Does Psychology Have A Conflict-Of-Interest Problem?
(nature.com)
Some star psychologists don’t disclose in research papers the large sums they earn for talking about their work. Is that a concern?
Can You Forget Things on Purpose?
(Gizmodo)
Memory’s ungovernable, a ceaseless shaming pain: you’re either scrambling to retrieve it (rooting around for keys, or the name of some acquaintance) or you’re scrambling away from it, wishing it wouldn’t toss up, for the seven hundredth time, this or that miserable incident (deaths, bad dates, awkward elevator talk, trauma beyond the scope and tone of this parenthetical, etc.). Eternal Sunshine posited a medical remedy for this latter scourge—but is such a thing actually possible, outside of twee pseudo-indie movies from the early aughts? Can you actually forget things on purpose? For this week’s Giz Asks, we reached out a number of psychologists with different viewpoints to find out.
Tips for Integrating Social and Emotional Learning into Everyday Instruction
(Medium.com)
Our applied learning sciences team is passionate about social and emotional learning — and about education research.
Teenagers’ Ability To Describe Negative Emotions Protects Against Depression
(University of Rochester)
A Rochester study shows that teenagers who can describe their emotions in precise and nuanced ways—saying ‘I feel ashamed’ instead of simply saying ‘I feel bad’— are better protected against depression than their peers who can’t.
Here’s How Talent Actually Works
(Psychology Today)
Talent is all about your ceiling. And that’s why generalists do best in life.
3 Things You Can Do This Summer to Be a Better Teacher in the Fall
(Education Week Teacher)
As the school year winds down, effective teachers everywhere are reflecting on their experiences and translating them into a plan for another successful school year ahead. It doesn’t matter what grade or subjects you teach, how long you’ve been teaching, or where—there are three universal things that all educators can to do be a better teacher in the fall.
Teachers Feel ‘Guilty’ About Taking Care Of Themselves
(tes.com)
‘It’s time we started looking after the people who look after the kids,’ says teacher charity chief
3 Ways to Transform a Lecture Class
(Inside Higher Ed)
Cathy N. Davidson suggests some easy yet constructive ways to introduce and frame a course that can enhance student-centered learning.
Retrieval Practice and Bloom’s Taxonomy
(Learning Scientists)
As researchers attempting to bridge psychological science and education, we come across several challenges. Each of us has expertise in the area of retrieval practice, where many of the classic studies take place in the laboratory with simple materials.
