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Pedagogy Journal Club: Wise Interventions to Narrow Achievement Gaps in Education

This event is part of series:

May 11, 2018 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
MSOB x140
Speaker(s): 
Dr. Jamie Ahloy Dallaire, Comparative Medicine

Topic: Wise Interventions to Narrow Achievement Gaps in Education

Required Reading:

Walton, Gregory M & Cohen, Geoffrey L. "A brief social-belonging intervention improves academic and health outcomes of minority students." Science 331.6023 (2011): 1447-1451. -- LINK

Recommended Readings:

Walton, Gregory M. "The new science of wise psychological interventions." Current Directions in Psychological Science 23.1 (2014): 73-82. -- LINK

Dittman, Andrea G & Stephens, Nicole M. "Interventions aimed at closing the social class achievement gap: changing individuals, structures, and construals." Current Opinion in Psychology 18 (2017): 111-116. -- LINK

Panesku, David & Walton, Gregory M & Romero, Carissa & Smith, Eric N & Yeager, David S & Dweck, Carol S. "Mind-set interventions are a scalable treatment for academic underachievement." Psychological Science 26.6 (2015): 784-793. -- LINK

Ikizer, Elif G & Blanton, Hart. "Media coverage of "wise" interventions can reduce concern for the disadvantaged." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 22.2 (2016): 135-147. -- LINK  

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