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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

The effect of learning spaces on various behaviors—territoriality, crowding, situational and personal space—has been the focus of some sociological and environment behavioral research. The consensus of this research is that the space itself has physical, social, and psychological effects. Psychological Science, 25(7), 1362–1370.

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What Does Blended Learning Look Like in an AP Class?

Catlin Tucker

In this guest post, Cori Schwarzrock shares her experience using blended learning models in her AP psychology course. I teach AP Psychology, blended and traditional, at a high school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Cori Schwarzrock is an AP Psychology teacher at Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Il.

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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought

Researching Socioeconomic Status Outside Of The Classroom Clever and Miller (2019) held a study that looked at a non-traditional learning experience with college-aged students. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 37(3), 193–199. Teaching Sociology, 47(3), 204–218. We need to be aware of that impact in order to work around it.

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Are traditional admission policies increasing racial inequality?

The Hechinger Report

We don’t have the traditional view that we’re somehow ‘letting these kids in’ to be influenced by us.”. I wanted to hear a lot of different perspectives and see how they made sense of things,” said Austin, 35, who graduated on Wednesday with a degree in psychology. There’s sociological, economic, political issues in it.

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The Timing Is Right for Anthro-Journo

Anthropology News

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. Grafting ethnography onto journalism has been suggested for decades—it’s time to put it into practice.

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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

In contrast, prior psychological research on learning was often conducted in a lab with artificial tasks and then applied to more realistic educational activities and settings. These terms represent distinct research traditions and inform our understanding in different and complementary ways.

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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. Herein lies the dilemma.

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