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The Added Value of Latinx and Black Teachers
Insights
May 29, 2020

The Added Value of Latinx and Black Teachers

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A Collection: Behavioral Science Insights on Addressing COVID’s Collateral Effects
Insights
April 28, 2020

A Collection: Behavioral Science Insights on Addressing COVID’s Collateral Effects

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Susan Fiske Connects Policy and Research in Print
Communication
April 10, 2019

Susan Fiske Connects Policy and Research in Print

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Archived Webinar: Marijuana on the Mind – A Primer for Policymakers
Research
March 27, 2017

Archived Webinar: Marijuana on the Mind – A Primer for Policymakers

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Seeking a Better Way to Evaluate Teachers

Seeking a Better Way to Evaluate Teachers

Teacher observations are both costly and time intensive, but perhaps it’s time to invest in better teacher evaluation to get better student results. So argues Robert Pianta, who has personally helped develop some measures that might achieve such high hopes, in a an article in the journal PIBBS..

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Redefining What It Means To Be An Adult

Redefining What It Means To Be An Adult

When does a modern young person become an ‘adult’? Age 13? 16? 18? 21? Legal definitions aside, young people in the developed world are feeling they’ve become independent operators much later in life than ever before.

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A Key to Improving Math Skills: Reducing Anxiety

A Key to Improving Math Skills: Reducing Anxiety

Remember when Barbie made the stereotypical ‘Math is hard!’ comment? That sentiment is real, and unchecked it can be contagious. Luckily, however, math anxiety can be cured.

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Hands-free Technology is Not Enough to Prevent Distracted Driving

Hands-free Technology is Not Enough to Prevent Distracted Driving

Putting down your phone is merely the first step in banishing distractions while you drive, according to research in the journal ‘Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.’ In fact, asking Siri to do something at a remove is pretty darned dangerous, too.

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Tackling Gender Stereotypes With the Power of Words

Tackling Gender Stereotypes With the Power of Words

Gendered language shapes how we think about the appropriate roles for men and women, especially when we are children and just beginning to form our understanding of the world. That might not sound like a problem, but it can reinforce stereotypes we are trying to tear down.

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Finding Right With Wrong: Improving STEM Performance in US Schools

Finding Right With Wrong: Improving STEM Performance in US Schools

Remember the admonition to ‘show your work’ in math class? Focusing on where you went wrong – instead of hurrying to what is right – may be a great way to actually learn something, so it’s a shame more teachers don’t do that.

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Improving STEM and Attracting Students through Cognitive Science

Improving STEM and Attracting Students through Cognitive Science

There’s a lot of handwringing over the STEM gap in US education, and new paper in the ‘Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences’ finds that how STEM is taught underlies some of the challenges. But cognitive science may offer some help

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A Deceptively Simple Strategy For Keeping Mentally Sharp In Late Life

A Deceptively Simple Strategy For Keeping Mentally Sharp In Late Life

Mankind has long been looking for a magic solution to staving off mental decline as we age. One solution examined in the new issue of the journal ‘Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences’ may be just in front of our reading glasses.

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