SPiEE in the News
Press coverage of SPiEE research
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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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