Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Archived Webinar: Marijuana on the Mind – A Primer for Policymakers
‘Policy has clearly outpaced science’ in the United States on the issue of legalizing marijuana for either medical or recreational use, say two researchers from Harvard University and McLean Hospital
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
