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Integrated Classroom: Mind-body Interactions
In previous decades, cognitive psychology has focused on the mind to the exclusion of the body. More recent research has begun to demonstrate the interaction between physical actions and mental processing through areas such as
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The Prevalence of Declining Effect Sizes in Educational Research
Effect sizes are the statistic generated by meta-analyses, a commonly used statistic in education research. This project uses a methodological framework similar to that of Jennions and Moller (2001) to determine whether declining effect sizes
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Women’s Understanding Of Personal Breast Cancer Risk — Does Education Level Matter?
A woman’s understanding of her own breast cancer risk is an important precursor for care. A valid estimate would allow for a greater opportunity to consider early detection modalities and chemopreventive medications. The objective of
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An Assessment of the Validity of a Self-Scored Creativity Test
We assessed the Purdue Creativity test’s self-scoring system by comparing self-scores of 92 AP Psychology students to the scores given by a panel of the student’s peers. We found that there was, on average, a
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Revision techniques – the good, the OK and the useless
BBC: Revision charts, highlighter pens and sticky notes around the room are some of the methods people use to ensure information stays in their mind. But now psychologists in the US warn many favourite revision
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Does Our Innate Ability to Estimate Numbers Benefit From Education?
Children are born with an innate number sense — the ability to discriminate quickly between different amounts or numbers of objects, even without counting. And research has shown that children who have a more acute