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Research — and Life — Revolves Around Context
Context matters, and Margaret Beale Spencer’s life is living proof. In her conversation with APS President Douglas L. Medin at the “Inside the Psychologist’s Studio” session, she spoke about her academic progress and how it
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How Students and Teachers Relate
How a teacher relates to his or her students has tremendous influence on a student’s learning experience. So Matthew G. Mandelbaum of Fordham University and PsySoEd Dynamics, LLC asked childhood and early-childhood educators about the
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Methods to Increase Attendance and Performance
My name is Lora Jacobi from Stephen F. Austin State University, and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC.
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Preschool Has Big Advantages for the Disadvantaged
It may seem obvious that preschool helps kids perform better in later grades. But most studies to date have produced limited conclusions about how the preschool environment impacts a child’s academic success. A recent Psychological
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Special Issue of Early Education and Development
The goal of the special issue Social and Emotional Learning in Early Education is to explore more deeply the role of social and emotional learning (SEL) in the development of 3- to 6-year-olds and programming
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Why I Became An Administrator… And Why You Might Become One Too
Perhaps no field lends itself to application in and to a university setting the way psychological science does. Becoming an administrator is a wonderful way for psychological science to positively touch the lives of many