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Monthly Archives: February 2013
ABSTRACT Shared genetics among major psychiatric disorders
According to a new study by the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, five psychiatric disorders that do not symptomatically seem to have much in common share a genetic link. The disorders are autism, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder or ADHD, bipolar disorder, major depressive … Continue reading
InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development
From Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child: http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/briefs/inbrief_series/inbrief_the_science_of_ecd/ ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Different Types of Parental Involvement Programs for Urban Students
From the Harvard Family Research Project: http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/a-meta-analysis-of-the-efficacy-of-different-types-of-parental-involvement-programs-for-urban-students ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
On the Road to Assessing Deeper Learning: The Status of Smarter Balanced and PARCC Assessment Consortia
From the National Center for Research on Evaluations, Standards, & Student Testing (January 2013): http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports.php?action=fetch&id=823# ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas … Continue reading
KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes
From Mathematica Policy Research, February 27, 2013: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/pdfs/education/KIPP_execsumm.pdf ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
ABSTRACT The impacts of coordinative exercise on executive function in kindergarten children: an ERP study
From Experimental Brain Research, March 2013, Volume 225, Issue 2, pp 187-196: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00221-012-3360-9. ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
“Winners” of the 2012 Bunkum Awards for Truly Rotten Education Research
This just in from the National Education Policy Center: http://nepc.colorado.edu/newsletter/2013/02/bunkum-2012 ___________________________________________________ KC Education Research Updates is a sister site of the KC Education Enterprise, which covers policy news of interest to residents of 28 districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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ABSTRACT Wandering Minds and Wavering Rhythms: Linking Mind Wandering and Behavioral Variabillity
From the JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE, 39 (1):1-5; FEB 2013: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/233937845_Wandering_Minds_and_Wavering_Rhythms_Linking_Mind_Wandering_and_Behavioral_Variability.
