SPiEE in the News
Press coverage of SPiEE research
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Building Bridges: Strengthening Teacher-Student Relationships
In this episode of Teaching Today, Hunter invites us to consider how intellectual humility coupled with curiosity can support us to channel our inner detective in the classroom and outside of it.
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Psychologist and Professor Hunter Gehlbach on Being Confident
Hear Hunter discuss his recent research on information adequacy and why people are more confident than they should be.
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The hidden psychology of ‘know-it-alls’: Why they think they know everything
Dean Burnett uses Hunter & Carly’s research on the illusion of information adequacy to help explain why know-it-alls think they know it all.
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PROOF POINTS: Borrowing a page from marriage therapy in the classroom
Click to read Jill Barshay’s piece comparing Hunter/Bryan/Joe’s social perspective taking intervention to marriage therapy.
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Science Confirms It: People Are Not Pets
Click to read Alfie Kohn’s article featuring Carly Robinson’s research on how rewards work (and sometimes they don’t).
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Believing in Science Bolsters Belief in Climate Science
Read Michele Wick’s coverage of Hunter/Carly/Christine’s work on using people’s beliefs in science to bolster their beliefs in climate science.
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How to Convince a Conservative that Climate Change is Real
Click to read the news report on our research finding: establish the value of science in general before you try to convince a conservative that climate change is real.
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How Can Schools Better Persuade Students To Show Up For Class?
Click here for Shankar Vedantam's Hidden Brain podcast covering Carly Robinson’s surprising finding about school attendance awards.
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Making Student Feedback Work: New advice on building a culture of feedback and making it meaningful for teachers
Click here for Carly Robinson on how to get teachers to be more open to learning from student perception surveys.
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In The Classroom, Common Ground Can Transform GPAs
Click here for Shankar Vedantam's Hidden Brain podcast covering "Birds of a Feather" and lovely tribute to Maureen Brinkworth.
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Breaking Down the Myths That Lead Young Students to Miss School
Click here for a report on Carly Robinson’s study of the misconception parents have that lead young students to miss school.
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Climate change conversations can be difficult for both skeptics, environmentalists
Read the APA news coverage of Carly Robinson & Christine Vriesema’s study on leveraging cognitive dissonance to change climate change beliefs.
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Don’t Suspend Students. Empathize.
Click for David Kirp's piece featuring an empathy intervention & the Birds of a Feather study.
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How to keep teenagers from becoming "disconnected" youth, a State of Opportunity special
Jennifer White (Michigan NPR) interviews Hunter Gehlbach & social worker Kasie White re: disconnected youth; student Alexandria steals the show!
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This Simple Survey Could Help Close The Achievement Gap
Click to read Rebecca Klein’s coverage of Birds of a Feather.
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Get to Know Your Teachers, Kids
Click here for Jessica Lahey's coverage of the "Birds of a Feather" study.
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