2025 issue of the Journal of Education Psychology, the 565 children who received the Core Knowledge lessons did better on tests of the topics and words that were taught, compared with 626 children who had learned reading as usual and werent exposed to these topics.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Thanks to discoveries in the fields of organizational psychology and neuroscience, we can gain a better understanding of what human traits or behaviors are best suited for leadership, and why they are of benefit to the organizations and teams these individuals lead. Integrity There might not be a more critical focus than this one.

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The Effortful Educator

MARCH 9, 2025

But, one strategy that has never featured on any article Ive written is interleaving. There may be an article where it is mentioned, but Ive never looked at any research and considered how to use it appropriately in my classes. To me, thats the trifecta for a research article. Psychological Science, 33(5), 782-788.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 5, 2020

An article by Mary Ellen Tribby in the Huffington Post sums up quite nicely why New Year’s resolutions don’t work: As a matter of fact according to a study by The University of Scranton’s Journal of Clinical Psychology, only 39% of people in their twenties achieve their resolution goals each year.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Self-Determination Theory identifies three basic psychological needs that impact motivation–competence, relatedness, and autonomy (Deci & Ryan, 2000). Choice has been shown to improve retention, transfer performance, and motivation (Schneider, Nebel, Beege & Rey, 2018). Would You Rather?

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The Effortful Educator

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Check out this link to see some of my articles and my book that feature this topic. More concretely, if I ask students in my psychology course to describe one theory of motivation, will other theories of motivation also be strengthened in their memory? Perspectives on psychological science, 1(3), 181-210.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 25, 2025

This article addresses a narrower empirical question: What did Elon Musks takeover of the platform mean for this academic ecosystem? Read the full article. those registering any behavior on a given day) or the number of tweets written (including original tweets, replies, retweets, and quote tweets). appeared first on.

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Jonathan Firth

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

What should you read to prime yourself for further study in Psychology? I’m often asked by new or prospective Psychology students (or their parents) if I can recommend some interest-based reading to extend their understanding or prepare for a degree. Image via Pixabay. Apparently so. A great primer ahead of studying psychopathology.

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Jonathan Firth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

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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TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Those of you familiar with educational psychology will recognize this as the age-old problem of transfer of training. The effectiveness of a large part of the school program is therefore dependent upon how well the students carry over into situations applications which the students never faced in the learning process.

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Geography Education

APRIL 17, 2024

I’ve often wondered why my mom and I are so different in this regard; our psychology, our interests, the information we value, the skills we believe are useful and within our grasps are quite distinct.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In today’s New York Times article, Does Instagram harm girls? Dr. Laurence Steinberg, Professor of Psychology at Temple University, said: . It’s one thing to judiciously weigh the pros and cons when it comes to technology and our children. It’s a whole ‘nother to just throw claims out there that lack evidence.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2019

In his article, he focuses on the difference between transactional versus transformational leadership. Journal of Educational Psychology , 91(3), 537. If teachers were trained on leadership styles and techniques instead of classroom management strategies, would they have more success working with students? Bolt, E., & Cai, Y.

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Edthena

MARCH 14, 2023

Check out the key strategies below, as well as links to the full articles (and related content!). This SmartBrief article outlines five strategies for people supporting teachers to help address and reduce teacher burnout and “bring back the joy of teaching.”

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Jonathan Firth

MARCH 8, 2019

Psychology in the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to What Works came out around this time last year. Co-authored with Marc Smith and aimed at both new and experienced teachers, it’s a guide to how psychology research on areas such as memory, creativity and motivation can be applied to classroom practice.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2025

But overall, EdSurge articles that highlighted educators experiences and called for more connection gripped readers all year. As a Principal, I Thought I Promoted Psychological Safety. And of course, readers were eager for coverage on dealing with the ways artificial intelligence is changing the dynamics of their classrooms.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. I reached out to the authors of these articles and other scholars from that time to ask just that. What happened?

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

A February 2024 study published in Developmental Psychology provides strong causal evidence that building scientific background knowledge translates into higher reading achievement , particularly for low-income students.

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The Effortful Educator

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A 2008 research article ( 1 ) looked at eight studies examining just this and attempted to answer the question following question: which seating arrangement showed the most promise for increasing on task behaviors while decreasing disruptive behaviors? I say we turn to evidence of what seems to work better for learning.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 12, 2023

We’ve rounded up four resources that provide best practices for improving school culture, including how psychological safety is crucial for educators and strategies for valuing and supporting teachers. Find them on our blog: What Positive Psychology Has to Do with Supporting Teacher Well-Being Promoting Teacher Mental Health?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

The debate reignited among university professors during the pandemic with the 2021 online publication of a commentary in the journal Educational Psychology Review. But the authors of the 2021 article said the council’s references for this policy change were “theoretical ideas packaged in conceptual articles rather than empirical evidence.”

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. As we’re about to pick up an article or text in a printed or digital format, we should keep in mind why we’re reading. In our academic lives, we have books and articles that we regularly return to. Patricia A.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

While the news articles are alarming, it is worth noting that much of the data they cite comes from self-reporting by students. She has maintained a private clinical psychology and consulting practice for more than three decades. As a college president and a clinical psychologist, I know this well.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 11, 2019

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Leer en español. Such gaps, however, are not the result of differences in intellectual ability.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This piece, written by Jack Wippell, covers the new article by Gregory Eady and Anne Rasmussen, “Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity.” In their new article, Gregory Eady and Anne Rasmussen examine the gendered nature of political toxicity.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

“The parallelism between their play deficiencies, and the objective problems in forming trusting social bonds with others seems very significant,” concluded Brown in a 2018 article. Doris Bergen, a professor at Miami University’s Department of Educational Psychology.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

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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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

In 2009 the peer-reviewed journal Educational Psychologist published a literature review article by Professor Johnmarshall Reeve on why the majority of teachers act in ways that thwart the primary psychological need for autonomy. In fact, the system suppresses nurturing behaviors.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Empathy-based programs come from the work of Jason Okonofua at Berkeley, rooted in social psychology principles. Teachers read an article, and it was a non-pejorative article about students and what might cause student behavior,” Heather Hill described.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2017

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The post Music Training Speeds Up Brain Development in Children appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: Dahl describes himself as a developmental scientist, practicing in a field that combines many subjects such as neuroscience, psychology and medicine. Early Childhood. He says the adolescent learning spurt is second only to the rapid brain development of the first five years of early childhood.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Students can read articles, watch videos, and listen to podcasts to learn. Meeting students’ basic psychological needs, such as autonomy, competence, and relatedness, is essential for motivation. Technology is good at transferring information. However, this approach can be counterproductive.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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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Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Worldview Worldview is the set of cultural and psychological beliefs held by members of a particular culture; the term was borrowed from the German Weltanschauung. The first explicit elaboration of the concept occurred in Redfleld’s article “The Primitive World View” (1952). Mendelson 1956): 1. Natural (biology, chemistry, physics) 3.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Luckily for all of us, the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest published a review article a few years ago that remains the most comprehensive guide out there. Researchers have devoted decades to studying how to study. The research literature is frankly overwhelming.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2023

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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Digital Promise

JANUARY 5, 2017

This article was originally published in The Conversation. Read the original article. . Our study, published in the Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, found that trained carers were not only much better at book sharing: when they played with their infants without books, they were also more sensitive and responsive.

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