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Combined Counseling/School Ph.D. student selected for the second cohort of Rising Graduate Scholars from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

Posted by College of Education on March 29, 2022

Combined Counseling/School Ph.D. student, Melissa Wheeler was one of only 10 graduate students nationwide selected for the second cohort of Rising Graduate Scholars from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. This recognition identifies exceptional graduate students based on standout scholarship and their trajectory toward a promising future in academia or other fields. Congratulations, Melissa!

Read more here from The NAU Review.

Filed Under: Educational Psychology News

Dr. Calderon’s funding for biculturalism research project

Posted by College of Education on November 8, 2021

Dr. Carlos Calderon’s current grant-supported project, “Assessing the temporal reliability of cognitive-achievement relations and factor structure of the Woodcock-Johnson (WJ) Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Academic Achievement, Fourth Edition” is a series of research studies funded by the Woodcock Institute for the Advancement of Neurocognitive Research and Applied Practice. His grant started in March 2020 and will last until March 2022. The first study under this grant is the basis… Read more

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After overcoming abuse, Navajo Educational Psychology student finds her way back to earn her Ph.D.

Posted by College of Education on January 21, 2021

When she was in fourth grade, Esther Cadman’s teacher asked her a question that changed her life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

It’s a simple question every elementary school student has been asked, but for Cadman, this question opened the door to future possibilities, which was an idea she never had before: that she could be whatever she wanted. For that 10-year-old in Albuquerque, New Mexico, living in… Read more

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Decoding the brain’s learning machine

Posted by Educational Psychology on May 21, 2018

In studies with monkeys, researchers report that they have uncovered significant new details about how the cerebellum — the ‘learning machine’ of the mammalian brain — makes predictions and learns from its mistakes, helping us execute complex motor actions such as accurately shooting a basketball into a net or focusing your eyes on an object across the room.

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Source: ScienceDaily

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Teachers can do it: Scalable identity-based motivation intervention in the classroom

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Classroom activities aimed at changing students’ identity-based motivation (IBM) improve student outcomes by helping students experience school as the…

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Source: ScienceDirect

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How to Group Students Into Classrooms to Increase Overall Learning

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By mixing high- and low-achieving students in classrooms, schools can enable helping behavior and improve reading achievement.

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Source: APA Journal

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Department of Educational Psychology
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Room 110 Building 27
Eastburn Education
801 S Knoles Dr
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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eps@nau.edu
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928-523-7103
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