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Here is an example she gives in the newsletter: baby sleep location. The first best is that babies sleep alone in a crib, on their back with no loose blankets or toys, in their parents’ room, for at least the first six months of life. This is what the AAP recommends and is considered the…

Sometimes their recall was tested, and they were asked to produce the word. For example, “Tell me about the truck. The truck is very___” or “Tell me about the table. The table is very___” and they needed to finish the sentence. Sometimes they were tested with multiple-choice; they were shown four pictures and were asked…

With the constant advances in the medicine, medical training is continual and unabating. To start with, after spending typically four years earning a bachelor’s degree, medical professionals then typically spend four years in medical school, three to seven years in residency, and possibly a few years in fellowship. Then, relatively less formal education continues as…

Everyone is talking about it, but we may not yet fully grasp what it is and what it means for education: ChatGPT. ChatGPT stands for “Generative Pre-Trained Transformer” and is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot. This means that you can have a dialogue with an AI bot. It will provide you with answers to questions,…

Dr. Toni Shub is the CEO of QoreInsights. She is leading the innovation and development of the Classroom Education Plan, a K-5 practice-embedded personalized professional development program with a decision intelligence platform for needs analysis and research-informed strategies. Toni earned her EdD in Leadership and Learning in Organizations from Vanderbilt University, and holds an MS…

 Experiment 1 ResultsStudents in the delayed feedback condition performed better on the exams than students in the “immediate” feedback condition. The difference was about 8%, or the difference between earning a B and an A. However, students’ perceptions did not match the exam results. The students that received the delayed feedback really didn’t like it.…

By Althea Need Kaminske Does test anxiety cause poorer performance on exams? Meta-analyses show that students with higher test anxiety tend to perform worse on exams (1). We also know that anxiety can affect cognitive processes through working memory capacity (2). Therefore, the general consensus is that test anxiety interferes with our working memory, which…

 How did they investigate these questions?They conducted two experiments. In the first experiment, participants were asked to study one of two text passages (biological anthropology versus geology) and then instructed participants to study in one of four conditions:1.    Provided-Flashcards: Participants were given premade flashcards from the textbooks to study with. These flashcards were heavily detail-level…

The relationship between belonging and engagement was further explored in a survey study by Yust et al. (3). In previous research studies, belonging has been linked to achievement, motivation, engagement, and class enjoyment. This article focused on introductory psychology courses, as entry-level classes are important as a means to explore possible majors and even future…

The self-efficacy intervention was designed to be comprehensive, targeting all the different ways in which self-efficacy is thought to be influenced:1)      Previous experiences: If you think about times that you have been successful in the past, you are more likely to believe you can be successful in the future. For the intervention, students were provided…