Education

Compared to traditional lectures, active learning with in-class participation improves student exam scores and passing rates in undergraduate STEM classes, especially for minoritized students.

Education

Black Americans benefit less from speech-recognition technology than White Americans because these systems make more mistakes with Black voices.

Education

When memories are connected by a story, even if they are separated in time and place, they become linked together. Forming a narrative connection between memories makes them easier to recall.

Students can watch lecture videos at up to twice the normal playback speed and still recall the content as well as watching at normal speed.

People who were informed about the effectiveness of disaster preparedness favored public funding for prevention rather than policies to pay for damage.

Springer Link

The 'Request A Woman Scientist' platform can be used by educators, journalists, and event organizers to get accurate expertise on a topic while also increasing visibility of women scientists.

Education

European children that played video games for five or more hours per week performed better in school and had fewer problems with their peers.

Discrimination was associated with depressive symptoms and lower GPA in racial minority and first-generation college students. Students who did extracurricular activities had better mental health and grades.

Springer Link

Education

Emails from Muslim or atheist parents hoping to enroll their children in American public schools were less likely to receive replies from the school than emails from Protestant or Catholic parents.

Public Administration Review

Education

Fifth graders and high school students who read the Harry Potter books and identified with Harry Potter held more accepting views towards marginalized groups.

Journal of Applied Social Psychology