Dr. Valerie Sotardi from the University of Canterbury (UC)'s College of Education, Health & Human Development researches assessment-related anxiety in first-year students. The educational psychologist recently developed online ...
Education
Sep 18, 2019
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If you are not feeling enthused by the general election, you are not alone. An article in the May issue of The Psychologist magazine quotes research finding that, in the UK, 31 per cent of people trust the government and ...
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2015
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Conventional wisdom says experienced teachers are often the best teachers, right?
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2013
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The phonics screening check introduced by the coalition government last year does identify school children in Year 1 who may be falling behind in learning to read, but is not really more informative than teacher assessments ...
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2013
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Most of us know we should live in a more environmentally sustainable way. But it does not happen because we do not really feel involved
Environment
May 17, 2013
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Emoticons not expressing the full complexity of your feelings? UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner and his team at the campus's Greater Good Science Center can help. They have assisted in creating a nuanced Facebook sticker ...
Other
Apr 29, 2013
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If a website's homepage is full of information and images then visitors will click away faster than if they first see a quiet and clear page. So if you want your website to be used, it must have a simple opening page. NWO ...
Economics & Business
Dec 24, 2012
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Fear, anger, insecurity, and boredom in schools can cripple a classroom and obstruct learning completely.
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Psychologists from Royal Holloway, University of London believe a collaborative writing project can help boost self-esteem and improve core skills such as team work among young people.
Social Sciences
Jul 4, 2012
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A University of Maryland-led team of international experts will investigate ways to understand, prevent and reverse the radicalization of young people in destabilized areas of the world, and to keep them from embracing terror ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2012
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