Research chat: Information scientist Alison Head on student habits
Interview with Alison Head, co-director of the University of Washington’s Project Information Literacy, which studies student online research habits.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of education
Interview with Alison Head, co-director of the University of Washington’s Project Information Literacy, which studies student online research habits.
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2013 metastudy in Psychological Science in the Public Interest on an assessment of ten top learning and study strategies.
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2013 report from the Pew Center on the States on how the ongoing recession has affected the economic prospects of recent university graduates.
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2012 NYU study on how LGBT victimization leads to decreased self-esteem and worse educational outcomes, including lower GPA and more absences.
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2011 Congressional Research Service report surveying new requirements and details of the GI Bill.
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2012 report from Project Information Literacy on the mismatch between the employers’ needs and the research skills and habits that young people are displaying on the job.
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2012 study from ETS in Princeton, New Jersey, published in Educational Researcher on standardized testing in higher education and student motivations.
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2012 study from Carnegie Mellon University, University of California-Irvine and others published in Psychological Science on the link between elementary and high school math achievement.
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2012 article from the University of California-Berkeley published in Science on how young children think scientifically and implications for early education reform.
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2012 Washington State study in the Sociology of Education journal on the impact of community colleges on local employment growth.
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