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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

ED Surge

The Science of Reading Over the past several decades, research in educational psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience has converged to form the science of reading, providing clear, evidence-based guidelines on effective reading instruction.

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‘Guided play’ benefits kids—but what does that look like for parents?

The Hechinger Report

You can read more about play and parenting in this recent white paper , published by Wright and her co-researchers, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a professor of psychology at Temple University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and Bo Stjerne Thomsen, chair of Learning Through Play and vice president of the LEGO Foundation.

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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

Last fall, a white paper by O.U.’s psychology professor, saw how it hurt the shops and eateries along Court Street. Rather than by buying “ads on television” or seeking “success in ball-throwing exercises,” he said, universities “become great when their students become Rhodes Scholars or their faculty win Nobel Prizes.”.

Economics 128
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Will the real Montessori please stand up?

The Hechinger Report

Now, several years later, after pursuing a degree in psychology and taking courses in child development, Foster is more educated about Montessori education and realizes little about the “Montessori garden” actually adhered to Montessori practice. “This woman was not interested in Montessori education,” Foster said on a recent afternoon.

Library 111
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Meet the New APSA Committee on the Status of Disability in the Profession

Political Science Now

Her research has appeared in Political Psychology , Health Affairs , Politics, Groups and Identities , and the Journal of Women, Politics and Policy , among others. published by Cambridge University Press.

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Practicing Self-Care Beyond Self

Anthropology News

This framework, which stems from disciplines such as psychiatry and psychology, positions people experiencing suicidality as patients or objects of intervention, reducing them to passive recipients of care. Data Source: 2024 White Paper on Suicide Prevention (Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2024).