Author: Misuzu Schexnider
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High Quality Vocab Cues from Parents Predict Better Comprehension Among Their Children
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Children who received higher quality vocabulary cues from their parents are found to have higher vocabulary comprehension scores than those whose parents gave lower quality cues.
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Can Different Learning Activities Bring Out Students’ Unseen Academic Potential?
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Problem-based learning units can help teachers identify students with advanced academic potential whose giftedness might otherwise be ignored.
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Support Children of Incarcerated Parents by Supporting Their Caregivers
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A group support program for caregivers of children with incarcerated parents resulted in positive impacts for caregivers’ depressive symptoms and family outcomes.
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How do Urban African American Youth Respond to Life Event Stress?
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Research shows that certain adverse events in the lives of urban African American youth are associated with certain types of behavioral issues, and some coping strategies have varying, gender-based levels of effectiveness.
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Left Out: Women’s Life Changes Put Their Access to Health Insurance at Risk
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Instability in low-income women’s life events corresponds to an increased reliance on public health insurance systems.
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Measuring Teacher Quality: Do Teachers Impact Students’ Adult Outcomes?
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A new study suggests that students who are taught by higher quality teachers have an increased chance of experiencing improved adult outcomes.